A Residence at Constantinople, in the Year 1827: With Notes to the Present TimeDurrie and Peck, 1830 - 384 pages |
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... hundred miles at sea . Our Captain's wish was to keep out of the Gulf stream and near the northern edge ; as he considered the additional rate of the current , ( one or two knots , i . e . miles an hour , ) more than compensated by the ...
... hundred miles at sea . Our Captain's wish was to keep out of the Gulf stream and near the northern edge ; as he considered the additional rate of the current , ( one or two knots , i . e . miles an hour , ) more than compensated by the ...
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... hundred is I believe , a more common price . For this , of course , we are entitled only to the ordinary provisions of the vessel - hard bread , salt meat , and a few vegetables . Occasionally we have had warm wheat or Indian cakes at ...
... hundred is I believe , a more common price . For this , of course , we are entitled only to the ordinary provisions of the vessel - hard bread , salt meat , and a few vegetables . Occasionally we have had warm wheat or Indian cakes at ...
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... hundred tons , has ordinarily but four persons , to guide the helm and manage the sails . American vessels generally , are sailed with fewer seamen , than those of other nations . The men however , are better paid , re- ceiving from ...
... hundred tons , has ordinarily but four persons , to guide the helm and manage the sails . American vessels generally , are sailed with fewer seamen , than those of other nations . The men however , are better paid , re- ceiving from ...
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... hundred feet in height , two or three miles in length , and from three fourths , to a mile and a half in breadth at its base . Place this nearly at right angles to the straits , with its perpendicular sides to the north and east , and ...
... hundred feet in height , two or three miles in length , and from three fourths , to a mile and a half in breadth at its base . Place this nearly at right angles to the straits , with its perpendicular sides to the north and east , and ...
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... hundred , to pasture . Within a few years , a little land has been redeemed for veg- etables from the side of the mountain . Most of the pro- visions , however , are brought from Tangiers , thirty miles distant , on the African side ...
... hundred , to pasture . Within a few years , a little land has been redeemed for veg- etables from the side of the mountain . Most of the pro- visions , however , are brought from Tangiers , thirty miles distant , on the African side ...
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