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Página 178 - And stops their way with his hewed flesh, when death Hath quite deprived him of his strength and breath, So have they spent themselves, and here they lie A famous mark of our discovery. We that survive, perchance may end our days In some employment meriting no praise, And in a dunghill rot; when no man names The memory of us but to our shames.
Página 333 - ... head to the sea, so as to break its force before it reached us. In the course of this day there were repeated exclamations of a strange sail, although I knew that it was next to an impossibility to discover anything, owing to the thickness of the fog. Yet these exclamations escaped from the several seamen with such apparent certainty of the object being there, that I was induced to put the boat before the wind to convince them of their error. As I then saw, in a very strong point of view, the...
Página 179 - Tomb'd safely with you, till doom's fatal day ; That in this solitary place, where none Will ever come to breathe a sigh or groan, Some remnant might be extant, of the true And faithful love I ever tendered you.
Página 325 - This, which might have been an accident productive of fatal consequences to herself, as well as to us all, was unattended by any bad effect. The few provisions which had been saved from the men's berths were then put into the boats, which were quickly veered a-stern. By this time the main-deck forward was under water, and nothing but the quarter-deck appeared. I next ordered the men into the boats, and, having previously lashed iron pigs of ballast to the mail, it was thrown overboard. I now perceived...
Página 326 - ... justice to them to observe, that not a man in the ship attempted to make use of the liquor, which every one had in his power. While the cutter was getting out, I perceived John Tipper, one of the seamen, emptying a five gallon bottle, and on inquiry, found it to be of rum.
Página 97 - It is probable they either died of hunger at sea, or got out of their course, and perished in the storm. They might indeed have been starved on the shore or killed by the aborigines. The end of Hudson is a melancholy and affecting incident. His talents, courage and perseverance rank him among the first navigators of any age. In the comparative infancy of discovery in the northern regions, he deserves to take the lead. Left in the great bay which he brought to light, the victim of treachery, he has...
Página 296 - Burns, mounted them on the bare backs of the camels behind the hump, by the hair of which they were obliged to steady themselves and hold on, without knowing whither they were going, or if I should ever see them again. I took an affectionate leave of them. This their Arab masters permitted me to do without interruption, and could not help showing at this scene, that the feelings of humanity were not totally...
Página 331 - ... and enabled them the better to resist the severity of the weather. The sea was mostly calm, with thick fog and sleet; the air raw and cold. We had kept at our oars all night, and we continued to row the whole of this day. The jolly-boat having unfortunately put off from the ship, with only three oars, and having but a small sail converted into a foresail, frrm a top-gallant steering-sail, without needles or twine, we were obliged to keep her constantly in tow.
Página 232 - One biscuit divided into twelve morsels, for breakfast, and the same for dinner ; the neck of a bottle broken off, with the cork in, served for a glass, and this, filled with water, was the allowance for twenty-four hours for each man.
Página 225 - The standards of the cockpit, an immense quantity of staves and wood, and part of the lining of the ship, were thrown overboard, that if the water should again appear in the hold, we might have no impediment in bailing. All the guns were overboard, the fore-mast secured, and the machine, which was to be similar to that with which the Ipswich was steered, was in great forwardness; so that I was in hopes, the moderate weather continuing...