 I kept lights at the mast-head, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing smacks, which are accustomed to lie at anchor on the Banks. The wind was blowing a smacking breeze, and we were going at a great rate through the water. Suddenly the...  Travels in South America - Page 261822 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 458 pages
...fogs which prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for us to see far ahead even in the daytime; but at night the weather was so thick that we could...distinguish any object at twice the length of the ship. 1 kept lights at the mast-head, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing smacks, which... | |
 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - 1894 - 400 pages
...which prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for . us to see far ahead even in the daytime ; but at night the weather was so thick that we could...distinguish any object at twice the length of the ship. 7. "I kept lights at the mast-head, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing-smacks, which... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 pages
...for us to see far ahead even in the daytime ; but at night the weather was so thick that we could n6t distinguish any object at twice the length of the ship. I kept lights at the mast-head, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing smacks, which are accustomed to lie... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1896 - 800 pages
...which prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for us to see far ahead, even in the day-time ; but at night the weather was so thick that we could...twice the length of the ship. I kept lights at the mast-head, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing smacks, which are accustomed to anchor... | |
 | Louis Lubovius - 1898 - 208 pages
...COMPOSITION. sible for us to see far ahead 3 even in the daytime, but at night the weather was so thick 4 that we could not distinguish any object at twice the length of the ship.6 I kept lights at the mast-head, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing- smacks,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1899 - 220 pages
...fogs which, prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for us to see far ahead even in the daytime; but at night the weather was so thick that we could...twice the length of the ship. I kept lights at the mast-head, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing-smacks, which are accustomed to lie... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 218 pages
...which prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for us to see far ahead, even in the 'daytime ; but at night the weather was so thick that we could...twice the length of the ship. I kept lights at the mast-head, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing smacks, which are accustomed to lie... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 542 pages
...fogs which prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for us to see far ahead even in the daytime; but at night the weather was so thick that we could...object at twice the length of the ship. I kept lights ghts at the masthead, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing smacks, which are accustomed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1902 - 204 pages
...to the southeast of the Island of Newfoundland, a great resort for fishermen. even in the daytime ; but at night the weather was so thick that we could...twice the length of the ship. I kept lights at the mast-head, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing-smacks, which are accustomed to lie... | |
 | John Benjamin Wisely - 1903 - 246 pages
...fogs that prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for us to see far ahead, even in the daytime; but at night the weather was so thick that we could...twice the length of the ship. I kept lights at the masthead, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing smacks, which are accustomed to lie... | |
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