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" The heavy rolling of the vessel, and the probability of the masts giving way each time the lower yard-arms struck against the cliffs, which were towering high above our mastheads, rendered it a service of extreme danger to loose the main-sail ; but no... "
A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions ... - Pagina 203
door Sir James Clark Ross - 1847 - 4 pagina’s
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 81

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1847 - 580 pagina’s
...and the probability of the masts giving way each time the lower yard-arms struck against the clifl's, which were towering high above our mast-heads, rendered...execute the orders that were given, so that it was three-quarters of an hour before we could get the yards braced bye, and the maintack hauled on board...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 14

1847 - 640 pagina’s
...vessel, and the probability of the masts giving way each time the lower yard-arms struck against the cliffs, which were towering high above our mast-heads,...sea, it was difficult both to hear and to execute the otders that were given, so that it was three-quarters of an hour before we could get the yards braced...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 12

1847 - 610 pagina’s
...sooner was the enter given than the daring spirit of the British seaman manifested itself. The nteii ran up the rigging •with as much alacrity as on...ordinary occasion ; and although more than once driven ĢIf the yard, they, after a short lime, succeeded in loosing the sail. Amidst the roar of (he wind...
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The North British Review, Volumes 8-9

1848 - 626 pagina’s
...vessel, and the probability of the masts giving way each time the lower yard-arms struck against the cliffs, which were towering high above our mast-heads,...execute the orders that were given, so that it was three-quarters of an hour before we could get the yards braced by, and the maintack hauled on board...
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Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor

1848 - 530 pagina’s
...vessel, and the probability of the masts giving way each time the lower yard-arms struck against the cliffs, which were towering high above our mast-heads,...execute the orders that were given, so that it was three-quarters of an hour before we could get the yards braced by, and the maintack hauled on board...
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Summer in the Antarctic Regions: A Narrative of Voyages of Discovery Towards ...

Charles Tomlinson - 1848 - 214 pagina’s
...the vessel, and the probability of the masts giving way each time the lower yards struck against the cliffs, which were towering high above our mast-heads,...after a short time succeeded in loosing the sail. o Amidst the roar of the wind and sea, it was difficult both to hear and to execute the orders that...
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Chambers's papers for the people, Delen 7-12

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 784 pagina’s
...vessel, and the probability of the masts giving way each time the lower yard-arms struck against the cliffs, which were towering high above our mast-heads,...was difficult both to hear and to execute the orders tliat were given, so that it was three-quarters of an hour before we could get the yards braced by,...
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Voyages round the world, from the death of captain Cook to the present time

World - 1852 - 588 pagina’s
...rendered it a service of exBravery of treme danger to loose the main-sail. But no sooner the crew. was the order given, than the daring spirit of the...off the yard, they after a short time succeeded in loosening the sail. Amidst the roar of the wind and sea, it was difficult both to hear and to execute...
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Chambers's Papers for the People, Volumes 5-6

1856 - 580 pagina’s
...vessel, and the probability of the masts giving way each time the lower yard-arms struck against the cliffs, which were towering high above our mast-heads,...execute the orders that were given, so that it was three-quarters of an hour before we could get the yards braced by, and the maintack hauled on board...
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The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and ...

Georg Hartwig - 1869 - 602 pagina’s
...vessel, and the probability of the masts giving way, each time the lower yard-arms struck against the cliffs, which were towering high above our mast-heads,...execute the orders that were given, so that it was three-quarters of an hour before we could get the yards braced by, and the roaintack hauled on board...
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