She had been out on the open ocean only a day, when the lookout, from his perch in the cross-trees, reported a strange sail on the horizon.
In the midst of their sport, as they were hauling in the finny monsters right merrily, the hail of the lookout warned them that a strange sailwas in sight.
It was the night signal for a strange sail in the north-east.
The Essex having disguised herself as a merchant man continued her cruise, and in a few days discovered a strange sail, which, deceived by her appearance, boldly attacked her.
On the 19th he made a strange sail, one of the vessels that a few weeks before had pressed him so hard in the chase.
A few days before Perry's victory, this vessel left the harbor of Portland, and while sweeping out to sea discovered a strange sail close in shore.
The wind has lulled, sir, and there is a strange sail in the northwest that seems to be dodging us--but she may be one of the merchantmen after all, sir.
I kept my eye on the object, but I could not make out more, than that it was a strange sail; I could neither judge of her size nor her rig, from the distance, and the extreme darkness of the night.
It is the habit of the Kingstonians to resort in great numbers to those gardemange--looking boxes, whenever a strange sail appears in the offing, or any circumstance takes place at sea worth reconnoitring.
A strange sail right a--head," sung out three men from forward all at once.
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