 For some days the sounding line reached the bottom, and the soil which it brought up indicated land to be at no great distance. The flocks of birds increased, and were composed not only of sea-fowl, but of such land birds as could not be supposed to fly...  A History of Useful Arts & Manufactures - Page 251822 - 175 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Robertson - 1809 - 382 pages
...infallible. For some days the sounding line reached •the bottom, and the soil which it brought up indicated land to be at no great distance. The flocks of birds...and were composed not only of sea-fowl, but of such land birds as could not be supposed to fly * Ovicdo. Hist. cii. Utimus. vol. iii. p. SI. E. far from... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 490 pages
...infallible. For some days the sounding line reached the bottom, and the soil which it brought up indicated land to be at no great distance. The flocks of birds increased, and were composed not only of sea- fowl, but of such land-birds as could not be supposed to fly far from the shore. The crew of the... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 620 pages
...infallible. For some days the sounding line reached the bottom, and the soil which it brought up indicated land to be at no great distance. The flocks of birds increased, and were composed not only of sea fowl, but of such land birds as could not be supposed to fly far from the shore. The crew of the... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 470 pages
...infallible. For some days the sounding line reached the bottom, and the soil which it brought up indicated land to be at no great distance. The flocks of birds...and were composed not only of sea-fowl, but of such land birds as could not be supposed to fly far from the shore. The crew of the 1'inta observed a cane... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 448 pages
...infallible. For some days the sounding line reached the bottom, and the soil which it brought up indicated land to be at no great distance. The flocks of birds...and were composed not only of sea-fowl, but of such land birds as could not be supposed to fly far from the shore. The crew of the Pinta observed a cane... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 448 pages
...infallible. For some days the sounding line reached the bottom, and the soil which it brought up indicated land to be at no great distance. The flocks of birds...and were composed not only of sea-fowl, but of such land birds as could not be supposed to fly far from the shore. The crew of the Pinta observed a cane... | |
 | R. P. Forster - 1818 - 514 pages
...infallible. For some days the soundingline reached the bottom, and the soil which it brought up indicated land to be at no great distance. The flocks of birds...and were composed not only of sea-fowl, but of such land birds as could not be supposed to fly far from the shore. The crew of the Pinta observed a cane... | |
 | William Robertson, Alexander Stewart - 1820 - 440 pages
...of birds increased, and were composed not only of sea-fowl, but of such land birds as could not'be supposed to fly far from the shore. The crew of the...have been newly cut, and likewise a piece of timber BOOK artificially carved. The sailors aboard the -^'-^j Nigna took up the branch of a tree with red... | |
 | William Robertson - 1821 - 614 pages
...For », some days the sounding line reached the bottom, and the soil which. it brought up indicated land to be at no great distance. The flocks of birds increased, and were composed not only of sea fowl, but of such land birds, EH could not be supposed to lly far from the shore. The crew of the... | |
 | William Grimshaw - 1821 - 298 pages
...For some days before, the sounding line had reached the bottom, and brought up soil which indicated land to be at no great distance. The flocks of birds increased, and contained many of a description supposed not to fly far from shore. A cane was observed, that seemed... | |
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