Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea, Or Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities, and Providential Deliverances from Fire and Famine on the Ocean ...S.N. Dickinson, 1836 - 426페이지 |
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anchor appeared arms arrived ashore assistance Astrolabe Bank of Arguin beach boat boatswain body breakers brig cabin camels canoes Cape Cape Spartel Captain carried casks clear spot coast companions crew danger death deck discovered distance distress dreadful East Indiaman escaped fast fate feet fell fire fleur-de-lis foresail four frigate gale guns hands hauled hawser head hope human hundred immediately instant instantly island La Perouse land larboard Lascars long-boat Malays Manicola Marchainville mast mate miles morning natives night o'clock obliged party passed passengers perished Perouse pieces pinnace preservation procured provisions pumps raft reached reef remained river rocks rope sail sailors sand savages saved scarcely schooner seamen ship ship's shipwrecked shore side sight situation soon spot stern struck sufferings surf thing thrown tide tion toises took unfortunate vessel voyage waves weather wind wreck yards
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157 페이지 - That part of the island we had landed on was a narrow ridge, not above musket-shot across, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a creek, extending upwards of a mile inland, and nearly communicating with the sea at its head.
145 페이지 - Went to supper — bread, cheese, and porter : the purser frightened out of his wits about his bread -bags; the two marine officers as white as sheets, not understanding the ship's working so much, and the noise of the lower deck guns, which by this time made a pretty screeching to people not used to it : it seemed as if the whole ship's side was going at each roll. Wooden, our carpenter, was all this time smoking his pipe and laughing at the doctor; the second lieutenant upon deck, the third in...
162 페이지 - It is his mode of thanksgiving for benefits received; and it equally serves him to honor his friend, to defy his enemy, or to proclaim victory. This day we continued improving our fence, and clearing away a glacis immediately around it, that we might see and have fair play with these barbarians, should they Approach. They had retired behind a little islet, called Pulo Chalacca, or Misfortune's Isle, about two miles from us, and seemed waiting there for reinforcements; for some of their party had...
143 페이지 - It blows a little, and has a very ugly look : if in any other quarter but this, I should say we were going to have a gale of wind." " Ay, it looks so very often here when there is no wind at all ; however, don't hoist the top-sails till it clears a little, there is no trusting any country.
85 페이지 - ... mercy of Him, whose arm, they exclaimed, was at length outstretched to smite them ; others were to be seen hastily crossing themselves, and performing the various external acts required by their peculiar persuasion, while a number of the older and more stout-hearted...
33 페이지 - The wind, as if by divine command, at this very moment ceased to blow. We hauled the boat out; the dreadful surges that were nearly bursting upon us, suddenly subsided, making a path for our boat about twenty yards wide, through which we rowed her out as smoothly as if she had been on a river in a calm, whilst on each side of us, and not more than ten yards distant, the surf continued to break twenty feet high, and with unabated fury. We had to row nearly a mile in this manner : all were fully convinced...
146 페이지 - Sir, there's nothing there, tis only the water washing up between the timbers, that this booby has taken for a leak.
15 페이지 - ... vanished in an instant, as the vessel was carried by a current and a sea directly towards the breakers, and she struck! We let go the best bower anchor; all sails were taken in as fast as possible: surge after surge came thundering on, and drove her in spite of anchors, partly with her head on shore. She struck with such violence as to start every man from the deck.
150 페이지 - I turned about, but could not say a single word, being too full: my mind had been too intensely occupied before; but every thing now rushed upon me at once, so that I could not contain myself, and I indulged for a full quarter of an hour. By twelve it was pretty moderate; got some...
55 페이지 - I inquired of the Prussian where it had come from : he told me, that on his first arrival on the island, he saw in the possession of the natives the sword-guard, several chain-plates belonging to a ship, also a number of iron bolts, five axes, the handle of a silver fork, a few knives, tea-cups, glass beads and bottles, one silver spoon with a crest and cypher, and a sword, all of French manufacture.