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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo IslandHall, Basil

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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island

Name: Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island
Author: Hall, Basil

Hall, Basil

Korea -- Description and travel; Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel

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 31 |Wind light from south; horizon uncommonly well defined and sharp; sky     |
    |clear; and the sea perfectly smooth. These sights, and the two following, |
    |may be depended on, I think, within ten seconds.                          |
 32 |Circumstances similar to No. 31.                                          |
 33 |Parts of the horizon observed were that immediately under the setting     |
    |sun; viz. W 21º N, and the opposite E 21º S, the sun being about 4º high. |
    |Day has been remarkably clear, although the wind has been from the        |
    |southward, which in these seas is said generally to bring fogs.           |
 35 |Weather somewhat hazy; wind easterly.                                     |
 36 |Wind easterly.                                                            |
 37 |These sights were taken while at anchor off the mouth of the Pei-ho. The  |
    |fort of Tung-coo, on the south bank of the river, bearing W 50º N, distant|
    |about four or five miles.                                                 |
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