It passed rapidly, but so close under our lee quarter, that had it been a man of my acquaintance I should have easily recognised his features with the naked eye... Seafaring Lore and Legend - Página 277por Peter D. Jeans - 2007 - 382 páginasPré-visualização limitada - Acerca deste livro
| Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1883 - 412 páginas
...maintopsail yard would show in the water, there was at the very least sixly feet of the animal a flair d'eau, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in...that had it been a man of my acquaintance, I should easily have recognised his features with the naked eye : and it did not, either in approaching the... | |
| 1883 - 718 páginas
...most certainly not justified by the simple statement, that no portion of the sixty feet seen by us was used in propelling it through the water either by vertical or horizontal undulation. " It is also assumed that the ' calculation of its length was made under a strong preconception of the nature... | |
| Henry Lee - 1883 - 124 páginas
...perfect description of the position and action of a squid swimming. " No portion of it perceptibly used in propelling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal undulations" The mode of propulsion of a squid — the outpouring stream of water from its locomotor... | |
| 1884 - 732 páginas
...perfect description of the position and action of a squid swimming. " No portion of it perceptibly used in propelling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal undulations" The mode of propulsion of a squid — the outpouring stream of water from its locomotor... | |
| Charles Gould - 1886 - 426 páginas
...water, there was at the very least sixty feet of the animal a fleur tfeaw, no portion of which was, in our perception, used in propelling it through the...features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either iu approaching the ship or after it had passed our wake, deviate in the slightest degree from its course... | |
| 1889
...about four feet constantly above the surface of the sea," and in length, not less than sixty feet. "It passed rapidly, but so close under our lee quarter,...easily recognized his features with the naked eye." It had the usual snake head, was dark brown, with yellowish white about the throat, had no fins, but... | |
| John Ashton - 1890 - 364 páginas
...maintopsail-yard would show in the water, there was, at the very least, sixty feet of the animal a Jlcur d'eau, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in...been a man of my acquaintance, I should have easily recognised his features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either in approaching the ship or after... | |
| George Newnes - 1895 - 840 páginas
...portion of which was, in our perception, used in propelling it THE SEA-SEKPENT SEEN FKOM HMS " EKEDALUS. through the water, either by vertical or horizontal...been a man of my acquaintance, I should have easily recognised his features with the naked eye ; and it did not, either in approaching the ship or after... | |
| 1892 - 848 páginas
...maintopsail-yard would show in the water, there was at the very least 60 feet of the animal à fleur d'eau, no portion of which was, to our perception, used in...undulation. It passed rapidly, but so close under our lee-quarter that had it been a man of my acquaintance I should have easily recognised his features... | |
| 1892 - 868 páginas
...in the water, there was at the very least 60 feet of the animal ufleur d'eau, no portion of whicli was, to our perception, used in propelling it through...undulation. It passed rapidly, but so close under our lee-quarter that had it been a man of my acquaintance I should have easily recognised his features... | |
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