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... soon appeared . Gra- dually our little vessel was filled with their wives and friends ; and when the tide began to make , and we moved from the buoy to the outer harbour , we were so crowded that a person could hardly move .
... soon appeared . Gra- dually our little vessel was filled with their wives and friends ; and when the tide began to make , and we moved from the buoy to the outer harbour , we were so crowded that a person could hardly move .
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... more with some old friend ; or , may be on the sly , to have another taste of his favourite whisky . As we moved onward through the " locks " the crowd was so thick that he was prevented easily getting back again , and it was.
... more with some old friend ; or , may be on the sly , to have another taste of his favourite whisky . As we moved onward through the " locks " the crowd was so thick that he was prevented easily getting back again , and it was.
Page 32
... moved on towards the bay , we could see the crowd extending itself in one long line to the very extreme point of the projecting pier that formed one side of the entrance to the harbour . Here , as we were towed past it , renewed cheers ...
... moved on towards the bay , we could see the crowd extending itself in one long line to the very extreme point of the projecting pier that formed one side of the entrance to the harbour . Here , as we were towed past it , renewed cheers ...
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... moved away . The task was pleasing and exciting , demolishing or upsetting huge blocks that were piled up before us . This clearing away a passage was sport to all who worked at it . One man got over head and ears in the water , from a ...
... moved away . The task was pleasing and exciting , demolishing or upsetting huge blocks that were piled up before us . This clearing away a passage was sport to all who worked at it . One man got over head and ears in the water , from a ...
Page 146
... moved , and , by dint of heavy heaving , & c . , got away from the through some loose ice into a l midnight we made fast to a floe a and evidently older , because muc ! any we had yet seen . al . As night advanced , our position 1 ...
... moved , and , by dint of heavy heaving , & c . , got away from the through some loose ice into a l midnight we made fast to a floe a and evidently older , because muc ! any we had yet seen . al . As night advanced , our position 1 ...
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