| 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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