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" What water forward? what water abaft ? what water to starboard? what water to port? "
The Young Wanderer's Cave: And Other Tales - Page 276
by Isabella Jane Towers - 1830 - 316 pages
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Journal of a Voyage to Peru: A Passage Across the Cordillera of the Andes in ...

Charles Brand - 1828 - 402 pages
...a doxeu voices in the same breath. " Wluit water," cries the captain? " Quarter-less-two, sir," IM the reply. " What water forward? what water abaft ? what water to starboard? what water to port?" to all which questions various sailors l\y to answer. "Two fathoms, sir — quarter-lewtwo," &c. Again...
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The Extractor; or Universal repertorium of literature, science ..., Volume 1

1829 - 762 pages
...a dozen voices in the same breath. " What water ?" cries the captain. " Quarter-less-two, Sir," is the reply. " What water forward ? what water abaft ? what water to starboard? what water to port?" to all which questions various sailors fly to answer. " Two fathoms, Sir — quarter-less, two," &C....
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