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  1.  Discourses Biological and Geological Essays / Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
    by 1,700 fathoms of sea-water. Then would come the central plain, more than a thousand miles wide ... , clinging to the lowest part of the sounding-line, from a depth of 1,260 fathoms, midway between Cape  details...
  2.  Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Al / Stokes, John Lort, 1812-1885
    , being light, we passed the night in Popham Bay; and on leaving next morning, had only six fathoms in some tide ... , where a large fire was still burning. Early in the evening we anchored in seven fathoms, to wait for a boat  details...
  3.  Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain / Stokes, John Lort, 1812-1885
    of 20 miles. Vertical Scale of 2000 feet. A. Cape Upstart, 2000 feet high. B. Bay within 3 fathoms deep. C. Raised bed of coral and shells, 12 feet high. D. Depth 17 fathoms, fine grey sand and shells. E ...  details...
  4.  Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier / Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
    shipwreck. They found about twenty-five or thirty fathoms water; and as night drew on, they kept out to sea ... effected, the boat remaining at anchor in twenty-five fathoms water. The men on shore spent the whole day  details...
  5.  A Voyage to New Holland / Dampier, William, 1652-1715
    which I had occasion to take in for my voyage: so there I come to an anchor January 30th, in 33 fathom water, black ... . In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest  details...
  6.  Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine / Rich, Walter H.
    having a mean depth of 100 fathoms, out of which rise the various underwater plateaus, whose depths average about 50 fathoms and which constitute the larger of the fishing grounds. In addition to these, many smaller ...  details...
  7.  Coral Reefs / Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
    each reef; they are in fathoms, of six English feet. Figure 1.--VANIKORO, situated in the western part ... on the southern side of the island, namely, from thirty to forty fathoms, are given from the voyage of the Chev  details...
  8.  With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant / Lee, Ida, 1865-1943
    this was the point of land we looked for, from the colour of the water, we sounded and had 50 fathoms with fine sand ... of the cape there are soundings of fifty fathoms, 45 and 40 white sand and shells. I called that space  details...
  9.  To Ailsa Rock / Keats, John
    from fathom dreams? Sleep in the lap of thunder or sunbeams, Or when grey clouds ...  details...
  10.  A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland / Dampier, William, 1652-1715
    , and so deepened the water from 11 to 32 fathom. The next day, being September the 6th, we could but just discern the land, though we had then no more than about 30 fathom, uncertain soundings; for even ...  details...

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