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Page xii
... schooner , during a four days ' passage between two places in the Gulf of Mexico whose names don't matter . For the most part he lay on deck aft as it were at my feet , and raising himself from time to time on his elbow would talk about ...
... schooner , during a four days ' passage between two places in the Gulf of Mexico whose names don't matter . For the most part he lay on deck aft as it were at my feet , and raising himself from time to time on his elbow would talk about ...
Page xiii
... schooner , an old Spanish gentleman , owner of much luggage and , as Ricardo assured me , very il indeed . Ricardo seemed to be either a servant or the con- fidant of that aged and distinguished - looking invalid , who early on the ...
... schooner , an old Spanish gentleman , owner of much luggage and , as Ricardo assured me , very il indeed . Ricardo seemed to be either a servant or the con- fidant of that aged and distinguished - looking invalid , who early on the ...
Page 7
... schooners , and then vanished , on board an Arab ship , in the direction of New Guinea . He remained so long in that outlying part of his enchanted circle that he was nearly forgotten before he swam into view again in a native proa full ...
... schooners , and then vanished , on board an Arab ship , in the direction of New Guinea . He remained so long in that outlying part of his enchanted circle that he was nearly forgotten before he swam into view again in a native proa full ...
Page 48
... schooners bound to the eastward . This was known afterward from the Javanese boatmen whom Heyst hired for the purpose at three o'clock in the morning . The Tesman schooner had sailed at daylight with the usual land breeze , and was ...
... schooners bound to the eastward . This was known afterward from the Javanese boatmen whom Heyst hired for the purpose at three o'clock in the morning . The Tesman schooner had sailed at daylight with the usual land breeze , and was ...
Page 118
... schooner - a yacht , you might call her— a special good berth too , in the Gulf of Mexico , a soft job that you don't run across more than once in a lifetime . Yes , I was mate of her when I left the sea to follow him . " Ricardo tossed ...
... schooner - a yacht , you might call her— a special good berth too , in the Gulf of Mexico , a soft job that you don't run across more than once in a lifetime . Yes , I was mate of her when I left the sea to follow him . " Ricardo tossed ...
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