Identifier: twoyearscruiseof00snowuoft (find matches)
Title: A two years' cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland islands,Patagonia, and in the River Plate; a narrative of life in the Southern Seas
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Snow, William Parker, 1817-1895
Subjects: Pacific Ocean and Islands South America -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Longman
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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ost afraid of, however, was any largevessel running before the wind, as a large vessel couldperhaps do, when we dare not; and should one come inthe line of our drift, there would be but little chance forus on such a terrific night. We could neither see norbe seen until too late to avoid disaster: and then itwould indeed be God have mercy upon us ! At midnight there was a thorough Cape Horn gale,and so unpleasant was the tossing about of the ship, thatall of us, with one or two exceptions, were sick. Formyself, I obtained only a few snatches of sleep, being ondeck frequently. About two a.m. a heavy sea struck usabaft, and tried the vessels strength; doing, however, nodamage, except throwing the helmsman over the wheel,and deluging the decks fore and aft. Not even a portionof our bulwarks was washed away, and only a loose portand a few trifling articles were carried overboard. Atthree a.m. the gale was at its height; and so heavy wasit that I felt rather serious concerning our position.
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PECULIARLY HEAVY SEAS. 77 In a small vessel one feels the unpleasant effects of astorm much more in some respects than in a large ship,though in other things the latter has a disadvantage.In our case the tumbling about was so annoying asto make me, at first, as cross and irritable as a peevish olddame, when out of humour ; and afterwards, from want ofsleep, as gloomy and foreboding as the night itself. Nowin a ship of greater tonnage, the evil would not havebeen cp:iite so bad; for the lively motion would havebeen less, and consequently my bones would have escapedthe many knocks they so often received by such suddenand quick thumps against the bulwarks, skylights, orwhatever else might be near. On the particular night of which I am speaking I wasfatigued, and sore, and cross, and desponding. If Iattempted to rouse myself and take a few spasmodicsteps along the deck, a sudden lift of the sea would sendme flying in a frantic manner, and with bursting force,against some fixture of the sh

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