 | William Scoresby - 1820 - 632 σελίδες
...secured two of the fast-lines on board. The wind blowing a moderately brisk breeze, the top-gallant-sails were taken in, the courses hauled up, and the top-sails clewed down ; but notwithstanding the resistance a ship thus situated must necessarily offer, she was T 2 towed... | |
 | 1821 - 522 σελίδες
...secured two of the fast-lines on board. The wind blowing a moderately brisk breeze, the top-gallant-sails were taken in, the courses hauled up, and the top-sails clewed down ; but notwithstanding the resistance a ship thus situated must necessarily offer, she was towed by... | |
 | John Davidson Godman - 1836 - 410 σελίδες
...manoeuvre, they secured two of the fast-lines on board. The wind blowing a moderately brisk breeze, the top-gallant sails were taken in, the courses hauled up, and the top-sails clewed down ; but notwithstanding the resistance a ship thus situated must necessarily offer, she was towed by... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 σελίδες
...two of the fast lines were taken on board the ship ' . The wind blowing a moderately brisk breeze', the top-gallant sails were taken in ' , the courses hauled up', and the topsails clewed down': and in this situation she was towed directly to windward during an hour and a half, with the velocity... | |
 | William Scoresby - 1799 - 402 σελίδες
...manoeuvre, they secured two of the fast lines on board. The wind blowing a moderately brisk breeze, the top-gallant sails were taken in, the courses hauled up, and the top sails clewed down, but, notwithstanding the resistance a ship thus situated must necessa-ily offer,... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - 1850 - 330 σελίδες
...Hours' Drag. Six Miles of Line. The wind blowing a. moderately brisk breeze, the top-gallant-sails were taken in, the courses hauled up, and the top-sails clewed down ; yet in this situation she was towed directly to windward, for an hour and a half, with the velocity of... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 350 σελίδες
...struck', two of the fast lines were taken on board the ship'. The wind blowing a moderately brisk breeze', the top-gallant sails were taken in', the courses hauled up', and the topsails clewed down': and in this situation she was towed directly to windward during an hour and a half, with the velocity... | |
 | Voyage - 1853 - 440 σελίδες
...lines were taken on board the ship. The wind blowing a moderately brisk breeze, the top-gallant-sails were taken in, the courses hauled up, and the topsails clewed down ; yet in this situation she was towed directly to windward, for an hour and a half, with the velocity of... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - 1862 - 346 σελίδες
...lines were taken on board the ship. The wind blowing a moderately brisk breeze, the top-gallant-sails were taken in, the courses hauled up, and the top-sails clewed down; yet in this situation she was towed directly to windward, for an hour and a half, with the velocity of... | |
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Another line was sent aboard about eight o'clock, and the topsails were lowered, but the line snapped immediately. Well, we held on to that whale the whole of that night, and at four o'clock next morning, just thirty-six hours after he was first struck,... 