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Excerpt from Idle Days in Patagonia
Ours, it must be said, was a very curious boat, reported ancient and much damaged; long and narrow in shape, like a Viking''s ship, with the passengers'' cabins ranged like a row of small wooden cottages on the deck: it was as ugly to look at as it was said to be unsafe to voyage in. To make matters worse our captain, a man over eighty years old, was lying in his cabin sick unto death, for, as a fact, he died not many days after our mishap; our one mate was asleep, leaving only the men to navigate the steamer on that perilous coast, and in the darkest hour of a tempestuous night.
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Ours, it must be said, was a very curious boat, reported ancient and much damaged; long and narrow in shape, like a Viking''s ship, with the passengers'' cabins ranged like a row of small wooden cottages on the deck: it was as ugly to look at as it was said to be unsafe to voyage in. To make matters worse our captain, a man over eighty years old, was lying in his cabin sick unto death, for, as a fact, he died not many days after our mishap; our one mate was asleep, leaving only the men to navigate the steamer on that perilous coast, and in the darkest hour of a tempestuous night.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
William Henry Hudson
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265250105
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 271
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Contributors
Author
William Henry Hudson
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332017416
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 273
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