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" ... to be caught. They saw a fire also about a mile up the river, and Mr Gore, the second lieutenant, picked up the husk of a cocoa-nut, which had been cast upon the beach, and was full of barnacles: This probably might come from some island to windward,... "
A General Collection of Voyages and Travels: Including the Most Interesting ... - Page 142
by William Fordyce Mavor - 1813
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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present ..., Volume 2

1775 - 674 pages
...; this probably might come from fome ifiand to windward, perhaps from the Terra del Efpirito Santo of Quiros, as we were now in the latitude where it is faid to lie. This day the thermometer in the fhade rofe to 87, which was higher than it had been at...
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The Life of Captain James Cook, Volume 1

Andrew Kippis - 1788 - 326 pages
...man in whom he could confide, to dive, on * On the firft of July, the thermometer, in the fliade rofe to 87° , which was higher than it had been on any day fmce our navigators had come upon the coaft of New South ^K;alcs. CHAP, the fifth, to her bottom, that...
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A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged ..., Issue 24

General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...: This probably might come from some island to windward, perhaps from the Terra del Espirito Santo of Quiros, as we were now in the latitude where it...of the harbour, to sound. about the shoals in the oiling, and look for a channel to the northward : At this time we had a breeze from the land, which...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 13

Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 pages
...barnacles: This probably might come from some island to windward, perhaps from the Terra del Espirito Santo of Quiros, as we were now in the latitude where it...shoals in the offing, and look for a channel to the northward : At this time we had a breeze from the land, which continued till about nine o'clock, and...
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A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th ..., Volume 13

Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 pages
...: This probably might come from some island to windward, perhaps from the Terra del Espirito Santo of Quiros, as we were, now in the latitude where it...the pinnace out of the harbour, to sound about the shoais in the oiling, and look for a channel to the northward : At this time we had a breeze from the...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels: Arranged ..., Volume 13

Robert Kerr - 1824 - 528 pages
...Terra- del Espirito Satitd 6f Quires, 'as AVC were now in the latitude where it is "saitt to' lie.i This day the thermometer in' the shade rose to 87, which "was higher than it had been oti an^ day since we carne'upbn this coast. . Early the next raWrHrig, Isent the master iti tlie pinnace...
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The Voyages of Captain James Cook: Illustrated with Maps and Numerous ...

James Cook - 1842 - 636 pages
...: this probably might come from some island to windward, perhaps from the Terra del Espirito Santo of Quiros, as we were now in the latitude where it...sound about the shoals in the offing, and look for channel to the northward : at this time we bad a breeze from the land, which continued till about nine...
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Monarchs of ocean: Columbus and Cook

1866 - 268 pages
...besides the leak, considerable damage had been done to the bottom. Early in the morning of July 2d, I sent the master in the pinnace out of the harbour, to sound about the shoals in the ofHng, and look for channel to the northward, but our utmost efforts were still ineffectual. He returned...
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Cook's voyages of discovery, ed. by J. Barrow

James Cook - 1904 - 454 pages
...man who thought he saw the devil might easily supply that defect. Early in the morning of July 2d, I sent the master in the pinnace out of the harbour,...sound about the shoals in the offing, and look for channel to the northward, but our utmost efforts were still ineffectual. He returned the next day at...
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The Life and Voyages of Captain James Cook

Andrew Kippis - 1904 - 496 pages
...sound about the shoals, and to search for a channel to the northward. A second attempt, 1 On July ist, the thermometer, in the shade, rose to 87°, which was higher than it had been on any day since our navigators had come upon the coast of New South Wales. which was made this da)', to heave off the...
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