 | Samuel Drew - 1831 - 658 pages
...bud the satisfaction of seeing the great Sugar Loaf Uock, which stands on one side of the harbour*» mouth, so nearly right ahead, that we had not to alter...order to hit the entrance of Rio. This was the first hind we had seen fur three months, after crossing so many seas, and being set backwards and foi wards... | |
 | 1831 - 616 pages
...had the satisfaction of seeing the great Sugar Loaf Rock, which stands on one side of ttie harbour's mouth, so nearly right ahead, that we had not to alter our course above a pnint in order to hit the entrance of Rio. This was the first land we had seen for three months, after... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Human beings - 1834 - 360 pages
...the great sugar-loaf peak, which stands on one side of the harbour's mouth, so nearly right a- head that we had not to alter our course above a point, in order to hit the entrance of Bio. This was the first land we had seen for th. ee mouths, after crossing so many seas, and being... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1836 - 434 pages
...had the satisfaction of seeing the great sugar-loaf peak, which stands on one side of the harbour's mouth, so nearly right a-head that we had not to alter...in order to hit the entrance of Rio. This was the tirst land we had seen for three months, after crossing so many seas, and being set backwards and forwards... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Commercial geography - 1837 - 612 pages
...Rock, which stands on one side of the harbour, so nearly right a-head, that he had not to alter his course above a point in order to hit the entrance of Rio. Occultations of stars by the moon serve exactly the same purpose as a distance of the moon from a star... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1841 - 486 pages
...on account of a thick fog which enveloped them. As this cleared away, they had the satisfaction of seeing the great Sugar-Loaf Rock, which stands on...of the harbor's mouth, so nearly right ahead, that they had not to alter their course above a point, in order to hit the entrance of the harbor. This... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1843 - 344 pages
...had the satisfaction of seeing the great Sugar.loaI rock, which stands on one side of the harbour's mouth, so nearly right ahead that we had not to alter our course aljove a point in order to hit the entrance of Rio. This was the first land we had seen for three months,... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1843 - 344 pages
...before sending the people to break fast, when it suddenly cleared off, and I had the satisfaction of seeing the great Sugar-loaf rock, which stands on one side of the harbour's mouth, so nearly right ahead that we had not to alter our course above a point in order to... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...before sending the people to breakfast, when it suddenly cleared off, and I had the satisfaction of seeing the great Sugar-loaf rock, which stands on one side of the harbour's mouth, so nearly right ahead that we had not to alter our course above a point in order to... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...before sending the people to breakfast, when it suddenly cleared off, and I had the satisfaction of seeing the great Sugar-loaf Rock, which stands on one side of the harbour's mouth, so nearly right a-head, that we had not to alter our course above a point in order... | |
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Rock, which stands on one side of the harbor's mouth, so nearly right ahead that we had not to alter our course above a point in order to hit the entrance of Rio. This was the first land we had seen for three months, after crossing so many seas, and being... 
