 | John Wesley - 1796 - 666 pages
...diftance of 3618 miles, and that, notwithftanding our extreme diftreis, no one {hould have perifhed in the voyage. , I have already mentioned, that I knew not where the Dutch fettlement was fituated ; but I had a faint idea that it was at the SW part of the illand. I therefore,... | |
 | 1812 - 532 pages
...distress, no one should have perished on the voyage. , I have already mentioned, that I did not know where the Dutch settlement was situated, but I had a faint idea that it was at the south-west part of the island. I therefore, after day-light, bore away along shore towards that quarter.... | |
 | 1925 - 948 pages
...Timor in forty-one days after leaving Tofoa, having in that time run by our log a distance of 3618 miles ; and that, notwithstanding our extreme distress, no one should have perished on the voyage." Two more days were spent in coasting about the island and in looking for the Dutch... | |
 | R. P. Forster - 1818 - 592 pages
...Timor in forty-one days after leaving Tofba, having in that time run, by our log, a distance of 3618 miles, and that, notwithstanding our extreme distress, no one should have perished in the voyage.' They coasted the island for two days in search of the European settlement ; captain Bligh opposing... | |
 | William Bligh - 1820 - 188 pages
...Timor, in forty-one days after leaving Tofoa; having in that time, run by o.ur log the distance of 3618 miles; and that, notwithstanding our extreme distress, no one should have perished on the voyage. I have already mentioned, that I did not know where the Dutch settlement was situated,... | |
 | William Bligh - 1824 - 184 pages
...in forty- one days after leaving Tofoa ; having, in that time, run by our log the distance of 3618 miles; and that, notwithstanding our extreme distress, no one should have perished on the voyage. I have already mentioned, that I did not know where the Dutch settlement was si+ tuated,... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1831 - 400 pages
...having in that time run, by our log, a distance of three thousand six hundred and eighteen nautical miles; and that, notwithstanding our extreme distress, no one should have perished in the voyage.' On Sunday the 14th they came safely to anchor in Coupang Bay, where they were received with every mark... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - 1843 - 456 pages
...Tofoaa, having in that time run by our log a distance of three thousand six hundred and eighteen nautical miles ; and that notwithstanding our extreme distress, no one should have perished in the voyage." The poor sufferers, when landed, were scarcely able to walk ; their condition is described as most... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1845 - 310 pages
...Tofoa, having in that time run by our log a distance of three thousand six hundred and eighteen nautical miles ; and that, notwithstanding our extreme distress, no one should have perished in the voyage." On Sunday the 14th they came safely to anchor ir. Coupang Bay, where they were received with every... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 pages
...Tofoa, having in that time run, by our log, a distance of 3618 miles, and that, notwithstanding oar extreme distress, no one should have perished in the...situated, but I had a faint idea that it was at the south-west part of the island. I therefore, after daylight, bore away along shore to the south-south-west,... | |
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It appeared scarcely credible to ourselves that, in an open boat, and so poorly provided, we should have been able to reach the coast of Timor in forty-one days after leaving Tofoa, having in that time run, by our log, a distance of 3,618 miles and that,... 
