Iland of Ice

island n Those Ilands of Ice are not dangerous unto Ships being once descried, as by their whitenes they may in a dark night when men looke out for them; for they will drive along so fast with the wind, as I have often prooved, that if a Ship bee under the Lee of an Iland of Ice, and there strike do...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1974
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36750
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Summary:island n Those Ilands of Ice are not dangerous unto Ships being once descried, as by their whitenes they may in a dark night when men looke out for them; for they will drive along so fast with the wind, as I have often prooved, that if a Ship bee under the Lee of an Iland of Ice, and there strike downe his sayles, the Ice will drive faster with the winde, then the ship will drive before it. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story August 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I island of ice, island of Newfoundland, ~ pan/rock, PAN n Checked by Sarah Budgell on Tue 24 Mar 2015; sense 1 in first ed is sense 2 in supp, sense 1 in supp does not exist in 1st ed