The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volume 18

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Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1849 - Naval art and science
 

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Page 230 - ... United States and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States...
Page 229 - California, it is agreed that the said limit shall consist of a straight line drawn from the middle of the Rio Gila, where it unites with the Colorado, to a point on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, distant one marine league due south of the southernmost point of the port of San Diego...
Page 230 - The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States and be admitted, at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 111 - Jan. 1 1. [The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto Alfred Tennyson, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten...
Page 274 - ... about, caught hold of some trees standing near the water, which might easily have been torn up by the roots ; but, besides this, as it was found afterwards, he entangled himself in some openings or clefts in the rock, and therein stuck so fast, and hung so unfortunately, that he could not work himself out, but perished and putrefied on the spot . The carcass, which was a long while decaying, and filled great part of the narrow channel, made it almost impassable by its intolerable stench.
Page 316 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 598 - Two days in the week shall be appointed by the master as washing days, but no washing or drying of clothes shall on any account be permitted between decks.
Page 272 - ... large as the masts of middle-sized vessels. " It seems these are the creature's arms, and it is said if they were to lay hold of the largest man-of-war, they would pull it down to the bottom.
Page 597 - The scuttles and sternports, if any, shall, weather permitting, be opened at seven o'clock AM, and kept open till ten o'clock PM, and .the hatches shall be kept open whenever the weather permits. 12. The coppers and cooking utensils shall be cleaned every day.
Page 230 - ... in the said territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have elected to become citizens of the United States.

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