 | Will Irwin - 1906 - 62 Seiten
...California, the west coast of Central America, Australia. There was a sprinkling, too, of Alaska and Siberia. From his windows on Russian Hill one saw always something...cruising in the Arctic. Even the tramp windjammers were deep-chested (craft, capable of rounding the Horn or of circumnavigating the globe; and they came in... | |
 | Richard Linthicum - 1906 - 416 Seiten
...sails, back from an expedition after sharks' livers ; an old whaler, which seemed to drip oil, back from a year of cruising in the Arctic. Even the tramp windjammers were deep chested craft, capable of rounding the Horn or of circumnavigating the globe; and they came in... | |
 | 2003 - 272 Seiten
...this country passed in through the Golden Gate. There was a sprinkling, too, of Alaska and Siberia. From his windows on Russian Hill one saw always something...copra, to take out cottons and idols ; a Chinese junk with fanlike sails, back from an expedition after sharks' livers ; an old whaler, which seemed to drip... | |
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There was a sprinkling, too, of Alaska and Siberia. From his windows on Russian Hill one saw always something strange and suggestive creeping through the mists of the bay. It would be a South Sea Island brig, bringing in copra, to take out cottons and... 