 | William Dampier - 1906 - 694 pages
...after it has reached the Shore it fans pretty briskly, and so increaseth gradually till Twelve a-Clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till Two...Points, or more in very fair Weather. After Three a-Clock it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and about... | |
 | John E. Simpson - 1994 - 260 pages
...after it has reached the Shore it fans pretty briskly, and so increaseth gradually till Twelve a-Clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till Two...very brisk Gale; about Twelve at Noon it also veers oft to Sea Two or Three points, or more in very fine Weather. After Three a-Clock it begins to die... | |
 | 1849 - 946 pages
...comparison. In half an hour after it has reached the shore, it blows pretty briskly, and so incruaseth gradually till twelve o'clock ; then it is commonly...and lasts so till two or three, a very brisk gale. After three o'clock it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent... | |
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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... 
