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Page 132
... ships , men , or weapons ; the masts all beaten overboard , all her tackle cut asunder , her upper work altogether rased , and in effect evened she was with the water , but the very foundation or bottom of a ship , nothing being left ...
... ships , men , or weapons ; the masts all beaten overboard , all her tackle cut asunder , her upper work altogether rased , and in effect evened she was with the water , but the very foundation or bottom of a ship , nothing being left ...
Page 319
... ship . Here I found that the ship was bilged , and had a great deal of water in her hold , but that she lay so on the side of a bank of hard sand , or rather earth , that her stern lay lifted up upon the bank , and her head low almost ...
... ship . Here I found that the ship was bilged , and had a great deal of water in her hold , but that she lay so on the side of a bank of hard sand , or rather earth , that her stern lay lifted up upon the bank , and her head low almost ...
Page 629
... ship passed abreast of them . We were in the midst of the foam , which boiled around us ; and as the ship was driven nearer to them , and careened with the wave , I thought that our main yard - arm would have touched the rock ; and at ...
... ship passed abreast of them . We were in the midst of the foam , which boiled around us ; and as the ship was driven nearer to them , and careened with the wave , I thought that our main yard - arm would have touched the rock ; and at ...
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