 | David Purdie Thomson - 1849 - 516 pages
...after it has reached the shore, it fans pretty briskly, and so increaseth gradually till 12 o'clock ; then it is commonly strongest and lasts so till 2...brisk gale. About 12 at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After 3 o'clock, it begins to die away again, and... | |
 | John Knox Laughton - 1873 - 416 pages
...— " It comes in a fine, small, black Curie upon the Water, whereas all the Sea between it, and the Shore not yet reached by it, is as smooth and even...strongest, and lasts so till 2 or 3 a very brisk gale." » I have been able to collect a good deal of evidence on this subject ; and though much of it agrees... | |
 | William Desborough Cooley - 1876 - 500 pages
...after it has reached the shore it fans pretty briskly, and so increases gradually till 12 o'clock, when it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till 2 or 3 a very brisk gale ; at the same time it veers off to sea two or three points or more in very fair weather. After 3 o'clock... | |
 | Robert Henry Scott - 1885 - 458 pages
...after it has reached the shore it fans pretty briskly and so increaseth gradually till 12 o'clock ; then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till 2 or 3, a very brisk gale.' Mr. Laughton, who has devoted much attention to these winds, speaks of the land breeze ' as coming... | |
 | William Morris Davis - 1894 - 400 pages
...of it. It comes in a fine small black curie upon the water, when as all the sea between it and the shore not yet reached by it, is as smooth and even...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 it begins to dye away again, and... | |
 | William Morris Davis - 1894 - 396 pages
...hour's time after it has reached the shore it fans pretty briskly, and so iucreaseth gradually till 1:.' a clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts...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 it begins to dye away again, and... | |
 | William Morris Davis - 1894 - 394 pages
...hour's time after it has reached the shore it fans pretty briskly, and so iucreaseth gradually till 1a clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so...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 it begins to dye away again, and... | |
 | William Morris Davis - 1894 - 388 pages
...comparison ; in half an hour's time after it has reached the shore it fans pretty briskly, and so inereaseth gradually till 12 a clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till 2 or 3 a very brisk gale ; abont 12 at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After... | |
 | Philip Edwards - 1994 - 272 pages
...fine, small, black Curie upon the Water, whenas all the Sea between it, and the shore not yet reach'd by it, is as smooth and even as Glass in Comparison;...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 3 a Clock it begins to dye away... | |
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It comes in a fine small black curie upon the water, when as all the sea between it and the shore not yet reached by it, 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... 