2012, ISBN: 1232168386

[EAN: 9781232168386], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers c… More...

[EAN: 9781232168386], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: .Bordeaux. In the afternoon the wind veered to the N.W., very light; course E. and E. by N. In the evening we lowered our topsails to wait for the rearmost ships; course as before. During the night, at two glasses in the first watch, one of our ships ahead came towards us with a light hoisted, and called and shouted to the ship nearest on our lee. But we could not understand them. Thereupon the ships in our rear headed off from us. Seeing this, we also headed off before the wind; course W.N.W. 1 From the course taken this would seem to be Belleisle. 2 Sic MSS. Cuxhaven is of course impossible: Cordouan may be meant. And accordingly we signalled with three lights and a cannon-shot. We heaved the lead in fourteen fathoms of water. The said ship ahead ought to have warned us, as she did others. When three glasses had run out, we took in our fore topsail, and one glass after that furled our foresail and drifted; we drifted to the S.W. During the second watch we hoisted our foresail again, and ran before the wind. We made a signal by firing and showing three lights; course E. by N., under easy sail, and shortly before daybreak we hoisted our foresails again. At dawn we saw the Isle d Yeu1 two miles to leeward; course S.E. Dec.--In the morning the wind N.E. by E.; course S.E. I missed several of our ships; therefore brailed up our mainsail, and lowered our topsails, to see if any ships were astern. Accordingly kept under easy sail till past noon. At two o'clock counted eighteen ships, which were most of them ahead of us. Then made sail with the rearmost ships; saw none of the convoy; thought they must have left the fleet to reach St. Martin's as quickly as possible. We were now off of Olonne, which was on our beam a mile and a half off. Anchored a little after sun.<