| General history - 1814 - 798 Seiten
...travelled farther than I did, met with a few of the natives of both sexes, who treated them with civility. It appeared to me, that this peninsula must have been...marks of the sea having flowed over the isthmus. And t-ven now, it appeared to be kept out by a bank ot sand, stones, and wood, thrown up by the waves.... | |
| John Playfait - 1822 - 668 Seiten
...island." t The same excellent navigator, giving an account of the peninsula at Cape Denbigh, remarks : " It appeared to me, that this peninsula must have been...marks of the sea having flowed over the isthmus." 402. We are here touching on one of those subjects, where we feel much the want of accurate and ancient... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - 526 Seiten
...travelled farther than I did, met with a few of the natives of both sexes, who treated them with civility. It appeared to me, that this peninsula must have been...remote times ; for there were marks of the sea having Sowed over the isthmus. And even now, it appeared to be kept out by a bank of sand, stones, and wood,... | |
| James Cook - 1842 - 644 Seiten
...travelled farther than I did, met with a few of the natives of hoth sexes, who treated them with civility. It appeared to me that this peninsula must have been...appeared to be kept out by a bank of sand, stones, and the channel between them, and which way the flood- sails, and stood across the bay, which the coast... | |
| Alexander George Findlay - 1851 - 746 Seiten
...farther than I did, met with a few of the natives of both sexes, who treated them with civility. " It appeared to me that this peninsula must have been...even now, it appeared to be kept out by a bank of stones, sand, and wood, thrown up by the waves. By this bank it was evident that the land was here... | |
| 1869 - 206 Seiten
...further than I did, met •with a few of the natives of both sexes, who treated them with civility. " It appeared to me that this peninsula must have been...the isthmus ; and even now it appeared to be kept oat by a bank of stones, sand, and wood, thrown up by the waves. By this bank it was evident that the... | |
| United States. Revenue-Cutter Service, Calvin Leighton Hooper - 1884 - 208 Seiten
...eastward of Golowin Bay, says : It appeared to me that this peninsnla must have been an island in remvte times, for there were marks of the sea having flowed...over the isthmus, and even now it appeared to be kept ont by a bank of stones, sand, and wood, thrown ii l> by the waves. By this bank it was evident that... | |
| United States. Revenue-Cutter Service, Calvin Leighton Hooper - 1884 - 226 Seiten
...Captain Cook, speaking of Cape Denbigh, which lies a few miles to the eastward of Golowin Bay, says ! It appeared to me that this peninsula must have been an island in rem»te times, for there were marks of the sea having flowed over the isthmus, and even now it appeared... | |
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