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down ._Down_ the northern sea! - This calling north _down_ instead of _up_, appears to me to be reversing the right order of things. It is against the stream, which, inshore, sets from Baffin's Bay south; and, in respect of latitude, it is _up-hill_; the nearer the pole, the higher the latitude...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20409
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Summary:down ._Down_ the northern sea! - This calling north _down_ instead of _up_, appears to me to be reversing the right order of things. It is against the stream, which, inshore, sets from Baffin's Bay south; and, in respect of latitude, it is _up-hill_; the nearer the pole, the higher the latitude. And besides, it is _up_ on the map, and was _up_ all through my boyhood, when geography was a favorite study. But as down seems to be the direction settled upon in common parlance, _down_ it shall be in all these pages. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit no italics WK FF1015 G. M. Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I (give) down the banks, down along, ~ north, ~ the shore, ~ to the Labrador, down alongs, down dru me's, down shaft, down the banks, down the Labrador, down the line, TONGUE-BANGING Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 25 Jul 2016