 | Alexander George Findlay - 1851 - 746 strani
...the light breeze that cume principally from the shore brought with it a very strong smell of burning tar, or of some such resinous substance. The next...which covered the ocean in all directions within the limit? of our view, and indicated that in this neighbourhood it was not subject to much agitation."... | |
 | Alexander George Findlay - 1851 - 748 strani
...the light breeze that cuino principally from the shore brought with it a very strong smell of burning tar, or of some such resinous substance. The next...surface, which covered the ocean in all directions within t!:o limits of our view, and indicated that in this neighbourhood it was not subject to much agitation."... | |
 | 1860 - 366 strani
...by a current from the coast. Vancouver first drew attention to the flow of bitumen : he says — " the surface of the sea, which was perfectly smooth...the limits of our view, and indicated, that in the neighbourhood, it was not subject to much agitation." Sir Edward Belcher, in 1839, ^Voyage of the Sulphur]... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - 1927 - 678 strani
...strong smell of burning tar, or of some such resinous substance. The next morning, Sunday the 10th, the sea had the appearance of dissolved tar floating...within the limits of our view ; and indicated, that in this neighbourhood it was not subject to much agitation. From this anchorage, situated in latitude... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1970 - 298 strani
...navigator, logged the following, in 1792: "The surface of the sea . . . was covered with a thick slimy substance. . . . The next morning the sea had the appearance of dissolved tar flouting on its surface, which covered the sea in all directions. . . ." The Coast and Geodetic Survey... | |
 | Alan Judd, Martin Hovland - 2009 - 387 strani
...the light breeze, which came principally from the shore, brought with it a strong smell of tar, or some such resinous substance. The next morning the sea had the appearance of dissolved tar floating on its surface, which covered the sea in all directions within the limits of our view . . . Imray,... | |
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... tar, or of some such resinous substance. The next morning the sea had the appearance of dissolved tar floating upon its surface, which covered the ocean in all directions within the limits of our view, and indicated that in the neighbourhood it was... 