Among the American ships which traded along the northwest coast in 1792, was the Columbia, Captain Gray, of Boston.
Coasting craft would be built and fitted out, also at the mouth of the Columbia, to trade, at favorable seasons, all along the northwest coast, and return, with the proceeds of their voyages, to this place of deposit.
-- Considering the rankness of the vegetation in Tierra del Fuego, and on the coast northward of it, the condition of the islands south and south-west of America is truly surprising.
Now, it is known that in the shallow sea on the Arctic coast of America the bottom freezes, [19] and does not thaw in spring so soon as the surface of the land, moreover at greater depths, where the bottom of the sea does not freeze the mud a few feet beneath the top layer might remain even in summer below 32 degs., as in the case on the land with the soil at the depth of a few feet.
From Smyrna towards the Holy Land the course will lay through the Grecian Archipelago, close by the Isle of Patmos, along the
coast of Asia, ancient Pamphylia, and the Isle of Cyprus.
The
coast was densely overgrown, nor was any building or sign of man apparent from the water.
This new cargo was destined for the
coast of the Duchy of Lucca, and consisted almost entirely of Havana cigars, sherry, and Malaga wines.
The Turks of Suaquem have gardens on the firm land, not above a musket shot from the island, which supply them with many excellent herbs and fruits, of which I doubt whether there be not a greater quantity on this little spot than on the whole
coast of Africa besides, from Melinda to Suez.
The 9th of February the Nautilus floated in the broadest part of the Red Sea, which is comprised between Souakin, on the west
coast, and Komfidah, on the east
coast, with a diameter of ninety miles.
It was the first Martian my brother had seen, and he stood, more amazed than terrified, watching this Titan advancing deliberately towards the shipping, wading farther and farther into the water as the
coast fell away.
Scarcely any fact struck me more when examining many hundred miles of the South American
coasts, which have been upraised several hundred feet within the recent period, than the absence of any recent deposits sufficiently extensive to last for even a short geological period.
From time to time the
coast was visible through the broken mist, but no vessel was in sight.
I just wanted to say, if you 'll come out to-morrow some time, we 'll have a good
coast."
This danger a little startled my partner and all the ship's company, and we immediately resolved to go away to the
coast of Tonquin, and so on to the
coast of China--and pursuing the first design as to trade, find some way or other to dispose of the ship, and come back in some of the vessels of the country such as we could get.
Two days after starting, the Tampico , having made four hundred and eighty miles, came in sight of the
coast of Florida.
