Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Svazek 3Putnam, 1856 |
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Výsledky 6-10 z 77
Strana 6
... wind ; the cloud dispersed , and the whole was dissipated before we got near to it . The electrometer showed no change . The next day , the 20th of April , in latitude 24 ° 26 ' S. , longitude 174 ° 47 ′ 30 ′′ W. , we took the trades ...
... wind ; the cloud dispersed , and the whole was dissipated before we got near to it . The electrometer showed no change . The next day , the 20th of April , in latitude 24 ° 26 ' S. , longitude 174 ° 47 ′ 30 ′′ W. , we took the trades ...
Strana 19
... sail ; and they sail much more swiftly on a wind than before it . As this canoe is of Feejee origin , I shall defer describing it until a succeeding chapter . The canoe of these chiefs was seen advancing slowly over TONGA TABOO . 19.
... sail ; and they sail much more swiftly on a wind than before it . As this canoe is of Feejee origin , I shall defer describing it until a succeeding chapter . The canoe of these chiefs was seen advancing slowly over TONGA TABOO . 19.
Strana 31
... wind arose and blew a strong gale from the north directly against them ; one of them was driven back and landed at Ofalanga , an uninhabited island of the group , occasionally visited by the natives for nuts , shells , fish , & c .; in ...
... wind arose and blew a strong gale from the north directly against them ; one of them was driven back and landed at Ofalanga , an uninhabited island of the group , occasionally visited by the natives for nuts , shells , fish , & c .; in ...
Strana 32
... winds are by no means con- stant , and westerly winds occasionally blow in every season , which , from their variable character , have obtained the name with the natives of " foolish winds . " We had to regret the state the island was ...
... winds are by no means con- stant , and westerly winds occasionally blow in every season , which , from their variable character , have obtained the name with the natives of " foolish winds . " We had to regret the state the island was ...
Strana 33
... wind continues to increase until it becomes a hurricane : houses are levelled , and trees torn up by the roots ; vessels are driven on shore ; canoes lost or driven hundreds of miles away to other islands . In these storms the wind is ...
... wind continues to increase until it becomes a hurricane : houses are levelled , and trees torn up by the roots ; vessels are driven on shore ; canoes lost or driven hundreds of miles away to other islands . In these storms the wind is ...
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A. T. Agate Ambau anchorage anchored appearance arrival beach biche de mar boats brig Bulotu called canoe Captain Hudson CHARLES WILKES chief cocoa-nut Commanding Exploring Expedition coral crew cutter desirous despatched Engraved feast Feejee Feejee Group feet fire Flying-Fish harbour hundred inhabitants island Kantavu Lakemba land latitude Lieutenant Alden Lieutenant Emmons Lieutenant Underwood Lieutenant-Commandant Ringgold Malolo Mbenga mbure miles missionaries morning Moturiki murder Muthuata Nairai natives Ndengei night Nukualofa Oahu observations obtained officers Oneata Ovolau Paddy party passage Passed Midshipman Peacock peaks Porpoise reached received reef Rewa round sail seen sent Seru shore side Sketched by A. T. Somu-somu squadron survey Tanoa tapa taro tender told Tonga Tongese took town trees Tubou Tui Levuka U. S. Ship Vincennes Vanua-levu Vavao Vendovi Verata vessel village Vincennes Vitilevu Whippy wind women yams