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1.  Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa / Corry, Joseph
   The Project Gutenberg EBook of Observations Upon The Windward Coast Of Africa, by Joseph Corry ... at www.gutenberg.net Title: Observations Upon The Windward Coast Of Africa Author: Joseph Corry  details...
   • creator(s) - Corry, Joseph
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   • subject(s) - sierra leone; africa; sierra; leone; bance island; windward coast; rio pongo; windward; cape palmas; rio noonez; commerce; coast; african; cape; island; interior; river sierra; island; coast; bance island; sierra; cape; rio noonez; leone; africa; river sierra; african; cape palmas; interior; windward coast; sierra leone; commerce; rio pongo; windward;
   • title - Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa
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2.  Tales of the Fish Patrol / London, Jack, 1876-1916
   a short distance to windward, and I trimmed the sheets while Charley took the wheel and steered for it ... . I rounded her well to windward of the Ghost, and Nicholas ran for'ard to drop the anchor  details...
   • creator(s) - London, Jack, 1876-1916
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   • subject(s) - charley; demetrios; big alec; neil partington; fishermen; boat; mary rebecca; fish patrol; salmon boat; lancashire queen; yellow handkerchief; fish; sail; neil partington; big alec; lancashire queen; fishermen; demetrios; mary rebecca; charley; yellow handkerchief; boat; fish patrol; sail; fish; salmon boat;
   • title - Tales of the Fish Patrol
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3.  The Oblong Box / Poe, Edgar Allen
   -mast, in a heavy lurch to windward, went by the board. For an hour or more, we tried in vain to get rid of it ... . M., the clouds broke away to windward, and we had the advantage of a full moon- a piece of good  details...
   • creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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   • subject(s) - wyatt; oblong; captain; box; passengers; extra; hardy; artist; ship; board; cabin; boat; american literature; extra; wyatt; ship; captain; box; passengers; boat; board; cabin; oblong; hardy; artist; american literature;
   • title - The Oblong Box
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4.  The Hawaiian Archipelago / Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904
   , and on the windward coasts there is an abundance of rain, and a perennial luxuriance of vegetation. The Sandwich ... all the islands. Though there are many inter-island schooners, she is the only sure mode of reaching the windward  details...
   • creator(s) - Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904
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   • subject(s) - hilo; hawaiian; lava; hawaii; mauna loa; mauna kea; native; native; hilo; lava; hawaiian; mauna loa; mauna kea; hawaii;
   • title - The Hawaiian Archipelago
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5.  The Hiawatha primer / by Florence Holbrook. / Holbrook, Florence, 1860-1932
   point to windward. But still he waited. Then a deer came down the pathway. Ah ! what a beautiful ... from the leafy trees above it. The deer was very beautiful as it stood there with nostrils to windward  details...
   • creator(s) - Holbrook, Florence, 1860-1932
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   • publisher - Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, c1898.
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   • subject(s) - hiawatha, 15th cent. poetry; readers. rbgenr; hiawatha; nokomis; wigwam; old nokomis; hiawatha saw; deer; forest; hiawatha loved; little hiawatha; nokomis taught; nokomis showed; famous roebuck; little hunter; little owlet; red deer; trees; bright; northern lights; water; birds sang; nokomis showed; trees; deer; red deer; famous roebuck; birds sang; little hiawatha; forest; nokomis taught; nokomis; little hunter; northern lights; hiawatha, 15th cent. poetry; hiawatha; hiawatha saw; bright; readers. rbgenr; wigwam; hiawatha loved; little owlet; old nokomis; water;
   • title - The Hiawatha primer / by Florence Holbrook.
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6.  Coral Reefs / Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
   -east and windward side of the atoll, increase solely by the addition of fragments on their outer side; hence ... of the atoll; and these islets are broader than those to windward, some being even eight hundred yards in width  details...
   • creator(s) - Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
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   • subject(s) - reefs; atolls; coral; reef; atoll; lagoon; archipelago; fathoms; keeling atoll; corals; captain moresby; islands; maldiva atolls; barrier; island; chagos bank; great chagos; coast; coloured; chagos group; annular reef; captain beechey; captain; low archip; island; coast; chagos group; atolls; annular reef; darwin, charles, 1809-1882; chagos bank; corals; islands; reef; coral; captain; coloured; maldiva atolls; lagoon; atoll; barrier; reefs; captain beechey; great chagos; low archip; captain moresby; archipelago; fathoms; keeling atoll;
   • title - Coral Reefs
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7.  Great Sea Stories / Various
   , three sails appeared, not five miles to windward. "There are the Spanish bloodhounds on our heels ... herself to rights again, were two good miles to windward, with the galleys sweeping down fast upon them. And two  details...
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   • subject(s) - deck; boat; ship; crew; captain; moby dick; moby dick; deck; ship; captain; boat; crew;
   • title - Great Sea Stories
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8.  The Crater / Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
   passed to windward of everything, and went on her way rejoicing, like any other that had been successful ... the tacks down to claw off to windward, should it prove to be necessary. With this plan Mark was compelled  details...
   • creator(s) - Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
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   • subject(s) - rancocus; betts; reef; crater; bridget; bob; rancocus island; governor; mark woolston; peak; ship; bridget; governor; mark woolston; peak; reef; ship; rancocus island; bob; betts; crater; rancocus;
   • title - The Crater
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9.  The Orange Fairy Book / Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
   and seek your daughters. Let them be to windward, or to leeward, or under the four brown boundaries ... . But, there, neither to leeward, nor to windward, nor in the four brown boundaries of the sea  details...
   • creator(s) - Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
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   • subject(s) - ian; ian direach; princess; palace; ian; palace; ian direach; princess;
   • title - The Orange Fairy Book
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10.  At Last / Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
    , another gray mountain island rose; and on the windward another, lower and longer. The former ... more in a future chapter. I ask the reader, meanwhile, to follow, as the ship's head goes round to windward  details...
    • creator(s) - Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
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    • subject(s) - trinidad; west indies; island; island; west indies; trinidad;
    • title - At Last
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