Word: channels
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Were you sea-sick crossing the Channel...
...along the course at an eighth of a mile apart; and, as the straight course necessitates rowing over a shoal for a quarter or third of a mile at the start, a second course has also been made with a slight bend in it which follows the channel of the river...
...boat with stationary seats is being prepared for the crew, and the captain has ready now some uniforms, consisting of shirts, drawers, and stockings, all of crimson, that will be serviceable in cold weather. He intends to keep the crew on the river until the ice closes the channel, which will probably not occur before Christmas. The crew, as made up at present, consists...
...year was not unusually dry. This was in the direct course of the boats, and although no boat actually ran into it during the race, yet some boats had to go over the shoals around it. Besides, the current is very uneven in different parts of the river. The channel is never over one third, and often only one fourth, of the river's breadth. Out of the channel the current is very much weaker than...
...that nothing is so prolific as a little known well. It is not necessary that one should confine himself to one book, or class of books, in order to do justice to the subject, for this would be to cramp the mind and fit it for only one channel; though it were better to be a man of one book and know that well, than to wander through the various authors, gleaning here a little and there a little, but neglecting the great value of a thorough study of their works. A judicious selection of some of the really valuable...