 ... is as smooth and even as Glass in Comparison; in half an Hour's time after it has reached the shore it fans pretty briskly, and so increaseth gradually till 12 a Clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till 2 or 3 a very brisk gale; about...  A New Voyage Round the World - Page 27by William Dampier - 1699Full view - About this book
 | William Derham - 1768 - 502 pages
...the ftrongefl, and lajis fo till T<wo or Three, a vtry brijk Gait. — Jfter Three it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its Force till all is fpent ; and about Fi've o' Clock — it ts lulUd ajleep, and comes no mcrt till next Morning. i And CHAP. II. Of the... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1824 - 492 pages
...noon, it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After three o'clock, it begins to dye away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and about five o'clock, sooner or later, according as the weather is, it is lulled asleep, and... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1824 - 402 pages
...noon, it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After three o'clock, it begins to dye away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and about five o'clock, sooner or later, according as the weather is, it is lulled asleep, and... | |
 | 1888 - 340 pages
...it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till 2 or 3 a very brisk gale; about 12 at noon it also veers off to sea 2 or 3 points, or more in very fair weather....dye away again, and gradually withdraws its force til all is spent, and about 5 a clock, sooner or later, according as the weather is, it is lull'd asleep... | |
 | William Morris Davis - 1894 - 396 pages
...and lasts so till 2 or 3 a very brisk gale; about 12 at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After 3 a clock...again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and about 5 a clock, sooner or later, according as the weather is, it is lull'd asleep, and... | |
 | William Morris Davis - 1894 - 404 pages
...or 3 a very brisk gale ; about 12 at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more ii very fair weather. After 3 a clock it begins to dye...again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and about 5 a clock, sooner or later, according as the weather is, it is lull'd asleep, and... | |
 | Philip Edwards - 1994 - 272 pages
...commonly strongest, and lasts so till 2 or 3 a very brisk gale; about 12 at Noon it also veres ofTthe Sea 2 or 3 Points, or more in very fair Weather. After...again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and about 5 a Clock, sooner or later, according as the Weather is, it is lull'd asleep, and... | |
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