The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 71National Geographic Society, 1937 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 221
... wind fell light and we sailed along upright and silent in the China Sea with never a ship in sight , the coast of Borneo low and unseen , and the green - blue sea littered with logs and trees and forest jetsam , round which sea snakes ...
... wind fell light and we sailed along upright and silent in the China Sea with never a ship in sight , the coast of Borneo low and unseen , and the green - blue sea littered with logs and trees and forest jetsam , round which sea snakes ...
Page 234
... wind was fresh from the southeast and I had to beat , stand- ing in close to the New Ireland shore but not putting in anywhere . We saw nothing except the trees of a coastal plantation now and then ; once a Japanese steamer went past ...
... wind was fresh from the southeast and I had to beat , stand- ing in close to the New Ireland shore but not putting in anywhere . We saw nothing except the trees of a coastal plantation now and then ; once a Japanese steamer went past ...
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... winds , spill- ing their black rain . Always through these confused waters is the general westward set of the trade - wind drift setting the ship back and back . Suddenly ahead reefs loom up ; I must go round quickly , to save the ship ...
... winds , spill- ing their black rain . Always through these confused waters is the general westward set of the trade - wind drift setting the ship back and back . Suddenly ahead reefs loom up ; I must go round quickly , to save the ship ...
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