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" ... with all our might. A situation more distressing has, perhaps, seldom been experienced. Our bread was in bags, and in danger of being spoiled by the wet ; to be starved to death was inevitable if this could not be prevented. I therefore began to examine... "
(515 p.) - Page 156
1812
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A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the ..., Volume 4

R. P. Forster - 1818 - 592 pages
...death was inevitable, if this could not be prevented : I therefore began to examine what clothes there were in the boat, and what other things could be spared...kept for each person, the rest was thrown overboard, with some rope and spare sails, which lightened the boat considerably, and we had made room to bale...
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Dangerous Voyage of Captain Bligh, in an Open Boat, Over 1200 Leagues of the ...

William Bligh - 1820 - 188 pages
...therefore began to examine what clothes w«re in the boat, and what other things could be spared; arid having determined that only two suits should be kept...carpenter had a good chest in the boat, in which we secuie'd the bread the first favourable moment. His tool-chest was also cleared, and the tools stowed...
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A narrative of the mutiny on board his majesty's ship Bounty

William Bligh - 1838 - 86 pages
...death was inevitable, if this could not be prevented : I therefore began to examine what clothes there were in the boat, and what other things could be spared...kept for each person, the rest was thrown overboard, with some rope and spare sails, which lightened the boat considerably, and we had more room to bale...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 pages
...death was inevitable, if this could not be prevented. I therefore began to examine what clothes there were in the boat, and what other things could be spared...kept for each person, the rest was thrown overboard, with some rope and spare sails, which lightened the boat considerably, and we had more room to bale...
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Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record

Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1856 - 420 pages
...death was inevitable, if this could not be prevented. I therefore began to examine what clothes there were in the boat, and what other things could be spared;...kept for each person, the rest was thrown overboard, with some rope and spare sails, which lightened the boat considerably, and we had more room to bail...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Volumes 5-6

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 530 pages
...death was inevitable, if this could not be prevented. I therefore began to examine what clothes there were in the boat, and what other things could be spared...kept for each person, the rest was thrown overboard, with some rope and spare sails, which lightened the boat considerably, and we had more room to bale...
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Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volume 5

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 276 pages
...death was inevitable, if this could not be prevented. I therefore began to examine what clothes there were in the boat, and what other things could be spared...kept for each person, the rest was thrown overboard, with some rope and spare sails, which lightened the boat considerably, and we had more room to bale...
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The book of adventure and peril

Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) - 1875 - 942 pages
...death was inevitable if this could not be prevented. I therefore began to examine what clothes there were in the boat, and what other things could be spared...kept for each person, the rest was thrown overboard, with some rope and spare sails, which lightened the boat considerably, and we had more room to bale...
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The mutiny of the Bounty [abridged from W.Bligh's Narrative] and other ...

William Bligh - 1885 - 158 pages
...death was inevitable, if this could not be prevented. I therefore began to examine what clothes there were in the boat, and what other things could be spared...kept for each person, the rest was thrown overboard, with some rope and spare sails, which lightened the boat considerably, and we had more room to bale...
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Great Sea Stories

Joseph Lewis French - 1921 - 366 pages
...death was inevitable, if this could not be prevented. I therefore began to examine what clothes there were in the boat, and what other things could be spared;...kept for each person, the rest was thrown overboard, with some rope and spare sails, which lightened the boat considerably, and we had more room to bail...
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