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Page 42
... night set in , the enraged seas a mass of seething foam , the gale still increasing , their condition growing more and more terrible every moment . A loud crash aloft , and the foremast came by the board , broken short off just under ...
... night set in , the enraged seas a mass of seething foam , the gale still increasing , their condition growing more and more terrible every moment . A loud crash aloft , and the foremast came by the board , broken short off just under ...
Page 43
... night the ship weathered the storm and at dawn of day was little more than a battered hulk . The day for which all had so earnestly prayed came at last , but brought no abatement in the storm . Those white , fleecy clouds held no ...
... night the ship weathered the storm and at dawn of day was little more than a battered hulk . The day for which all had so earnestly prayed came at last , but brought no abatement in the storm . Those white , fleecy clouds held no ...
Page 49
... night ? " " Not last night . It has been three days since the awful event . " " Three days , can it be possible ? " " Yes , monsieur , it has been three whole days since the wreck , and you are the only one saved . " • ' Had it not been ...
... night ? " " Not last night . It has been three days since the awful event . " " Three days , can it be possible ? " " Yes , monsieur , it has been three whole days since the wreck , and you are the only one saved . " • ' Had it not been ...
Page 59
... night . He was not punished for the offence , and historians speak of Albert's death as the act of a revolt on the part of the colony . A more prudent man named Barre was chosen in his stead , and he at once advised a return to France ...
... night . He was not punished for the offence , and historians speak of Albert's death as the act of a revolt on the part of the colony . A more prudent man named Barre was chosen in his stead , and he at once advised a return to France ...
Page 66
... night Laudonnière decamped without tak- ing Saturiova into his confidence and sailed up another river , where he met the chief of the prov- ince , his wife and four daughters , who hospitably entertained him . Among the presents the ...
... night Laudonnière decamped without tak- ing Saturiova into his confidence and sailed up another river , where he met the chief of the prov- ince , his wife and four daughters , who hospitably entertained him . Among the presents the ...
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