As, in extending the American trade along the
coast to the northward, it might be brought into the vicinity of the Russian Fur Company, and produce a hostile rivalry, it was part of the plan of Mr.
[6] Its geographical range is remarkably wide; it is found from the extreme southern islets near Cape Horn, as far north on the eastern
coast (according to information given me by Mr.
From Valencia, the homeward course will be continued, skirting along the
coast of Spain.
As far as this portion of the Devon
coast was concerned, that seemed to have been over for many years, but neither were there any people.
He pointed out to him the bearings of the
coast, explained to him the variations of the compass, and taught him to read in that vast book opened over our heads which they call heaven, and where God writes in azure with letters of diamonds.
In the afternoon, putting into the most convenient ports of the island, we came to anchor; very much to the amazement and terror of the inhabitants, who were not used to see any Portuguese ships upon their
coasts, and were therefore under a great consternation at finding them even in their ports.
Some months later, on the
coast of Syria, I caught some of my fish ornamented with the ring.
She was steaming at such a pace that in a minute she seemed halfway between the steamboat and the Martians-- a diminishing black bulk against the receding horizontal expanse of the Essex
coast.
The next morning at dawn they espied the
coast, and John Bunsby was able to assert that they were not one hundred miles from Shanghai.
I 'm not mad, either; but I don't mean to
coast any more.
My partner endeavoured to encourage me by describing the several ports of that
coast, and told me he would put in on the
coast of Cochin China, or the bay of Tonquin, intending afterwards to go to Macao, where a great many European families resided, and particularly the missionary priests, who usually went thither in order to their going forward to China.
when Barbicane and his party, quitting Tampa Town, made their way along the
coast in the direction of Alifia Creek.