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Page 27
The songs of the birds and the chirping of crickets throughout the night lulled everyone to rest , while the air was soft and healthy , and the nights neither hot nor cold . On the voyage through the other islands there was great heat ...
The songs of the birds and the chirping of crickets throughout the night lulled everyone to rest , while the air was soft and healthy , and the nights neither hot nor cold . On the voyage through the other islands there was great heat ...
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All Tuesday night he was beating to windward , and he saw a river , but could not enter it because the entrance was narrow . The Indians fancied that . the ships could enter wherever their canoes could go . Navigating onwards , he came ...
All Tuesday night he was beating to windward , and he saw a river , but could not enter it because the entrance was narrow . The Indians fancied that . the ships could enter wherever their canoes could go . Navigating onwards , he came ...
Page 30
This night the Admiral took an altitude with a quadrant , and found that the distance from the equinoctical line was 42 degrees . He says that , by his reckoning , he finds that he has gone over 1,142 leagues from the island of Hierro.
This night the Admiral took an altitude with a quadrant , and found that the distance from the equinoctical line was 42 degrees . He says that , by his reckoning , he finds that he has gone over 1,142 leagues from the island of Hierro.
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Yesterday , at night , " says the Admiral , " the two men came back who had been sent to explore the interior . They said that after walking 12 leagues they came to a village of 50 houses , where there were a thousand inhabitants ...
Yesterday , at night , " says the Admiral , " the two men came back who had been sent to explore the interior . They said that after walking 12 leagues they came to a village of 50 houses , where there were a thousand inhabitants ...
Page 33
He says that he knew not what fancy took them ; either from fear , or owing to the dark night , they wanted to land . The ship was at the time high and dry , but , not wishing to make them angry , he let them go on their way , saying ...
He says that he knew not what fancy took them ; either from fear , or owing to the dark night , they wanted to land . The ship was at the time high and dry , but , not wishing to make them angry , he let them go on their way , saying ...
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| Title | Old South Leaflets Old South Leaflets, Old South Association Issue 5 of Old South leaflets: Annual series |
| Contributor | Old South Association |
| Publisher | Directors of the Old South Work, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 8 pages |
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