The Nautical Magazine: A Technical and Critical Journal for the Officers of the Mercantile Marine, Volum 10James Brown & Son, 1841 |
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... boats for conveyance on Board , for medical aid , the maimed and wounded , which together with the killed , are said to amount to 280 , of whom at least 150 are native wwws and children . We have been unable to ascertain how many are ...
... boats for conveyance on Board , for medical aid , the maimed and wounded , which together with the killed , are said to amount to 280 , of whom at least 150 are native wwws and children . We have been unable to ascertain how many are ...
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... boats , spars , sails , cordage , & c . 5. Bad quality of water and provisions . 6. Teetotality - coffee instead of rum , & c . 7. Bad condition of the ship from age , want of repairs , caulking , and looking properly to . 8. Bad ...
... boats , spars , sails , cordage , & c . 5. Bad quality of water and provisions . 6. Teetotality - coffee instead of rum , & c . 7. Bad condition of the ship from age , want of repairs , caulking , and looking properly to . 8. Bad ...
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... boats , which the natives manage with singular dexterity . They seemed to regard us with surprise , but did not leave their occupation , or appear to be either afraid or suspicious of their strange visitors . We were not allowed to land ...
... boats , which the natives manage with singular dexterity . They seemed to regard us with surprise , but did not leave their occupation , or appear to be either afraid or suspicious of their strange visitors . We were not allowed to land ...
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... boats . These troops to land and form on the beach . The boats then to return for the rest of the artillery , the remaining " volunteers , " and the 49th Regiment , and the Sappers and Miners , with scaling ladders , & c . As it ...
... boats . These troops to land and form on the beach . The boats then to return for the rest of the artillery , the remaining " volunteers , " and the 49th Regiment , and the Sappers and Miners , with scaling ladders , & c . As it ...
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... boats . About 2 o'clock P.M. H.M. brigs Cruizer and Algerine had got into position , and as the transports then entered the harbour , the signal was given for landing in rotation , as boats could be supplied , in the following order ...
... boats . About 2 o'clock P.M. H.M. brigs Cruizer and Algerine had got into position , and as the transports then entered the harbour , the signal was given for landing in rotation , as boats could be supplied , in the following order ...
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Side 767 - The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Henr}' Baron Brougham and Vaux, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten...
Side 23 - Now, these observations were made in the very locality from which some of the first waters which I examined were taken, and nothing more is wanting to identify the cause of the rapid decay of' the ship's copper with that of the mortality of the climate. It has been experimentally found, that so small a mixture as a fifteen hundredth...
Side 367 - During these experiments we experienced a heavy shower of rain; but we were so interested by the awful sight before us that we did not care for getting wet. On the opposite side, near a large stone, was the skeleton of a human being, who must have perished on his back, with his right hand under his head.
Side 289 - The crew were at three watches, except upon some extraordinary occasions. By this means they were not so much exposed to the weather, as if they had been at watch and watch ; and had generally dry clothes to shift themselves, when they happened to get wet.
Side 290 - It was my first care to procure what could be met with of either by every means in my power, and to oblige our people to make use thereof, both by my example and authority; but the benefits arising from such refreshments soon became so obvious, that I had little occasion to employ either the one or the other.
Side 289 - ... with pease and vegetables for dinner. It enabled us to make several nourishing and wholesome messes, and was the means of making the people eat a greater quantity of vegetables than they would otherwise have done.
Side 367 - ... and the whole covered with the skeletons of human beings, tigers, pigs, deer, peacocks, and all sorts of birds. We could not perceive any vapour or any opening in the ground, which last appeared to us to be of a hard sandy substance.
Side 752 - feelings,' as I would have been responsible that Canton should be equally spared, with the exception of its defences, and that not a soldier should have entered the town further than the fortified heights within its walls.
Side 704 - ... barometer always foretells their approach, and generally begins to fall three or four days before the commencement of the gale — besides which, there are other never-failing indications of a northerly wind, such as, the change of the current, which, (owing to the prevailing southerly winds,) usually sets to the northward, but runs strong to the southward during northerly winds — frequently preceding them, and giving more timely notice than the barometer. A rising of the water is likewise...
Side 289 - ... spoils not by keeping. A pound of this was served to each man when at sea, twice a week or oftener, as was thought necessary.