 Pretty much up and down, sir," returned the cockswain, whose eye was gradually brightening with the excitement of the sport; "he'll soon run his nose against the bottom if he stands long on that course, and will be glad to get another snuff of pure air....  The Pilot - Seite 72von James Fenimore Cooper - 1867Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1824 - 436 Seiten
...and will be glnd to get another snuff of pure air ; send hi-r » few fathoms to starboard, Sir, and 1 promise we shall not be out of his track.' " The conjecture...proved true, for in a few minutes the water broke near Uiem, nnd another spout was cast into the air, when the hu(,e animal rushed, for hnlf his length, in... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 478 Seiten
...gradually brightening with the excitement of the sport ; " he '11 run his nose against the bottom, if he stands long on that course, and will be glad to get another snuff of pure air ; send ir , a few fathoms to starboard, sir, and I promise we shall not be out of his track." ' The conjecture... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1853 - 498 Seiten
...gradually brightening with the excitement of the sport; "he 'll soon run his nose against the bottom if he stands long on that course, and will be glad to get...the experienced old seaman proved true; for in a few moments the water broke near them, and another spout was cast into the air, when the huge animal rushed... | |
 | 1855 - 506 Seiten
...brightening with the excitement of the sport ; " he'll soon run his nose against the bottom, if he stands long on that course, and will be glad to get another snuff of pure air; send her a few fathOt-IS to starboard, sir, and I promise we shall not be out of hiJ track." The conjecture of the... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 Seiten
...his nose against the bottom if he stands long oa that course, and will be glad to get another snnlf of pure air; send her a few fathoms to starboard,...experienced old seaman proved true ; for in a few moments the water broke near them, and another spout was cost into the air, when the hnge animal rushed... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 Seiten
...his nose against the bottom if he stands loi g on that course, and will be glad to get another sniitt of pure air; send her a few fathoms to starboard, sir, and I promise we shall not be out of his tisck." The conjecture of the experienced old seaman proved true ; for in n few moments the water bioke... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 Seiten
...gradually brightening with the excitement of the sport; " he'll soon run his nose against the bottom if he stands long on that course, and will be glad to get another snutt of pure air; send her a few fathoms to starboard, sir, and I promise we shall not be out of his... | |
 | Jean Roemer - 1857 - 332 Seiten
...brightening with the excitement of the sport ; " he'll soon run his nose against the bottom, if he stands long on that course, and will be glad to get...into the air, when the huge animal rushed for half its length in the same direction, and fell on the sea with a turbulence and foam equal to that which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 Seiten
...his nose against the bottom, if he stands long on that course, and will be glad to get another sunff of pure air ; send her a few fathoms to starboard, sir, and I promise we shall not be ont of his track." for in a few miuntes the water broke near them, and another spont was cast into... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1859 - 580 Seiten
...spoil; u he'll soon inn his nose against the bottom, if he stands long on that course, and will he glad to get another snuff of pure air ; send her a...starboard, sir, and I promise we shall not be out of hib track." The conjecture of the experienced old seaman proved true, for in a few minutes the water... | |
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