"Longboat" Quotes from Famous Books
... Mr Davis went in the longboat to view the islands, and I myself as we went sounded close by the ledge, and had six fathoms. One of the islands is very small, as it were a mere bank of sand with nothing on it. The other is about a mile long, and half a mile broad, and has nothing upon it but some small store ... — A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII. • Robert Kerr |