The Missing Ship: The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Missing Ship: The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by William Henry Giles Kingston, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: William Henry Giles Kingston ISBN: 9781465597137
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: William Henry Giles Kingston
ISBN: 9781465597137
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
“No sign of a breeze yet, Owen?” asked Captain Tracy, as he lay in his cot, slung in the state-room of the Ouzel Galley, West India trader, of which stout bark he was the commander. His fair daughter Norah sat by his side fanning his pale cheek—for he, like several of his crew, had been struck down by fever, and he probably owed his life to her watchful care. For many days the vessel had lain becalmed on the glassy ocean under a tropical sun, the excessive heat tending greatly to increase the sickness on board, three of the crew, besides the second mate, having already succumbed to it. Day after day the survivors had been anxiously looking out for the wind to fill the sluggish sails hanging down against the masts; but each morning they had seen the fiery sun rise out of the calm ocean and pass across the blue vault of heaven, to sink again beneath the horizon, suffusing with a ruddy glow the whole western sky. The night brought relief from the heat, and hope revived; but when morning returned, again the suffering crew had to endure the scorching rays of the sun, from which even the shade cast by the sails afforded them but inadequate shelter.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
“No sign of a breeze yet, Owen?” asked Captain Tracy, as he lay in his cot, slung in the state-room of the Ouzel Galley, West India trader, of which stout bark he was the commander. His fair daughter Norah sat by his side fanning his pale cheek—for he, like several of his crew, had been struck down by fever, and he probably owed his life to her watchful care. For many days the vessel had lain becalmed on the glassy ocean under a tropical sun, the excessive heat tending greatly to increase the sickness on board, three of the crew, besides the second mate, having already succumbed to it. Day after day the survivors had been anxiously looking out for the wind to fill the sluggish sails hanging down against the masts; but each morning they had seen the fiery sun rise out of the calm ocean and pass across the blue vault of heaven, to sink again beneath the horizon, suffusing with a ruddy glow the whole western sky. The night brought relief from the heat, and hope revived; but when morning returned, again the suffering crew had to endure the scorching rays of the sun, from which even the shade cast by the sails afforded them but inadequate shelter.

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites: Including an Account of the Origin and Nature of Belief in the Supernatural by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book Oeuvres Complètes de Frédéric Bastiat: Mises en Ordre, Revues et Annotées d'après les Manuscrits de l'auteur by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book The Tale of Chloe by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages: A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book Germany and the Germans: From an American Point of View by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book Vasco da Gama: Livro de Leitura para familias e escolas by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book Aristocracy and Evolution: A Study of the Rights, the Origin, and the Social Functions of the Wealthier Classes by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book More Beasts (For Worse Children) by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester. A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book This Simian World by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book Sea-Hounds by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) (Complete) by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book Il diavolo nell'ampolla by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book Introduction to the Compleat Angler by William Henry Giles Kingston
Cover of the book Freher's Process in The Philosophical Work by William Henry Giles Kingston
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy