My Love Must WaitAngus & Robertson, 1981 - 341 pages |
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Page 113
... wind , they sheered the corner of the Head , striding the diminutive track of Tom Thumb . New Year '98 had come and gone before the Reliance was a ship again , and Lieutenant Flinders could be off in the Francis with Guy Hamilton for ...
... wind , they sheered the corner of the Head , striding the diminutive track of Tom Thumb . New Year '98 had come and gone before the Reliance was a ship again , and Lieutenant Flinders could be off in the Francis with Guy Hamilton for ...
Page 171
... wind and deepened the water to anchor , and was back to the land at daybreak , faultlessly following monotonous miles inch by inch in his charts . Many a fair wind he missed for the sake of his botanists , while he scoured the heights ...
... wind and deepened the water to anchor , and was back to the land at daybreak , faultlessly following monotonous miles inch by inch in his charts . Many a fair wind he missed for the sake of his botanists , while he scoured the heights ...
Page 244
Ernestine Hill. over again the article in the Britannica for weather and wind . Am surprised at the influence that M ... winds and of the westerly winds , and especially upon the earth's revolution round its axis . Think they are ...
Ernestine Hill. over again the article in the Britannica for weather and wind . Am surprised at the influence that M ... winds and of the westerly winds , and especially upon the earth's revolution round its axis . Think they are ...
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