Chapter
1 VIII | rocking with every gust of wind; my knees began to fail;
2 IX | very narrow cabin.~“Is the wind favourable?” my uncle asked.~“
3 IX | to tack against the north wind, and reached the Faroes
4 XIV | the observation that the wind and rain are not ceasing
5 XV | was excessively keen. The wind was blowing violently. I
6 XV | motion like a waterspout; the wind was lashing it on to that
7 XV | not unfrequent when the wind blows from the glaciers,
8 XV | the irresistible blasts of wind, flew about in a perfect
9 XXIX | to hear the whistling of wind.~I wondered whether I was
10 XXIX | is the rustling noise of wind. Am I quite mistaken, or
11 XXIX | day, and don’t I hear the wind blowing, and the sea breaking
12 XXIX | Open air?”~“Yes; the wind is rather strong. You must
13 XXX | outlines. The currents of wind seemed to have had no effect
14 XXX | subterranean world. When the wind lulled, a deeper silence
15 XXXII | adventurous expedition.~The wind was from the north-west.
16 XXXII | needed no steering, the wind blowing directly aft.~Since
17 XXXII | phenomena, the direction of the wind, the rate of sailing, the
18 XXXII | passage.~Friday, August 14. — Wind steady, N.W. The raft makes
19 XXXII | right?”~“Yes, it is a fair wind and a fine sea; we are sailing
20 XXXIII| Weather unchanged. The wind freshens. On awaking, my
21 XXXIV | August 19. — Fortunately the wind blows violently, and has
22 XXXIV | s.~Thursday, Aug. 20. — Wind N.N.E., unsteady and fitful.
23 XXXIV | like lunatics before the wind, to get near to a monster
24 XXXV | geyser has disappeared. The wind has risen, and has rapidly
25 XXXV | storm become aggravated. The wind never lulls but to acquire
26 XXXV | catches not a breath of wind, and hangs like a sheet
27 XXXV | impetuous uncle. “Never! Let the wind catch us if it will! What
28 XXXVI | which lay open to every wind. At the same time I cherished
29 XXXVI | been a sudden change of wind unperceived by us, which
30 XXXVII| from the new mast, and the wind was playing in its waving
31 XXXVII| clear — and the north-west wind blew steadily.~What could
32 XL | to Cape Saknussemm.~The wind was unfavourable to a species
33 XLI | We kept our backs to the wind, not to be stifled by the
34 XLIII | fierce puffs of stormy wind from below, resembling the
35 XLIV | whale, and puff out fire and wind from its vast blowholes.
36 XLIV | moving slowly before the wind.~This unforeseen spectacle
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