 The wet weather continued, and in the afternoon the wind came from the southward, blowing fresh in squalls. As there was no prospect of getting our clothes dried, I recommended to every one to strip, and wring them through the salt water, by which means...  On the preservation of the health of body and mind - Page 13by Forbes Benignus Winslow - 1842Full view - About this book
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1796 - 666 pages
...getting our cloaths dried, I recommended it to every one to ftrip, and wring them through the fait water, by which means they received a warmth, that, while wet with rain, they could not have, and we were lefs liable to fufter from colds or rheumatic complaints. In... | |
 | 1812 - 532 pages
...prospect of getting our clothes dried, I recommended to every one to strip and wring them through the salt water, by which means they received a warmth, that while wet with rain they could not have. During the succeeding days we discovered several islands. The largest I judged... | |
 | R. P. Forster - Voyages and travels - 1818 - 592 pages
...prospect of getting our clothes dried, I recommended it to every one to strip, and wring them through the salt water, by which means they received a warmth, that, while wet with rain they, could not have, and we were less liable to suffer from colds or rheumatic complaints. On... | |
 | William Bligh - Survival - 1820 - 188 pages
...prospect of getting our clothes dried, 1 recommended to every one to strip and wring them through the salt water, by which means they received a warmth, that while wet with rtin they could not have. During the succeeding dayg we discovered several islands. The largest I judged... | |
 | William Bligh - Bounty Mutiny, 1789 - 1824 - 184 pages
...prospect of getting our clothes dried, I recommended to every one to strip, and wring them through the salt water, by which means they received a warmth, that, while wet with rain, they could not have. This afternoon, we saw a kind of fruit on the water, which Nelson told me... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - Bounty Mutiny, 1789 - 1831 - 392 pages
...getting our clothes dried, I recommended to every one to strip and wring them through the sea-water, by which means they received a warmth that, while wet with rain-water, they could not have.' The shipping of seas and constant baling continued; and though the men were shivering with wet and... | |
 | Medicine - 1832 - 640 pages
...observations : "As I saw no prospect of gelling our clothes dried, I recommended it to every ono to steep, and wring them through salt water, by which means they received a warmth that while wet with rain water they could not have ; and we were less liable to suffer from colds or rheumatic complaints."... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - Bounty (Ship) - 1832 - 320 pages
...getting our clothes dried, I recommended to every one to strip and wring them through the sea-water, by which means they received a warmth that, while wet with rainwater, they could not have." The shipping of seas and constant bailing continued ; and though the men were shivering with wet and... | |
 | William Bligh - 1838 - 86 pages
...prospect of getting our clothes dried, I recommended to every one to strip, and wring them through the salt water, by which means they received a warmth that, while wet with rain, they could not have. This afternoon we saw a kind of fruit on the water, which Nelson told me... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...prospect of getting our clothes dried, my plan was to make every one strip, and wring them through the salt water, by which means they received a warmth that, while wet with rain, they could not have. We were constantly shipping seas and baling, and were very wet and cold... | |
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