 At noon some noddies came so near to us, that one of them was caught by hand. This bird was about the size of a small pigeon. I divided it, with its entrails, into eighteen portions, and by a well-known method at sea, of  (515 p.) - Page 1631812Full view - About this book
 | R. P. Forster - 1818 - 592 pages
...allowance. At rioon some noddies came so near to us, that one of them was caught by hand. This bird is about the size of a small pigeon. I divided it, with its entrails, into eighteen portions, and by the method of, Who shall have this?* it was distributed with the allowance... | |
 | William Bligh - 1820 - 188 pages
...omitting the usual proportion for supper, We had forty three days' allowance. On Monday at noon, several noddies came so near to us, that one was caught by...portions, and it was distributed by a method well knout* at sea, where one person turns his back on the subject that is to be divided ; another then... | |
 | William Bligh - 1824 - 184 pages
...usual proportion for supper, we had forty-three days' allowance. On Monday at noon, some noddies cam* so near to us, that one was caught by the hand, it...another then pointing separately to the portions, asks aloud, " Who shall have this?" to which the first answers by naming somebody. — Thus every one... | |
 | William Bligh - 1838 - 86 pages
...Monday, 25th. — At noon some noddies came so near to us, that one of them was caught by hand. This bird was about the size of a small pigeon. I divided it, .with its entrails, into eighteen portions, and by a well-known method at sea, of, Who shall have this * ? it was distributed,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 pages
...Monday, 25th. — At noon some noddies came so near to us, that one of them was caught by hand. This bird was about the size of a small pigeon. I divided it, with its entrails, into eighteen portions, and by a well-known method at sea, of " Who shall have this ? " * it was distributed,... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1856 - 420 pages
...', 25th. — At noon some noddies came so near to us, that one of them was caught by hand. This bird was about the size of a small pigeon. I divided it, with its entrails, into eighteen portions, and by a well-known method at sea, of "Who shall have this?"* it was dis* One person... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 530 pages
...Monday, 2$th. — At noon some noddies came so near to us, that one of them was caught by hand. This bird was about the size of a small pigeon. I divided it, with its entrails, into eighteen portions, and by a. well-known method at sea, of 'Who shall have this?'* it was distributed,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 276 pages
...-i^th. — At noon some noddies came so near to us, that one of them was caught by hand. This bird was about the size of a small pigeon. I divided it, with its entrails, into eighteen portions, and by a well-known method at sea, of 'Who shall have this?'* it was distributed,... | |
 | Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) - 1875 - 942 pages
...'Monday, 25th. — At noon, some noddies came so near to us that one of them was caught by hand. This bird was about the size of a small pigeon. I divided it, with its entrails, into eighteen portions, and by a well-known method at sea of "Who shall have this?" it was distributed with... | |
 | William Bligh - 1885 - 158 pages
...Monday, 25th. — At noon some noddies came so near to us, that one of them was caught by hand. This bird was about the size of a small pigeon. I divided it, with its entrails, into eighteen portions, and by a well-known method at sea, of " Who shall have this ?" * it was distributed,... | |
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