Take one element alone in long voyages--the time required.
That it should be left to a man of little education to discern the combination of means by which this enemy of long voyages could be conquered, is the most remarkable thing about this remarkable man.
Water may be preserved sweet on long voyages, or restored when putrid, by means of pounded charcoal.
The Thames water soon putrifies on board ships in long voyages; but afterwards throws down a sediment and becomes perfectly sweet pleasant and wholesome; insomuch that it is often bought from ships which have been to India and back.
On long voyages it is not by any means uncommon for some one to start a MS.
One of the deck games popular on long voyages is a form of quoits, played with rings and chalked spaces, or, in some cases, on a spike driven into the deck.
In these days of general travel ladies make, as we have often seen, long voyages to and from far distant parts.
Perhaps the other vessels had been destroyed, to reinforce the crew of the Hind, weakened by the diseases incident to long voyages.
Some space is left vacant behind for the steersman, and before for the kitchen, especially in long voyages, for in these strange vessels they will venture to make voyages of five or six hundred leagues.
We had double the number of officers usual in privateers, which was meant to prevent mutinies, so usual in long voyages, and to secure a succession in case of deaths.
These islands afford good convenience for ships on long voyages procuring a supply of fresh water.
It is published annually, but computed to four years in advance, to accommodate those proceeding on long voyages.
It is the only check on chronometers, and very valuable in long voyages, though now much neglected, since the establishment of compulsory examination in the merchant service, which does not require lunars.
The tubers of the Dioscorea sativa, and others; a valuable vegetable on long voyages.
The dangers incidental to long voyages, caused the ships destined for the East to be constructed in a more solid manner.
Scorbutic affections appear only in long voyages, and acute diseases are occasioned by intemperance, which discipline may prevent, or by a change of climate, which cannot be experienced in the Mediterranean.
The navigators of Lubeck, Bremen, and Denmark, after having tried their strength in long voyages, took advantage of the experience they had gained, to visit the unknown seas of the Baltic.
The boldness and skill these islanders display in the management of their fragile canoes, guiding them on long voyages merely by the sun and stars, in a region where the trade-wind is seldom constant, is most surprising.
Good water, which ships on long voyages stand so much in need of, is scarce at these islands.
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