Small-boat sailing; an explanation of the management of small yachts, half-decked and open sailing-boats of various rigs; sailing on sea and on river; cruising, etc (1902)
Knight, Edward Frederick, 1852- [from old catalog] · New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 303
ay from the dust-storm andthe fiery heat, and float lazily down the broadstream. The country on either side looked wonder-fully green and fertile to us; for from the waterwe could not see the barren sands that stretched 286 CRUISES ON LATEEN-RIGGED CRAFT beyond the narrow belts of cultivation. We… … NUGGER ABOVE THE SECOND CATARACT. worlds most hopeless and hideous wildernesses.Now we were winding through archipelagoes ofverdant islands, and now descending long reachestwo miles in breadth, where our vessel tossed onthe muddy waves raised by the conflicting windand tide. We skirted the fertile…
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