 | William Winterbotham - 1795 - 626 Seiten
...been guided, in feveral of their difcoveries, by the motion of birds, altered his courfe from due weft towards that quarter whither they pointed their flight. But, after holding on for feveral days in this new direction, without any better fuccefs than formerly, having feen no objeft,... | |
 | William Winterbotham - 1796 - 644 Seiten
...been guided, in feveral of their diicoveries, by the motion of birds, altered hii courfc from due weft towards that quarter whither they pointed their flight. But, after holding on for icver.il days in this new direction, without any better lucccu than formerly, having leen no object,... | |
 | James Hardie - 1801 - 526 Seiten
...land seemed to be more certain. The birds began to appear in flecks, making towards the South-west. Columbus, in imitation of the Portuguese navigators,...West, towards that quarter, whither they pointed their llight. But after they had gone on for several days in this direction, with no better success than... | |
 | William Robertson - 1803 - 414 Seiten
...been guided, in feveral of their difcoveries, by the motion of birds, altered his courfe from due weft towards that quarter whither they pointed their flight. But, after holding on for feveral days in this new direction, without any better fuccefs than formerly, having feen no object,... | |
 | William Robertson - 1809 - 382 Seiten
...and excited hope in proportion. The birds began to appear in flocks, making towards the south-west. Columbus, in imitation of the Portuguese navigators,...better success than formerly, having seen no object daring thirty days but the sea and the sky, the hopes of his companions 'subsided faster than they... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 620 Seiten
...and excited hope in proportion. The birds began to appear in flocks, making towards the south-west. Columbus, in imitation of the Portuguese navigators,...in this new direction, without any better success tban formerly, having seen no object, during thirty days, but the sea and the sky, the hopes of his... | |
 | R. P. Forster - 1818 - 514 Seiten
...and excited hope in proportion. The birds began to appear in flocks, .making towards the south-west. Columbus, in imitation of the Portuguese navigators,...their discoveries, by the motion of birds, altered their course from due west towards that quarter whither they pointed their flight. But, after holding... | |
 | William Winterbotham - 1819 - 606 Seiten
...been guided, in feveral of their difcoveries, by the motion of birds, altered his courfe from due weft towards that quarter whither they pointed their flight. But, after holding on for feveral days in this new direflion, without any better fuccefs than formerly, having feen no o'ojeft,... | |
 | John Platts - 1826 - 624 Seiten
...and excited hope in proportion. The birds began to appear in flocks, making towards the south-west. Columbus, in imitation of the Portuguese navigators,...flight. But after holding on for several days in this direction without any better success than formerly, having seen no object during thirty days but the... | |
 | John Platts - 1826 - 632 Seiten
...and excited hope in proportion. The birds began to appear in flocks, making towards the south-west. Columbus, in imitation of the Portuguese navigators,...flight. But after holding on for several days in this direction without any better success than formerly, having seen no object during thirty days but the... | |
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As they proceeded, the indications of approaching land seemed to be more certain, and excited hope in proportion. The birds began to appear in flocks, making towards the south-west. Columbus, in imitation of the Portuguese navigators, who had been guided... 
