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 1    1,    1|        shark, that goes against wind and tide, there’s no clew
 2    1,    5|    advantage of every favorable wind, though her chief reliance
 3    1,    6|          and toward evening the wind blew pretty fresh, and the
 4    1,    6|      But the morning after, the wind changed, and the captain
 5    1,    6|   weather, fortunately, and the wind is favorable, and the ship
 6    1,   10| cloudless, and a constant south wind prevails, as the coast is
 7    1,   16|        that the least breath of wind agitated the light particles,
 8    1,   16|          It is an extremely dry wind which blows from the southwest.
 9    1,   16|       right. At one oclock the wind suddenly lulled, and the
10    1,   16|    becoming fast effaced by the wind.~“Well?” said Paganel to
11    1,   17|  presence indicated a change of wind which shifted to the north.
12    1,   17|     north. A south or southwest wind generally puts to flight
13    1,   17|      heat none the less for the wind being north, this wind being
14    1,   17|      the wind being north, this wind being the simoom of the
15    1,   17|        quietly:~“It’s the north wind.”~“The north wind,” exclaimed
16    1,   17|         north wind.”~“The north wind,” exclaimed Paganel; “what’
17    1,   17|      Paganel; “what’s the north wind to do with it?”~“Ah, it
18    1,   17|      Glenarvan. “It’s the north wind that has put you in a bad
19    1,   17|     that, in South America, the wind greatly irritates the nervous
20    1,   17|        Paganel, it is the north wind—a wind which causes many
21    1,   17|          it is the north wind—a wind which causes many a crime
22    1,   20|        Well, Paganel, the north wind is not blowing to-day. What
23    1,   22|         and the prevailing west wind, made the climate of this
24    1,   23|      seemed as though a gust of wind had blown all the flowers
25    1,   25|       there was not a breath of wind. Absolute calm reigned in
26    1,   25|       first clap of thunder the wind would become unchained,
27    1,   25|        rain had fallen, and the wind had not risen in the least.
28    1,   25|         devouring activity.~The wind had risen now and fanned
29    1,   25|      rapidly along, impelled by wind and current. All the caimans
30    1,   26|        mists, which a breath of wind dispersed, and the heavy
31    1,   26|         The VIRAZON, a peculiar wind, which blows regularly half
32    1,   26|         as the travelers had to wind round them to get past.
33    1,   26|      there was no response. The wind was very high and the sea
34    1,   26|         still a stiff breeze of wind, and the ocean had not recovered
35    2,    1|          he added, “it’s an ill wind that blows nobody good,
36    2,    2|       sea was tranquil, and the wind kept in the right quarter,
37    2,    4|       distance. Should the west wind continue but a dozen days
38    2,    5|        the 13th of December the wind fell entirely; as the sailors
39    2,    5|         it is better to have no wind than a contrary one.”~“Your
40    2,    5|       jib-boom. At midnight the wind freshened, and before long
41    2,    5|    breach, with his face to the wind, and his gaze fixed on the
42    2,    5|          At the same moment the wind redoubled its fury, making
43    2,    5|        most powerful enemy, the wind. He went up again on deck,
44    2,    5|   delusive hope. At 8 A. M. the wind had increased to a hurricane.~
45    2,    6|       start with the first fair wind. They had not to wait long
46    2,    6|         canvas outspread, and a wind blowing right for the Australian
47    2,   13|       the trees have no need of wind or sun. Moisture lacking,
48    2,   15|       There was not a breath of wind. The silence of night was
49    2,   18|        same moment the gusts of wind redoubled their violence.
50    2,   18|    crash during this storm. The wind howled amid the cracking
51    2,   18|    philosophically the rain and wind that beat on their faces.
52    2,   18|       tempest, the sough of the wind, the rattling branches,
53    2,   18|  unchained waters.~At times the wind would cease for a few moments,
54    2,   18|        Mulrady.~“How far?”~“The wind brought it; I should think,
55    2,   18|     redoubled violence, and the wind raged among the branches
56    3,    4|         shores of Auckland. The wind was fair, nevertheless,
57    3,    4|         examined the masts. The wind freshened, and veering a
58    3,    4|        to bring the ship to the wind. The man who was steering
59    3,    4|        girdled in by reefs. The wind blew them strongly toward
60    3,    4|    further damage.~Suddenly the wind fell and the vessel fell
61    3,    4|    became gradually calmer. The wind fell. The hull would be
62    3,    6|   morning, John seeing that the wind was in their favor, rigged
63    3,    6|         as a rudder in case the wind was sufficient to require
64    3,    6|        the event of a change of wind, they could steer, or indeed,
65    3,    6|       toward the land, aided by wind and tide. The coast was
66    3,    6|  allowance must be made. If the wind held, they might reach the
67    3,    6|        he hoped to succeed. The wind freshened. The tide had
68    3,    6|         make two miles. But the wind soon fell almost entirely,
69    3,    6|        With the rising tide the wind blew again toward the land.
70    3,    6|        raft to the mercy of the wind, assisted by a current of
71    3,    7|       its fury. Toward noon the wind freshened, and increased
72    3,   12|        the gloom. Some gusts of wind whistled by the sides of
73    3,   12|       revived with the puffs of wind, and the flames sent fitful
74    3,   13|        gun wads, carried by the wind, fell beside them; they
75    3,   19|       an eruption, and the east wind brings no sound whatever
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