Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 132
!It was ne-cessary tostand close along that iron-bound coast where the seals had solately resorted, for a distance of several miles. Thewind would not admit of the schooners steering muchmore than a cables length from the rock for quite aleague; after which the shore tended to the southward,and a… … 106 A Book of Sea Stories ever, in the knowledge obtained of the shore, by havingfrequently passed up and down it in the boats. Itwas known that the water was deep close to the visiblerocks, and that there was no danger as long as a vesselcould keep off them. No one spoke. Every eye was strained to…
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