The voyage, after all, was far from being a fabulous one — for this would have made it doubly precarious. And as for adventures, we naturally avoided these as far as possible.
The general story of that weary search for the lost expedi tion, fruitless till the last forlorn hope, was told at the time so fully by many hands, that it is only necessary now to give a brief abstract of it, for the convenience of the reader, and for the better understanding of the origin and object of the particular expedition herein narrated.
Lankä, „die Strahlende, in ältesten Dichtungen, Sagen und Nachrichten. Die Mahawanso. Tournoura Epitome of the History of Ceylon. Seitenstück zum trojanischen Kriege. Invasion durch arische Stämme. Prakrama Bahn führt Krieg gegen Cambodja. Ceylon den Chinesen tributär. Almeydas Landung 1506.
On the fourteenth we were roused out rather early on account of a sudden squall and finding that we were drag ging, quickly hove up anchor and got under way. On investiga tion we found that our anchor stock had slipped out and was lost. We returned to Santa Barbara and preparation for the festival went on apace. On the 15th one of the storehouses containing decorations for the festival, was burned to the ground. The citizens however went to work with indomitable energy and perseverance, and in spite of the above mishap the entire affair was a huge success.
The encouragement given to the study of Air Navigation by brigadier-general H. D. Briggs, with whom, when he was Director of Training, I was associated for the purpose of the education of Pilots and Observers, led to the navigation courses outlined in this book.
These are scenes which belong to the home circle, and are cherished by the participants therein as pleasant sou venire of our short detention in American waters.
Tn! Author of the following pages is not unknown' to the British public, either as an exemplary teacher of the Christian religion, or an, agreeable and ln structive writer. A former production of his pen, a Journal of a Residence in' the Sandwich Islands, published in America and England in the year 1828.
T be {hip was named the Bounty: I was appointed to command her on the 16th of Auguft 1787. Her burthen was nearly two hundred and fifteen tons; her extreme length' on deck, ninety feet ten inches; extreme breadth.
In the summer of the year 986, he sailed for Greenland again with a fleet of thirty-five ships, only fourteen of which reached their destination.
The Hundred and Eleventh Day.~ Crossing the River. Halting on a Bluff. Cold Nights. Weakness. -a Man's Track Seen. Huts in the Distance. Uncertainty. Disappointment. The Hut becomes a Mound — Camping in the Face of the Bluff. The Dog Killed — A Fearful Night. — Under Cover of a Hut. Extremity of the Party — Speculations as to Position — Death of Ericksen. Burial. Final Start without Food save Alcohol. Three Miles More. The Effect of Alcohol. — Nindemann and Noros Sent Ahead for relief.-a Spoonful of Glycerine for Sup per. Arctic Willow. Staggering Forward. Alexey Dies.
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