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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

...f the natives -- Houses and boats of the Caledonians -- Anchorage at Christmas Sound -- Visited by the Fuegans -- Killing of seal and sea-birds -- Rep... ...- Characteristics of the Sandwich Islanders -- A visit to the people of Nootka Sound -- A trade that was profitable to both -- Surrounded by canoes --... ...e of it, and though it is said to have at one time joined with Spain, deep sea soundings now fail to show any such island or the probability of there ... ... with a south-east wind, and two days later re-discovered land, and put into a sound. This he found very shallow at ebb tide, so that the ship stood d... ...e of most exquisite beauty, while the roar of the tempest is the most terrible sound that can fall on the human ear. The shifting clouds of the tornad... ... roll was made of the crew and of their relatives, and the list laid up in the archives of the kingdom that they might never be forgotten. Largesses w...

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