| 单词 | Bay of Biscay |
| 例句 | The journey alone would take two weeks, sailing through the Bay of Biscay, past Gibraltar, across the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea, calling in at Aden and arriving finally at Mombasa. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Already a hand short, and entering on the Bay of Biscay with wild weather ahead, and yet last night another man lost—disappeared. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the acts that have started to cross the Bay of Biscay in recent years have placed less emphasis on their lyrics. Spanish music now: from Alicante to Zaragoza 2012-06-19T15:05:06Z Cuisine: The Basques favour an adventurous blend of fish, meats and vegetables, drawing on their enviable position between the Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay. Could Dundee be the new Bilbao? 2010-10-03T19:00:00Z His plane was shot down by German flak the previous May over the Bay of Biscay. In History?s Lost and Found, One Soldier?s Watch 2011-06-22T20:38:52Z By the 16th century, when stocks in the Bay of Biscay started dropping, the Basques sailed farther, to the coast of Newfoundland, where they hunted bowheads. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z By the 11th century, at the latest, the Basques were climbing hills and towers above the Bay of Biscay, looking for North Atlantic right whales. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z October 21, 2010, 3:27 pm The sun sets over the Bay of Biscay in San Sebastian, Basque country, Spain. In Transit: Photo of the Week 2010-10-21T19:27:00Z Up until 1650, well before it became a storied summer playground for European royalty, Biarritz was a significant whaling port on the Bay of Biscay. The French Side of Basque Country 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z We take an afternoon stroll through a misty Gijon, a beautiful town situated on the Bay of Biscay or the Cantabrian Sea or the Atlantic Ocean, depending on who you listen to. “It’s starting to sound like Luna up in here”: Dean Wareham’s reunion tour diary 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z The luxe, calme et volupté of a warm sea is unmistakable – though the sudden, blustery swell that menaces the central section will surprise no one familiar with the southern Bay of Biscay. LPO Music in the Courtyard - programme notes 2012-08-29T21:53:45Z It’s a cloudy morning in the city of San Sebastián, and massive waves batter the promenade on the Bay of Biscay. | The New New Basque Cuisine 2014-04-29T21:31:27Z I wrote “Black Gold,” the song that follows it, after I read about the Prestige, a big tanker with a single hull that fractured and went down off the Bay of Biscay. A Word With: Van Dyke Parks: ‘Smile’ and Other Difficulties 2013-07-22T21:48:53Z On the palate, however, the wine tastes as if the grapes, grown on the southern edge of the Bay of Biscay, were hit by blasts of salt sea air. 20 Wines Under $20: The Savory Side of Rosé 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z This sauvignon blanc benefits from coastal influences from the Bay of Biscay and the shelter of the Pyrenees Mountains to the south. Make this easy-to-find, $9 rosé your summer sipper 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z A cruise passenger has filmed huge waves which buffeted the Spirit of Discovery ship in the Bay of Biscay. Huge waves filmed by cruise ship passenger 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z However, while in the Bay of Biscay - a notoriously rough area for boats - the storm hit and the ship's safety system kicked in, causing it to veer suddenly to the left and effectively stop. Saga cruise ship Spirit of Discovery in UK after Bay of Biscay storm 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z It said the location of the haul, in the Bay of Biscay, was "totally exceptional". Police off north Spain intercept boat carrying two tonnes of cocaine 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z The 182km route, which starts at the eye catching Guggenheim Museum, includes over 3,000 metres of vertical gain on a loop out to the Bay of Biscay coastline. Tour de France - stage-by-stage guide 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Ms Dench admitted that conservationists "feared the worst" for the bird but then, when the signal came back, they found he had taken a "really unusual track" out across the Bay of Biscay. Migrating Borders osprey hitched a ride on cargo ships 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Pétain spent the last six years of his life on this rocky island of barely 5,000 inhabitants, about 10 miles off France’s Atlantic coast in the Bay of Biscay and accessible only by boat. ‘Glorious’ Hero or ‘Deplorable’ Traitor? Pétain’s Legacy Haunts French Island 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The Spirit of Discovery veered to one side during a safety manoeuvre on Saturday in the Bay of Biscay as bad weather hit. Saga cruise ship Spirit of Discovery in UK after Bay of Biscay storm 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The One Ocean Summit comes as European authorities are investigating a mass fish dump in the Bay of Biscay that environmental activists call an example of abuses by huge trawlers that disrupt undersea ecosystems. World leaders at France summit mull ways to protect oceans 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z However, the French wing of conservation group Sea Shepherd, which took photos of the dead fish in the Bay of Biscay, described it as an illegal discharge of an estimated 100,000 unwanted fish. Photos show ‘shocking’ mass of dead fish floating off the French coast after trawler spill 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z The images by the group Sea Shepherd show a blanket of dead blue whiting fish floating on the surface of the Bay of Biscay, off the coast of southwest France. Mass swarm of dead fish in Atlantic prompts French inquiry 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Its head Lamya Essemlali told Reuters it wanted to "raise awareness among the French public" about the trawler, which it said had been banned from Australian waters and frequented the Bay of Biscay. Huge bank of dead fish spotted off French Atlantic coast 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z He said there was "a massive feeding frenzy, like something you would see in the Bay of Biscay." Humpback whale breaches off Isles of Scilly 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “The story goes that it was a way of letting the fishermen, working in the Bay of Biscay, know how the team was doing,” Izagirre said. The Rocketman of San Sebastián 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z The 17 remaining sailors were strewn between the Falkland Islands and the Bay of Biscay. A Tight Finish for a Round the World Race, 80 Days Later 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Studies have shown high bycatch rates of dolphins in pelagic trawlers targeting blue whiting and European sea bass in the Bay of Biscay. Russian supertrawlers off Scottish coast spark fears for UK marine life 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z But in many places, including the Bay of Biscay, Ireland and probably the Channel, industrial fishing appears to be the biggest cause. We should stop buying fish until the industry stops slaughtering dolphins | George Monbiot 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Trump leaves Washington on Friday night for the summit in Biarritz, on the Bay of Biscay near the Spanish border, and the leaders first meet formally at a Saturday night dinner. France tries to orchestrate a no-drama G-7 summit, but Trump is the X factor 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The Urdaibai estuary, on the Bay of Biscay coast in northern Spain, is one of the most important wetlands in the Iberian Peninsula and a habitat for many migratory birds. Thousands of volunteers remove plastic from northern Spanish coast 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z Trees were uprooted as Storm Miguel first hit the Spanish region of Asturias, swirled around the Bay of Biscay and then hit the French coast. Storm Miguel ravages coasts of Spain and France 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z “In the Bay of Biscay, dolphins are predators and the fishing industry is turning them into prey,” she said. On a Coastline With 1,200 Dead Dolphins, Fishermen and Conservationists Clash 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Discoveries of dead dolphins around the Bay of Biscay this year are likely to beat the grisly record set in 2019, when 1,100 were found on the French coast. We should stop buying fish until the industry stops slaughtering dolphins | George Monbiot 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z After sailing through the Bay of Biscay, the flotilla ran into a storm that pushed the Schiedam off course. 'Pirate ship' hand grenade discovered near 17th-century wreck site 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z It is black in the Bay of Biscay, just stars above, and below, the canyons. Setting sail: one woman's year alone at sea 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z The pictures, released this month by conservation charity ORCA, were taken in the Bay of Biscay north of Santander, Spain. Whales, scales and moons — July’s best science images 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Biarritz is in the French Basque Country, on the Bay of Biscay less than an hour’s drive from the Spanish border. The Strange, Enduring Appeal of Biarritz 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The mythical title usually goes to Ballesteros, who developed the magic in his hands on the sands of Pedrena off the Bay of Biscay. Where Jordan Spieth is showing true greatness - Golf Digest 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z On 9 October the crafts passed the mouth of the Channel and then picked up speed, ripping through the Bay of Biscay to the west of France in the better part of a day. Where oil rigs go to die 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Russian bombers also regularly fly long patrol missions from the Arctic down to the North Atlantic or Bay of Biscay, testing Nato reactions on the way. Finland jets monitor Russian fighters on border flights - BBC News 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Capt. Brown was on board the escort carrier Audacity when the ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the Bay of Biscay in 1941. Eric Brown, unflappable British test pilot who set world records, dies at 97 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Efforts are under way to save a stricken cargo ship in the Bay of Biscay. How dangerous for ships is the Bay of Biscay? - BBC News 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z In autumn, tagged sharks were found to move away from the Scottish islands and towards the west of Ireland, the Bay of Biscay, Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. Tags give insight into basking shark behaviour - BBC News 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z To the east was a cargo carrier, Modern Express, that had some months earlier been abandoned by her crew while stricken and drifting in the Bay of Biscay. Where oil rigs go to die 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Pete Green filmed the animal off Dartmouth on Monday and said he often sees whales in the Bay of Biscay. Humpback whale filmed off Dartmouth in Devon - BBC News 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Its location on the Cornish coastline meant it was a good stepping-off point for attacks on German shipping around the Bay of Biscay during World War Two. Haunting images of the UK's redundant RAF bases - BBC News 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z It was not easy in the Bay of Biscay but I am proud of how we sailed. All-female team win Ocean Race leg 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The three-master has successfully passed sea trials in the Bay of Biscay and is now to embark on its maiden voyage: a transatlantic crossing to where its namesake once roved with the Americans. Replica 18th Century French frigate sails for US 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Bay of Biscay held on for second and Wildcat Red wasn’t a factor down the stretch while finishing third. Tonito M. wins Oklahoma Derby 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z The container is one of a number which fell off a cargo ship in the Bay of Biscay during last week's storms. Warning to cigarette scavengers 2014-02-24T08:29:45Z The upcoming experiment will involve the largest artificial ash cloud ever made, and will probably be over the Bay of Biscay, in airspace controlled by the French military. Volcanic-ash sensor to take flight 2013-10-23T17:20:29.617Z Marine experts say it is a common dolphin, more normally at home in the Bay of Biscay. Papers lead with Syria 'gas' attacks 2013-08-22T04:39:46Z David's migration route shows his journey south to Africa and return north David flew over north-western Spain last Wednesday, crossed the Bay of Biscay and flew to Yeovil, Somerset, on Friday. Cuckoo takes European holiday 2013-05-02T07:43:17Z In 2010, he had to be rescued again, this time by a French Air Sea Rescue Helicopter when his yacht capsized off Cape Finisterre in the Bay of Biscay. When You're Stuck in Antarctic, Who You Gonna Call? 2013-01-29T04:20:24Z Five two-man canoes, launched from a submarine in the Bay of Biscay, set out to paddle 70 miles upriver to attack shipping in Bordeaux harbour. AUDIO: Ashdown remembers 'Cockleshell Heroes' 2012-09-17T07:55:45Z Querrey, returning to Davis Cup play for the first time since 2010, failed to convert 12 break chances as the wind gusted off the Bay of Biscay. Spain Sweeps U.S. in Singles for 2-0 Davis Cup Lead 2012-09-15T02:50:42Z Species that we traditionally got in the Bay of Biscay area are now showing up in the Irish Sea and into the North Sea. Warming Oceans Means Seafood Menu Changes 2012-07-02T17:15:00.220Z Crossing the Bay of Biscay we were battened down for three days, and, save on one occasion, I did not go on deck the whole time the storm raged. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Little remains to us of the organization thus perfected over the wide territory stretching from the Bay of Biscay to the Rhine. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The reader may be sure that “The Bay of Biscay,” “The Larboard Watch,” “The Minute Gun,” and “What are the Wild Waves saying?” came among a score of others. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z One of the most remarkable early lighthouses is the Tower of Cordouan, situated on a ledge of rocks at the mouth of the Garonne, which empties into the Bay of Biscay. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z I was very well during my whole voyage, though we were tossed about tremendously in the Bay of Biscay. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z When we reached the crest of this watershed between the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean, we had a noble view of the villages far beneath. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Then, scarcely descending, you find yourself on the seashore, with the Bay of Biscay before you. When Love Calls 2012-03-22T02:00:36.883Z They experienced rough weather in the Bay of Biscay, where the ship pitched and rolled in a confused sea, and the wind howled round Finisterre, which was wrapped in an impenetrable fog. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z As we ran down the Irish Channel and into the Bay of Biscay, the weather was what the mariners termed “a bit fresh.” West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z In such conditions, the Liberator would have run out of fuel on the traditional route across the Bay of Biscay around Brittany and and along the English Channel from the west. A forgotten hero of World War II 2012-02-14T00:31:20Z The name is not restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance, but is used foe any recess or inlet between capes or headlands; as, the Bay of Biscay. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z I have thus far had little to say of the Bay of Biscay section because, until 1918, there was comparatively little activity in that part of the ocean. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z These ships routinely face the worst that nature can throw at them, whether it's the Bay of Biscay in December or whether it's a Caribbean tropical storm or the high seas of the Antarctic ocean. Human Blunders Seen at Heart of Italy Ship Disaster 2012-01-16T21:45:03.647Z At last the wind changed, and we this time succeeded in clearing the Bay of Biscay and then had a fairly fine run until we reached St. Antonia, one of the Cape de Verde Islands. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z From Toledo Tarik spread his conquests over Castile and Leon, penetrating north as far as the town of Gijon in Asturias, where further progress was barred by the waters of the Bay of Biscay. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z His immense face resembled the Bay of Biscay in a gale; dark and lowering above, masses of foam below. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z From Bayonne he crossed the Spanish border at Hendaya, whence the railway, after running west along the rocky coast of the Bay of Biscay, turned southward toward the heights about Tolosa. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z And could not the Bay of Biscay boast of tremendous seas? The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z When morning broke land was nowhere to be seen, and they found themselves driving towards the Bay of Biscay. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z Mr Rivers here is an old salt, and doesn’t mind even the Bay of Biscay.” Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z During the following year, while the cause of King James was being finally ruined in Ireland, the main French fleet was cruising in the Bay of Biscay, principally for the purpose of avoiding battle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Tommy took the paper, and, scanning the paragraph eagerly, read: "The barque Elizabeth, thirty days overdue from Valparaiso, spoken by the liner Kildonan Castle, in the Bay of Biscay; all well." The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z The West Barbican had passed Ushant twenty miles to port, and was entering the Bay of Biscay. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Pytheas, whose own narrative is not preserved, coasted the Bay of Biscay, sailed up the English Channel and followed the coast of Britain to its most northerly point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The Zulu Queen had cleared the Channel and the Bay of Biscay, and was somewhere about abreast of Lisbon, when Redgy Margetts came on deck to join his friend Rivers. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z The 'Swallow' was not half through the Bay of Biscay when a great storm arose which blew the fleet apart, and did great damage to the vessel. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z By eventide they were standing well down towards the Bay of Biscay, which they would leave on their port quarter. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Canon B—— was on a voyage to Egypt in a Cunard steamer, and on Sunday, in the Bay of Biscay, he undertook to hold a service. Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z I had seen some wild weather in the Greenland Ocean, but never anything before, nor since, to equal the violence of the storm on that dreadful night, in the Bay of Biscay. Medical Life in the Navy 2011-09-08T02:00:20.387Z There were more ships lost, Ben, that night in the Bay of Biscay than ever we shall know of— “‘Till the sea gives up its dead.’” O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z But if she had only known, Catalina had not the smallest intention of spending her days in the convent overlooking the Bay of Biscay. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z That grand old song, “The Bay of Biscay,” as given by a bass-voiced sailor, was delightful to listen to. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Among these were “The Bay of Biscay,” “Tom Bowline,” “The Admiral,” “The Arethusa,” “’Twas in Trafalgar’s Bay,” etc. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z By this time the river has amplified into a broad estuary which is lost in the incoming and outgoing tides of the Bay of Biscay. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z The sea became a darker blue, and finally, as we entered the Bay of Biscay, a leaden grey. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z A pull, for instance, at the third, will deliver the unhappy ball to the Bay of Biscay, and the sea will bang it about the rocks for a long time after. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z They passed Plymouth before Gerald again appeared on deck, and when he once more joined his fellow-passengers they were outside the Bay of Biscay. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z At this warning I at once commenced the “Bay of Biscay,” and sang it through without a mistake. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z Ralegh's squadron was separated from the fleet, and was forced by the wind into the Bay of Biscay, out of which he found the greatest difficulty in making his way. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Well, Nie, in that cruise of ours, we had no sooner got back to England and been surveyed than off we were down south, across the Bay of Biscay. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z It was the last night in the Bay of Biscay, and Cazalet told how he had been in it a fortnight on his way out by sailing-vessel. The Thousandth Woman 2011-08-15T02:00:25.383Z “It’s like the Bay of Biscay,” said Mark. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z As she lay on that day In the Bay of Biscay O! Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z We sailed at noon, crossed to Cherbourg in perfect weather, and found the Bay of Biscay next day all smiles and dimples and sunshine. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Then the days grew fewer and fewer, and the grey waters of the Bay of Biscay gave way to the greyer waters of the English Channel. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Visayas is an adjective derived from the name of the Bay of Biscay, “b” and “v” being interchangeable in Spanish. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z They were both of them "bascos," i.e., either natives of or having originated from one of the Bay of Biscay provinces in Spain. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z Here they found the Vigilant Man of War, which was likewise much damaged in the Storm in the Bay of Biscay, being one of the Fleet that sail’d from Portsmouth with them. The Female Soldier Or, the Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah Snell 2011-06-20T02:00:03.910Z It would be rather a poor lookout if the thing came to grief in the Bay of Biscay, say, and I came souse into the sea.” King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z Fin whales are usually found in large numbers in the Bay of Biscay, but their presence in British waters is a relatively new discovery. 'Largest' whale gathering spotted 2011-06-07T13:01:25Z A desperate conflict with an English ship in the Bay of Biscay was my first introduction to a scene of tumult and danger of whose true nature I had formed no previous conception. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z In the Bay of Biscay we had a very heavy Gale of Wind, but it continued but about 48 hours. Diary of Ezra Green, M.D. from November 1, 1777, to September 27, 1778 2011-05-25T02:00:23.427Z The Basques who now inhabit both sides of the Pyrenean range are probably the last representatives of the Iberians, who came from Spain to settle between the Mediterranean and the Bay of Biscay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z If the weather is fine, and the Bay of Biscay in good form, I prefer to come by the Orient steamers right away from London. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Such rare gall sprouted from a childhood on the Bay of Biscay along Spain's north coast, obsessively practicing on the beach or sneaking to the local course to hit shots amid trees beneath full moons. Seve Ballesteros dies at 54; won 5 major golf titles 2011-05-07T08:17:00Z He soon after visited Spain with Sir Joshua Walmsley, to report on a proposed railway from the capital to the Bay of Biscay. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Saturday, 29th.—A very heavy gale, hove too at night in the Bay of Biscay 60 Leagues distant from Land. Diary of Ezra Green, M.D. from November 1, 1777, to September 27, 1778 2011-05-25T02:00:23.427Z Late in the afternoon we reached Villa Viciosa, a small dirty town, at the distance of eight leagues from Oviedo: it stands beside a creek which communicates with the Bay of Biscay. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z On Monday, the 7th, we again started, and made for the Bay of Biscay. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Till the 18th the British fleet continued cruising in the Bay of Biscay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The unfortunate London went down in the Bay of Biscay and some two hundred souls perished in the wreck and among them the brilliant Gustavus Brooke. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z The Lapwing is ploughing her way through a short chopping sea in the Bay of Biscay; and here at home, at Roupell, the people are issuing in a little quiet stream from afternoon church. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Along the Bay of Biscay in France, the sand dunes formerly drifted in ridges along the shore, damming up the streams and converting what was once a forest into a pestilential marsh. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z Corunna was at one time a place of considerable commerce, the greater part of which has lately departed to Santander, a town which stands a considerable distance down the Bay of Biscay. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Saved you from drowning when you fell overboard in the Bay of Biscay. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z Sagginaw Bay, I should suppose, is as large as the Gulf of Genoa; it runs seventy or eighty miles up into the land, and is as famous for storms as the Bay of Biscay. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z Fortunately for them, the Bay of Biscay maintained its too dreaded celebrity at the season referred to, by becoming the scene of a formidable sea and storm. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z If this message disconcerted him more than his fall into the Bay of Biscay, he soon recovered that self-possession which no man loses long, who has a proper feeling of self-respect. Memoir of Queen Adelaide Consort of King William IV. 2011-02-07T03:00:25.780Z In the North-east of Spain, on the Bay of Biscay, we meet with the word Aber itself in an undisguised form, as we do in Gaul in the word Abr-in-catui. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z The thought of a trip across the Bay of Biscay as deck passenger on the Rewa was not very attractive, but our fears on this point were soon allayed by one of the ship's officers. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z The peoples of Britain, Celts and English, came to her from the opposite lowland coasts; the people of Ireland crossed a wider ocean-track, from northern France to the shores of the Bay of Biscay. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z By these it is divided, one part going into the polar basin of Spitzbergen, the other entering the Bay of Biscay, but each with a warmth considerably above the ocean temperature. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z They avoided the heavy seas of the Bay of Biscay, and came by the rivers of France. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z They were now in the waters of the Bay of Biscay, where the soundings were over twenty-five hundred fathoms. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z The Bay of Biscay was just a little rough when we went through it, but it did not affect the Aquitania very much. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z Even the Bay of Biscay was glassy calm. Eyewitness 2010 2010-12-26T00:05:02Z The Reprisal, having refitted, soon sailed toward the Bay of Biscay, on another cruise. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The fisheries are actively prosecuted along the coast by a hardy race of fishers, who were the first of their craft in Europe to pursue the whale, formerly abundant in the Bay of Biscay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z But for me, it was illustrated most sharply at around 3.30am as I entered the Bay of Biscay aboard a container vessel heading for the UK. Globalisation is destroying historic shipping industry 2010-08-04T06:00:00Z On 12 December 1999 the aging tanker Erika sank in the Bay of Biscay, some 60 nautical miles off the coast of Brittany. Fine Upheld Against Total in 1999 Oil Spill 2010-03-30T12:27:00Z ASTURIAS, an ancient province and principality of northern Spain, bounded on the N. by the Bay of Biscay, E. by Old Castile, S. by Leon and W. by Galicia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The passage of the Bay of Biscay was accomplished, not without danger to our fragile bark. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas Rennel's Current, which is possibly a continuation of the Gulf Stream, enters the Bay of Biscay from the west, curves round its coast, and then turns north-west towards Cape Clear. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Westward the Atlantic clouds swept in from the Bay of Biscay, parting momentarily to reveal rifts of milky turquoise sky. Sinister Street, vol. 2 In talk, they visited half the globe; now staggering under a half-reefed topsail in the Bay of Biscay, now swimming along, with winged and stretching sails, under the blue cliffs of Baia. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) The voyage out promised well till they came to the Bay of Biscay, when contrary winds and a storm drove the Galatea to take refuge in the port of Lisbon. Little Miss Joy Violent hurricanes at Genoa, in the Bay of Biscay, and in Great Britain. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Aquitaine was that large section of southwestern France that stretched from the river Loire to the Pyrenees, and from the Bay of Biscay eastward to the banks of the Rhone. Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 He himself lives at Madrid, but goes for the season to a summer place he owns on the bold cliffs of the Bay of Biscay, at Santander. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 The captain told us to-day that we could undress at night, we were out of danger of submarines, but I shall not until we are out of the Bay of Biscay. My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 Thus under the influence of westerly winds prevailing west of the Iberian Peninsula a current may be set up from the Bay of Biscay across the entrance of the Channel; this is called Rennell’s current. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" Why, it was Jones’s piece, and Atlantic Jones, in great letters, was to appear in his great character of Jack Brine, the Bo’s’en of the Bay of Biscay. Seven Frozen Sailors The eldest daughter, Isabel, was married to the heir of Portugal, and every haven into which French galleys might shelter in their passage from the Mediterranean to the Bay of Biscay was at Ferdinand’s bidding. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History In my case we were fortunate in having a fair wind nearly the whole way from the Downs, until we had entered the Bay of Biscay. The White Chief of the Caffres We are having it quite as rough as in the Bay of Biscay. My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 These vessels have a wide range of operations, pursuing their work as far as the Faeroe Islands and Iceland on the one hand, and the Bay of Biscay and the Portuguese coast on the other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" We lost our mizzen-mast, in a storm, in the Bay of Biscay, and a dreadful blow on the head, from the spanker-boom, felled me to the deck, with a fracture of the skull. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune We were still in the Bay of Biscay, and the Bonadventure had not done lurching and wallowing. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Lieutenant, head ‘The Lapwing’ for the Bay of Biscay, and we will set our faces toward sunshine, and cast care and useless regret behind our backs.” Jan Vedder's Wife And the Bay of Biscay is bad quarters in any weather, but in a storm it defies adequate description. Prisoners of Conscience The middle-sized gulls, with a black spot at the end of the wings, attend you a little way into the Bay of Biscay. Wanderings in South America The ship at last proceeded on her voyage, and in the Bay of Biscay encountered a severe squall. Life of John Keats Carpenter made a voyage to the Hebrides; and in 1863 he spent some months in the Bay of Biscay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The line started from Southampton and reached the Mediterranean by the Bay of Biscay; it shot inland to the great cities of Italy, returning always to the sea. The Return of the Prodigal At leaving, I was asked to take a trip with them; they were about to visit their floating arsenal in the Bay of Biscay, load, and try to run another cargo. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) The Bay of Biscay was calm when we crossed it, but on Sunday morning we were tumbling about off the Rock of Lisbon. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports They had not again mentioned the subject of their long conversation in the Bay of Biscay. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons It is constructed on the western third of a vast mountain axis, which reaches in a broken and irregular course from the Sea of Japan to the Bay of Biscay. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition In those same waters, just as though the reputation of the Bay of Biscay was not sufficiently scandalous, two ships of the line had been torpedoed. With the French in France and Salonika The breezes from the main and the mountains, from the Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees, conspire to supply it with ozone. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) That summer they rented a small villa along the Bay of Biscay and had Sadie Paul and her Count as their guests for a time. Clark's Field The tract of country included between the river and the shores of the Bay of Biscay, comprising a large part of the provinces of Aunis and Saintonge, was in the undisputed possession of the Huguenots. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 In Gijon, on the Bay of Biscay, the rioters made a stand and were fired upon by the troops. The Boys of '98 My next impressions were gathered on the margin of a southern sea—if the Bay of Biscay indeed deserves so soft-sounding a name. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 A Basque pilot, an old smuggler, familiar with every nook and crevice of the Bay of Biscay, had escaped. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Like its magnificent but hapless predecessor, this fleet had hardly cleared the Bay of Biscay before it came to grief. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France The next day was still perfectly calm; and when, towards evening, the children were told that they were now fairly getting into the Bay of Biscay, they could scarcely believe the intelligence. Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers The Cubans have a peculiar mode of harnessing their oxen, similar to that seen in the far East and also in some parts of Europe, as at San Sebastian, on the Bay of Biscay. Due South or Cuba Past and Present He sat down and sang with delightful charm and spirit “A Life on the Ocean Wave” and “The Bay of Biscay.” An Orkney Maid We were tossed about in the Bay of Biscay, making scarcely any progress. Six Letters From the Colonies Those who lived upon the shore washed by the stormy waves of the Bay of Biscay gratified their love of excitement and of adventure by braving the perils of the sea. Henry IV, Makers of History Jean Cousin, in 1488, sailed from Dieppe, then the great commercial and naval port of France, and bore out to sea, to avoid the storms so prevalent in the Bay of Biscay. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose The first artificial waterway constructed in France was the Languedoc Canal, connecting the Bay of Biscay with the Mediterranean. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Scots continued to pour into Ireland, viâ the Bay of Biscay, and finally, under Simon Brek, subdued the entire extent of the Green Island. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland In May he crossed the Atlantic to the Bay of Biscay, captured fourteen merchant vessels, and returned to New York. Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He sailed across the Bay of Biscay, and up the English Channel until he reached Southampton, a famous port on the southern coast of England. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History On our left, the Bay of Biscay lay extended as far as the horizon, while several of our ships of war were seen sporting upon her bosom. Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 The vessel was entering the Bay of Biscay, and that famous stretch of water was already beginning to justify its bad reputation. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life So we plough down the English Channel and across the Bay of Biscay, which is no rougher than anywhere else, though people ask with bated breath, "When shall we be in the Bay?" Round the Wonderful World Late in December, 1814, she sailed from Boston for the Bay of Biscay, in command of Captain Charles Stewart, equipped with fifty-two guns and fully manned. Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly A drive of five miles from Bayonne took us to Biarritz, situated a little southwest of the old city, at the lower part of the Bay of Biscay, being the Newport of southern France. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months We had escaped the perils of the Bay of Biscay and were now in Western France. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Ol�ron was the place of their destination, a dreary island beaten by the raging waves of the Bay of Biscay. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) The Province and Bay of Biscay is named after them. The History of London Saying this, he once again returned to his seat, and remained for a long time reflecting upon incidents that had transpired twenty years before in the Bay of Biscay. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora The same fact has been scientifically settled regarding the Isthmus of Panama; while measurements along the Pyrenees have established the same level between the waters of the Mediterranean and the Bay of Biscay. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months San Sebastian is a somewhat famous watering-place, situated on the boisterous Bay of Biscay, and drawing its patronage largely from Madrid, though of late many English people have resorted thither. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands In the Bay of Biscay a Yeoman comrade died of enteric, and was buried two days from home. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition These wars, though they covered the Channel and the Bay of Biscay with privateers, had little effect to stay the increase of London trade. The History of London We had landed according to a plan formed with the captain of the carabiniers of Elanchovi, on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora A concession had been made by the Spanish Government of a line of railway from Madrid to the Bay of Biscay, and a numerous staff of engineers was engaged in surveying it. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Yes, the Bay of Biscay is one of the deep holes in the Atlantic coast line of Europe. The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet When we were in the Bay of Biscay a terrible storm came on; the billows ran mountains high, and our vessel was the sport of the waves. The Red True Story Book They are splendid seamen, and were early renowned as whale fishermen in the Bay of Biscay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" It was exterminated by them in the Bay of Biscay, and only saved from complete extinction elsewhere by the discovery of the more valuable Arctic or Greenland whale. More Science From an Easy Chair I have done a lot of knocking about on the ocean one way and another, but I never saw the Bay of Biscay deserve its reputation better. Uncanny Tales The commander of the submarine took the captain and the two boys from the boat in which they had sought refuge, after their vessel went down in the Bay of Biscay. The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet Her course lay due east; and in January, 1815, she was in the Bay of Biscay, where she fell in with, and captured, two prizes. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 When The Firefly got into the Bay of Biscay the weather was worse than ever. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story By 555, when Bavaria had become tributary to the Frankish rulers, their dominions extended from the Bay of Biscay to a point east of Salzburg. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The wind being fair, the ships quickly cleared the English Channel, and crossed the Bay of Biscay. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I "In the Bay of Biscay, about one hundred and fifty miles from the nearest land," answered the captain. The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet The Bay of Biscay is a well-known example of the semicircular gulf. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Exceptionally rough weather is reported from the Bay of Biscay, and it is said that on a certain passenger vessel even the valet of a well-known nobleman was ill, although he was an old retainer. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 Sometimes the waves, sweeping in from that fierce Bay of Biscay, destroyed in an hour the work of a week. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 It lies on the south shore of a basin sixty-eight miles in circumference, into which, through a narrow opening, the Bay of Biscay rolls its illimitable waters. Faces and Places We are now somewhere in the Bay of Biscay, and I infer that we must be about a hundred and fifty miles from the Spanish coast. The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet Beautiful night, stars clear, and sea very smooth for the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay, where we now are. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" We lost our mizen-mast, in a storm, in the Bay of Biscay, and a dreadful blow on the head, from the spanker-boom, felled me to the deck, with a fracture of the skull. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 In the Bay of Biscay, two days out from Corunna, he was told by a Danish merchant-ship that there was a great fleet of British battleships close at hand to the northward. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Only a fortnight ago he returned from a grand tour of the winter watering-places, from the Bay of Biscay to the Bay of Genoa. Faces and Places A few days later I was sailing down the Bay of Biscay, bound for Barcelona, where I hoped I might find Salambo, who had been captain of the pirate ship. Roger Trewinion March 20th.—Weather to-day typical of the Bay of Biscay, half a gale all day, and blowing furiously at 7 o'clock, bottles, glasses, etc., flying off the dinner-table. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" “We can’t very well put up a tombstone over him in the Bay of Biscay.” Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant The reports sent back to Philip II by Medina-Sidonia, as the fleet passed Cape Finisterre and stood out into the Bay of Biscay, told that all was well. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Two weeks after this, her Majesty’s ships Dugong and Blenny were gliding under all sail across the Bay of Biscay. The Three Midshipmen In the Channel and Bay of Biscay, the first year of war passed quietly. A History of Sea Power The above two contain the North Half of France; or France from the Loire to the North Sea and from the Bay of Biscay to the Rhine. The South of France—East Half Towards sunset that afternoon, when we were entering the Bay of Biscay, the lookout man on the foretopsail yard hailed the deck. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant But the Queen and her Council hesitated to adopt so bold a policy, and only a few ships were sent out to watch for the enemy in the Bay of Biscay. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima I beg your pardon, my dear madam, but by that time the Ranger may be halfway across the Bay of Biscay. The Three Midshipmen "Across the Bay of Biscay?" asked the aviator in surprise, and Pinto nodded. Jack O' Judgment Boreas was friendly, and away we sped across the Bay of Biscay, rapidly neared the mouth of the Garonne, on an estuary of which is situated the old city of Bordeaux. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude She had been driven to the south-east by the gale, aided by the drift of the current setting in to the Bay of Biscay. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Then we enter the Bay of Biscay, where the indigo resumes its power, and where the home examination shows the greatly augmented purity of the water. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 She encountered a gale off the Cape, and another in the Bay of Biscay, when she was “hove to” for several days. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea The sea was rough in the Bay of Biscay, and the Josephine, though she made good weather of it, was rather wet on deck. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany Was it the Bay of Biscay, the North Sea, the English Channel, or the open Atlantic? St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated One day, when in the Bay of Biscay, he rushed on deck carrying his leather bag of gold. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer A second specimen of water, taken from the Bay of Biscay, held in suspension fine particles of a peculiar kind; the size of them was such as to render the water richly iridescent. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 "And should I try them on the Bay of Biscay or the Ganges it would be no better." Carl and the Cotton Gin At first these ships were over-masted and canvassed, but after one of them, the Captain, capsized during a gale in the Bay of Biscay, this defect was remedied. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Pinzon had been driven by the gale into the Bay of Biscay, and had reached the port of Bayonne. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold The fleet was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I On Wednesday evening we committed ourselves to the Bay of Biscay. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 On the 11th January, 1866, the "London" foundered and sank, in the Bay of Biscay, carrying down with her two hundred and thirty-six people. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Though several accidents happened we weathered this our first real gale, and I found that the one we had encountered in the Bay of Biscay was scarcely worthy of the name of a gale. The Two Whalers Adventures in the Pacific This was the only attempt made to stop Drake in English waters; and he was shortly afterward safely in the Bay of Biscay. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas Situated between Britain and Spain and lying commodiously to the Bay of Biscay, it would have formed a very beneficial connection between the most powerful parts of the Empire. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole On Friday morning we sighted Cape Finisterre — the extreme end of the arc which sweeps from Ushant round the Bay of Biscay. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The Bay of Biscay was reached on Monday, where the vessel, being badly constructed, exhibited many extraordinary freaks, and shipped a vast quantity of water. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands In the Bay of Biscay we had a rolling sea. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Having refitted with as little delay as possible, and again put to sea, we found ourselves off the north coast of Spain, far into the Bay of Biscay. Old Jack He had been almost within sight of the Armada, which was at that moment broken and scattered, having met with a terrific storm in the Bay of Biscay. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada The Hebe had reached the Bay of Biscay on her way to Lisbon. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century The voyage to the jetty at Largs Bay is a brief epitome of the Bay of Biscay, the Australian Bight, and the monsoons of the Indian Ocean. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 In answer, we received a message to say we were near the Bay of Biscay and as there was a very pretty sea, we should do well to come up and look at it. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island For immediately on emerging from the Solent the Clarendon ran into very heavy weather, which continued until the Bay of Biscay was passed, keeping all but the hardiest travellers confined to their cabins. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Thou art as fit to be a sea-captain, and come through a storm in the Bay of Biscay, as—thy popinjay.” Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Champlain, who was destined to be the founder of New France, was a native of Brouage in the Bay of Biscay, and belonged to a family of fishermen. Canada After landing her distinguished passenger, she cruised about in the proverbially tempestuous Bay of Biscay, where she forced several British vessels to strike to the American flag, then first seen in those waters. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 I really thought in the Bay of Biscay that I should make a fool of myself and wish I was at home again. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island "Ishmaelite" Finding "Casus Belli" in Fate.—Tempest on Bay of Biscay. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 They were unhappier still in the Bay of Biscay, and when they reached London there was a sharp frost. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches The pair were caught by a storm in the Bay of Biscay; the ship rolled; Tarisio clasped his Bass tightly and trembled. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators One was picked up in the Bay of Biscay, out of sight of any other vessel, fatigued and hungry, and which, judging from the circumstances, must have been there for many hours. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals The Spaniards are going to fight and, as their army can't swim across the Bay of Biscay, I take it it is here they mean to attack us. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) Emerging from the English Channel, they are in the Bay of Biscay. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 At the first chorus the crowd burst forth with wild enthusiasm— “As we lay, on that day, In the Bay of Biscay O!” Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan “D’you think we shall have a good passage across the far-famed Bay of Biscay?” asked Nicholas, as he sat on the cabin skylight, smoking a mild cigar. In the Track of the Troops This, however, is worthy of record, that we passed the famous Bay of Biscay in a dead-calm. Six Months at the Cape She had parted company with the others in the Bay of Biscay and, on her way, had seen a Spanish squadron off Cadiz, which was supposed to be watching for the convoy. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) She was also a nurse, and, in soul, body, and spirit, was totally absorbed in a baby boy, whose wild career had begun four months before in a furious gale in the Bay of Biscay. The Settler and the Savage In the Bay of Biscay, as usual, the power of the gale was felt more severely than elsewhere. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan Directly they entered the Bay of Biscay they encountered a storm. The Princess of the School We did not “lay” one single “day” on that “Bay of Biscay, O!” Six Months at the Cape On the morning after, at day-light, a signal from the flag-ship in harbour was made for us to unmoor; our orders had come down to cruise in the Bay of Biscay. Peter Simple The next morning before daylight we started, for the captain wouldn’t wait to get another hand, and we were soon out of soundings, and well into the Bay of Biscay. Poor Jack To cling to slippery shrouds Each breathless seaman crowds, As she lay Till the day In the Bay of Biscay O! The King's Own The short crossing between Malta and Sicily is one of the worst in the world, and there was a swell which almost rivalled their experiences in the Bay of Biscay. The Princess of the School But what put the old hunks most in a rage was, the songs was every one on 'em such as "Rule Britannia," "Bay of Biscay," "Britannia's Bulwarks," and "All in the Downs." The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. We continually kept the sea cruising off the coast of Spain and Portugal, and occasionally running out into the Atlantic, or sweeping round the Bay of Biscay. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor After this the Benbow frigate continued her course across the Bay of Biscay without meeting with any adventure. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow Nothing of importance occurred that I remember during our passage across the Bay of Biscay. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman The seas in the German Ocean and Bay of Biscay were nothing to be compared to those we encountered off the Horn, though, perhaps, equally dangerous. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler We had contrary winds, and then we were hove-to for two or three days, during a heavy gale in the Bay of Biscay. Paddy Finn The frigate I found was bound on a six months’ cruise in the Bay of Biscay, not the quietest place in the world in the winter season. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor Running across the Bay of Biscay we sighted Cape Finisterre, rounding which we stood in for the coast, in hopes of picking up some of the Spanish Guarda Costas or any of the enemy’s merchantmen. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea We had been cruising in the northern part of the Bay of Biscay, when, standing towards Brest, we made out under the batteries in Camaret Bay a brig-of-war at anchor, with springs on her cable. The Loss of the Royal George The Foxhound had for some days been cruising in the Bay of Biscay, and was one morning about the latitude of Ferrol. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure On our passage home, the ship was running with a lightish breeze and almost calm sea across the Bay of Biscay, when Miles was sent on the fore-topgallant-yard. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign The “Imperious,” with a fine breeze from the southward, was standing across the Bay of Biscay. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War The Bussorah Merchant had a fine passage down Channel, and taking her departure from the Land’s End, stood across the Bay of Biscay. In the Eastern Seas We don’t want to get into the Bay of Biscay O with weather like this. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise The Bombay Castle was rolling her away across the Bay of Biscay with a northerly breeze. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure Just as well bid a ship in the Bay of Biscay not to rise and fall upon the wave, but to keep an even keel. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. The fine weather continued till the “Helen” had passed Cape Ortegal, and was fairly in the Bay of Biscay. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War The line to be subjected to blockade was as long as the line from the Bay of Biscay to the Golden Horn and in many respects it was far more difficult to control. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 “Very probably,” said the other; “but then, the ship has had a good deal of straining the last day or two, besides from the storm in the Bay of Biscay.” The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land Captain Staunton then stepped forward and sang in true seamanlike style “The Bay of Biscay,” the chorus of which was given with great unction and enjoyment by the whole audience. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific But we had scarcely entered the notorious Bay of Biscay when the aspect of affairs began to change. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War The “Imperious,” with the two explosion vessels, the “Scorpion,” and such of the fire-ships as were ready, sailed for the Bay of Biscay. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War Other samples come from Logroño, in the north of Spain; and years ago sparkling wine used to be made at Villaviciosa, on the Bay of Biscay. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines It was a lovely dawn the morning after the storm in the Bay of Biscay. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land It's so much nicer not to feel one's deeper innards storming like the Bay of Biscay. Fantasia of the Unconscious Sir Gervaise had called his force the southern squadron, from the circumstance of its having been cruising in the Bay of Biscay, for the last six months. The Two Admirals We discovered on arising, Sunday morning, September 3rd, that we were in the Bay of Biscay and two cruisers were circling around and gradually escorting us into the port of Bordeaux. A Journey Through France in War Time "It seemed delightful the morning we started, but it has its drawbacks; and to be at sea in an open boat, during a strong gale in the Bay of Biscay, is distinctly an unpleasant position." Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War I recognised your honour the moment you came on deck that morning of the storm in the Bay of Biscay. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land NORTH-FRANCE—From the North Sea to the Loire, exclusive of Paris, and from the Bay of Biscay to the Rhine. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads A'ter cruising a winter and spring in the Bay of Biscay, I looks on this as no more nor a puff. The Two Admirals The American Navy came in and did splendid service off the south coast of Ireland, in the Bay of Biscay, and along the North Atlantic seaways between French and British and American ports. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas Beyond the fact that we are right out in the Bay of Biscay, I have not the most remote idea. Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War He said that sailor was fortunate who could arrange with the clerk of the weather never to have a worse storm in crossing the Bay of Biscay than the one we had experienced. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer He proposed to the English Government to take possession of the French islands in the Bay of Biscay, and to allow him, with a small squadron of frigates, to operate against the French seaboard. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes It is merely apparent, as when the wind of the Bay of Biscay, as Huxley says, "selects the right kind of sand and spreads it in heaps upon the plains." What is Darwinism? Then the French tried the Bay of Biscay. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas As the ships rolled through the Bay of Biscay, his sickness increased, and affectionate adherents saw with dismay that he was drawing near to the gates of the grave. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 These privateers from the Bay of Biscay seem to have been taken into the King of Spain's service to hunt pirates, but they interrupted English trade more than the pirates did. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Where the swift river and the great rollers of the Bay of Biscay meet is a treacherous bar—in heavy weather a mere tumult of leaping foam. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes Introductions V. "On the Bay of Biscay, O!" All Aboard A Story for Girls A big storm last night, and the Bay of Biscay tumbling about like fun to-day: bright and sunny again now. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 After a score of petty fights all the way from the Bay of Biscay to the Pacific Ocean, Spanish sailors had no desire for a trial of strength in force. The Age of the Reformation First, the Spanish Caliphate cut off all access to the Western Sea beyond the Bay of Biscay, from the eighth to the twelfth centuries. Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. But the "boasted English," as a matter of fact, did know all about it, and in place of weakening their forces in the Bay of Biscay, strengthened them. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes In the region about the head of the Bay of Biscay the quantity of these marching sands is so great that at one time they jeopardized the agriculture of a large district. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography As soon as we entered the gulf, a short disagreeable swell was perceptible; differing in some respects from that in the Bay of Biscay, but to my mind infinitely more unpleasant. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 Never had the strains of the "Bay of Biscay" brought to the ear more charming melody. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 And he proceeded to hum through the tune of "The Bay of Biscay," and beat a noiseless accompaniment with his foot. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 "Stop!" he faintly cried in his exhaustion, dashing through the vestry, as the strains of "The Bay of Biscay" pursued their harmonious course overhead, sounding louder here than in the open air. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 In the beginning of 1755 Hawke was again afloat to command the Channel Fleet, the operations of which extended ordinarily from the Channel, over the Bay of Biscay, to Cape Finisterre. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy The weather mended, and with a fair wind and smooth water they made a fast run across the Bay of Biscay and down the coast to the Cape de Verde Islands. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 Off the coast of Brittany, where the Bay of Biscay fights the white horses of the North Sea, the Island of Guernsey rides at anchor. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 "Why, what in the world?—" he began—and then sat still listening to the sweet strains of "The Bay of Biscay." The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 The sweet, soothing, melodious chimes, carolling forth the Bay of Biscay. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 The Colodia was now one of the destroyer fleet chasing German submarines in the Bay of Biscay. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats He was caught and badly knocked about by an equinoctial in the Bay of Biscay. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 We were in the Bay of Biscay, and those who were well were fighting off the atmosphere of disease. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine Sept. 29th, 30th, Oct. 1st, 2nd.—Weather squally, so that we may expect heavy seas in the Bay of Biscay. Dead Man's Rock She was then the handsome happy bride of a young naval officer, who was soon after drowned in the Bay of Biscay; before the birth of their only child, Olga. Infelice France.—The country we now know as France is the tract of land shut in by the British Channel, the Bay of Biscay, the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean, and the Alps. History of France Cobham chased her down into the Bay of Biscay, took her, scuttled her, and rescued the captives. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 Did I not come from Scotland hither, braving the perils of the sea and of the wilderness, the stormy Bay of Biscay, and the desert of Alemtejo, teeming with robbers and wild beasts? The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters The captain had been ill ever since we passed the Bay of Biscay. Dead Man's Rock The bells had clashed in some way one upon the other; not giving out The Bay of Biscay or any other melody, but a very discordant jangle indeed. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 The regulation by which they suffer, in the present instance, is, in its nature, extremely susceptible of abuse, and prevails, as I am told, only in the ports of the Bay of Biscay. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Once more, on the 23rd of July, the Armada in full numbers was under way for England and streaming across the Bay of Biscay with a fair wind for the mouth of the Channel. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 This is a large seaport town near the Bay of Biscay, on the southwest coast of France. Private Peat The Norman sailors were eager to avenge their former defeats, and Philip saw that the best way to preserve his hold over Gascony was to be master of the Channel and the Bay of Biscay. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) At the end of every hour, when the clock had struck, the Bay of Biscay was to burst forth to charm the parish. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 In the Bay of Biscay, Barrington, having with him twelve of the line, discovered and chased a convoy laden with stores for the fleet in the East Indies. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence We are told that Jack Hopkins sang ‘The King, God Bless Him,’ to a novel air, compounded of ‘The Bay of Biscay’ and ‘A Frog He Would.’ Charles Dickens and Music But I saw the sea once more in all the glories of surf and foam,—almost equal to the Bay of Biscay, and the interesting white squalls and short seas of Archipelago memory. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals Henry of Trastamara equipped a strong Spanish fleet to meet the invaders in the Bay of Biscay. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Captain Monk stood in his place, majestically waving his head and his left hand to keep time in harmony with the Bay of Biscay. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 He went into the yard, humming a strain of "The Bay of Biscay," and gave the letter to a groom, with orders to take it at once to the post-office. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance It was taken in tow by a steam-tug, which encountered a fearful storm in the Bay of Biscay. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood In the hope of regaining his strength he had gone to the baths of Santa Aguada, at Guesalibar, on the Bay of Biscay, not far from San Sebastian, where the court is summering. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 42, August 26, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Sometimes, such was their power of wing, they were known to take the outside route and strike boldly across the Bay of Biscay, for they had alighted on vessels. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 The homeward voyage was quick and prosperous, and unmarked by incident save their pursuit by a great Spanish fleet which they encountered in the Bay of Biscay. The Flamingo Feather I remember bivouacking in a wet cave on the shores of the Bay of Biscay. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 On one occasion, in a severe tempest in the Bay of Biscay, a flash of lightning struck the ship and set her on fire. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 Cobham gave chase, easily captured her in the Bay of Biscay, and discovered there were forty Inquisition prisoners aboard. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon We tumbled about in The Bay of Biscay a little and the motion did not much aid the digestion of the contents of histories and blue and white books. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State Some bad weather and adverse winds were experienced by the Victory in crossing the Bay of Biscay, and on the 27th Cape St. Vincent was seen. Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson Everywhere, from the Bay of Biscay to the Swiss border, from the Mediterranean to the English Channel, you see the lean figure and the slouch hat of the U.S.A. soldier. Out To Win The Story of America in France They were crossing the Bay of Biscay when a tempest began to rage and the darkness became full of trouble. Windjammers and Sea Tramps In his eyes, as well as those of the British Admiralty, this squadron, in spite of its dispersal in the Bay of Biscay, had always been in a state of concentration. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy The second day of the voyage saw us in the Bay of Biscay, a hundred miles off Cape Finisterre. Tell England A Study in a Generation On the last day of 1886, while he was crossing the Bay of Biscay, he meditated upon the subject which occupied Cicero at an earlier period of his life. The Life of Froude “There she lay—Noble lady in the window, look with pity on poor Jack, and his little Polly—till next day, In the Bay of Biscay O.” Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 We were in the Bay of Biscay, and had encountered a succession of gales from the time of leaving St. Ubes. Windjammers and Sea Tramps The second, which was known as the Western Squadron, had its centre off Ushant, and was spread over the whole Bay of Biscay by means of advanced squadrons before Ferrol and Rochefort. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy The long billows of the Bay of Biscay roll smugly in, hypocritical and placid, with nothing to betray the unenviable reputation they sustain in mediis aquis. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees The wind blew hard enough in Berkshire, what must it have done in the Bay of Biscay? Jaffery Thus were we transported over to Port Passage; not undeservedly accounted the best Harbour in all the Bay of Biscay. Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton OF FRANCE, Jan. 1655-56:1—His Highness has been informed of very extraordinary conduct on the part of the French Governor of Belleisle in the Bay of Biscay. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 The next morning before daylight we started, for the captain wouldn't wait to get another hand, and we were soon out of soundings, and well into the Bay of Biscay. Poor Jack But when a storm rises in the Bay of Biscay, and a northwest wind sweeps across the Atlantic, the scene is grand beyond the power of description. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees Meantime the Nelson was making her way rapidly along the French coast, and had already crossed the Bay of Biscay. Willis the Pilot In three or four Days' Time, a fine and fair Gale presented; of which the Master taking due Advantage, we sail'd over the Bar into the Bay of Biscay. Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton "Well then, let's hope he won't be very ill; but he isn't going by the Bay of Biscay, dear." The Divine Fire Data, Geographical.—Of all fish those of the Bay of Biscay are perhaps the best nourished. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 It is a singular fact that at present, from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean, there is not one such highway over any portion of the chain, but solely around the two extremities. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees "The corvette spins along admirably," said the Pilot, "and is steering straight for the Bay of Biscay." Willis the Pilot To trace the brilliant campaign of that year, when the tricolor of France was carried from the Bay of Biscay to the Adriatic Sea, is not my business. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women This picture represents the burning of the Kent East Indiaman, in the Bay of Biscay. Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean From Authentic Accounts Of Modern Voyagers And Travellers; Designed For The Entertainment And Instruction Of Young People He could speak French and Latin well, and is said to have known something of every tongue between'the Bay of Biscay and the Jordan.' Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Not only so, but the fleets of twenty years earlier, under Hawke and his fellows, had dared the winters of the Bay of Biscay. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 At starting, the "Pearl" had fine weather and a favorable wind, and quickly ran down the Channel and across the Bay of Biscay. The Personal Life of David Livingstone His chief claim to remembrance rests on his three songs, The Bay of Biscay, The Green Little Shamrock, and Tom Moody. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature I remimber once being becalmed for a fortnight in the Bay of Biscay in a small transport. The Firm of Girdlestone On the morning after, at daylight, a signal from the flag-ship in harbour was made for us to unmoor; our orders had come down to cruise in the Bay of Biscay. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 For thirty days, the thirty ships which formed the French contingent had cruised in the Bay of Biscay, awaiting the arrival of the tardy Spaniards; but they were not disturbed by the English fleet. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Walker possessed a big atlas, and one of Hatteras' chief diversions was to trace with his finger a bee-line across the African continent and the Bay of Biscay until he reached London. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories Champlain was born in 1567 at the seaport of Brouage, on the Bay of Biscay, so that he was only thirty-six years of age when he set out on his first voyage to America. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 Gibraltar.—I felt very fatigued going through the Bay of Biscay, but recovered much of my strength off the fortress by sucking one of ——'s capital Kill-cough Lozenges. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 30, 1890 Neither will I pretend that I am so unused to the more perishable smoking contrivance, that a few whiffs would make me feel as if I lay in a groundswell on the Bay of Biscay. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 It does not certainly appear that any active enterprise was intended against the English coast; but the allies cruised off the mouth of the Channel and in the Bay of Biscay during the summer months. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Adour, a river of France, rising in the Pyrenees and falling into the Bay of Biscay. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Some of his songs, such as "The Bay of Biscay", "Tom Moody, the Whipper-in", and, especially, "The Green Little Shamrock of Ireland", bid fair to be immortal. The Glories of Ireland Sometimes the waves sweeping in from that fierce Bay of Biscay destroyed in an hour the work of a week. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 One stormy day, on the Bay of Biscay, a child was born to them. The value of a praying mother My stomach felt like the Bay of Biscay in an equinoctial gale, and I heartily wished I could have dispensed with the two holes at the bottom of my nose. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Loire, the largest river in France, 630 m., rises in the Cévennes, flows northwards to Orleans and westward to the Bay of Biscay, through a very fertile valley which it often inundates. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge "Bay of Biscay," "When Vulcan forged," the second of "All's Well," "Bet, sweet blossom," "Will Watch," "Last Whistle," &c. &c. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 393, October 10, 1829 This brought us into the track of every thing going to, or coming from, the Mediterranean; and, had we stood on far enough, we should have made the land somewhere in the Bay of Biscay. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" A fortnight later, at daylight, a signal from the flagship in harbour was made for us to unmoor; our orders had come to cruise in the Bay of Biscay. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction His thoughts were still in the woods of Minstead and the old armory of Twynham Castle, when the hoarse voice of the master-shipman brought them back once more to the Bay of Biscay. The White Company Pyrenees, a broad chain of lofty mountains running from the Bay of Biscay, 276 m. eastwards, to the Mediterranean, form the boundary between France and Spain. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge ‘Shove her off!’ cries the cockswain, who looks as easy and comfortable as if he were steering in the Bay of Biscay. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people London, on her way to Melbourne, foundered in the Bay of Biscay; 220 lives lost. Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters It was not affected by the roughest weather, or by the working of the ship through the rolling waves of the Bay of Biscay. Men of Invention and Industry Even then, instead of heading southeasterly, I set the engine going, headed south, and so continued a course that must needs have either just hit Ushant, or carry us over the Bay of Biscay. Tono Bungay Miss Browning also relates that the weather was stormy in the Bay of Biscay, and for the first fortnight her brother suffered terribly. Life and Letters of Robert Browning Revd. and dear Sir,—I reached Cadiz in safety, after crossing the Bay of Biscay in rather boisterous weather. Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society From this day to the fourteenth being in the Bay of Biscay, the sea was very rough. The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740 Already a hand short, and entering the Bay of Biscay with wild weather ahead, and yet last night another man lost, disappeared. Dracula She was commissioned early in 1870, and capsized in the Bay of Biscay on the 7th of September of that year. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He knew that the ship was running into the mouth of the Bay of Biscay, or at least was fast approaching it, and he bethought him of the means of getting to the westward. Homeward Bound or, the Chase The passage was stormy--the Bay of Biscay, in particular, giving us a touch of its qualities. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Ramuntcho was coming on foot from a very long distance, ascending the regions neighboring the Bay of Biscay, toward his isolated house which stood above, in a great deal of shade, near the Spanish frontier. Ramuntcho The steamer went down in the Bay of Biscay, it is supposed from a collision. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I A favourable wind from the north-east carried the fleet rapidly across the Bay of Biscay, and it proceeded on its way, keeping well out of sight of the coast of Portugal. By England's Aid Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 Shortly after the affair, the wind came out light at northeast, forcing us down nearer to the Bay of Biscay than was at all convenient, when bound to London. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Falling in with an American in the Bay of Biscay, we got a barrel of beef which lasted us in. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Near the right door he had installed himself in order to see sooner the Bay of Biscay open and the highlands of Spain sketch themselves. Ramuntcho They were ingenious and industrious, and they carried on a considerable trade in the Bay of Biscay and in the British Channel. Caesar: a Sketch But his temper is like the Caspian Sea, having neither ebb nor flow, while yours is like the Bay of Biscay—oh, so I can't expect you to agree. The Christian A Story The middle-sized gulls, with a black spot at the end of the wings, attend you a little way into the Bay of Biscay. Wanderings in South America Yes, my boy, at this rate we shall be in the Bay of Biscay Monday night or Tuesday morning, at the latest. Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures There were rains of a deluge, grand, healthy squalls which went up from the Bay of Biscay, plunged into the valleys, bending the trees furiously. Ramuntcho The Bay of Biscay fulfilled all its proverbial roughness: the whole sea was dells and knolls. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Bay of Biscay—tremendous swell—Cape Finisterre—blockading squadron off Cadiz—in—shore squadron—and so on, all trifle and no plums. Tom Cringle's Log Its sail over the Bay of Biscay and entrance into the English Channel. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The Bay of Biscay was rough and boisterous, and spars, sails, and bowsprits were carried away. A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II The Bay of Biscay has become very blue and the Cantabric coast has for a time put on its fallow colors of Morocco or of Algeria. Ramuntcho Mediterranean fishes slip out of the Straits of Gibraltar, and up the coast of Portugal, and, once in the Bay of Biscay, find the feeding good and the wind against them, and stay there. Prose Idylls, New and Old It is, as George remarked, exposed to winds and waves, for the heavy swells from the Bay of Biscay and the Atlantic Ocean send the waves breaking over the rock with prodigious fury. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea Yes: there is one, and but one--the Bay of Biscay. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain As the autumn came on, a great south-west gale burst over Madeira, and went sweeping away up the Bay of Biscay. Dawn The annexed engraving represents the burning of the Kent, East Indiaman, in the Bay of Biscay. Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea The boys were having the Bay of Biscay quite lively, and I waked up on the jump in the choruses. Men, Women, and Ghosts These are the fellows that sing you "The Bay of Biscay Oh!" and "Here a sheer hulk lies poor Torn Bowling!" White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War It was his first tour, and when asked why he did not go direct, through France, he replied, with brotherly concern, that he was anxious his sister should see the Bay of Biscay. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain A ship in ballast comes from the Baltic,—a vessel and cargo from the Bay of Biscay. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 French frontier town on the Bay of Biscay in the Basses-Pyrénées, known for the manufacture of a liqueur of the same name. Twixt France and Spain Our party was a very pleasant one, and included Woodroffe and Chater, while our cruise across the Bay of Biscay and along the Portuguese coast proved most delightful. The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love They had ridden out a winter's gale in the Bay of Biscay and for a night had lost the hulk and the men on board. Lister's Great Adventure Porcupine being in the Bay of Biscay, Captain Calver, her commander, performed the unprecedented feat of dredging in 2,435 fathoms, or 14,610 feet, a depth nearly equal to the height of Mont Blanc. Discourses Biological and Geological Essays A favourable wind from the northeast carried the fleet rapidly across the Bay of Biscay, and it proceeded on its way, keeping well out of sight of the coast of Portugal. By England's Aid or the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) This war between the two religions began in the north near the Bay of Biscay whither the Christians were finally pushed by the invaders. Christopher Columbus In which Mr Easy finds himself on the other side of the Bay of Biscay. Mr. Midshipman Easy The next day was still perfectly calm; and when, toward evening, the children were told that they were now fairly getting into the Bay of Biscay, they could scarcely believe the intelligence. On the Pampas At Portsmouth she and her husband were fired upon by Dutch men-of-war, and another time they were shipwrecked in the Bay of Biscay. Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, bart., ambassador from Charles the Second to the courts of Portugal and Madrid. The fleet left France at midsummer, had a very rough passage through the Bay of Biscay, and ran into a long, dead calm off the Azores. The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 Oh, the dreariness, the loneliness, of that first night at anchor in the Bay of Biscay! Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 "Loud roared the dreadful thunder."—Bay of Biscay. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 They ran down Channel at full speed and at night were abreast of the Scilly lights, driving towards the Bay of Biscay in the teeth of an Equinoctial gale. Love, the Fiddler On the breaking out of the Spanish war, he was ordered to cruise in the Bay of Biscay; but, owing to tempestuous weather, was compelled to put into port for the winter. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 This ship, too, was wrecked, near San Sebastian in the Bay of Biscay, and again Lalemant narrowly escaped death. The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness The Bordeaux wines come from the south-western or Bay of Biscay side of France, while those of Burgundy belong to her eastern portion. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Such a shore is that of Gascony in southwestern France,—a low, straight, sandy shore, bordered by dunes and unprotected by reefs from the attack of the waves of the Bay of Biscay. The Elements of Geology The Bay of Biscay, into which the Adour flows, is seen on the left horizon as a level line. The Dynasts I promised, and strove to cheer him—but he spoke truly—his ship went down in a storm on the Bay of Biscay, and all on board were lost. Thelma Christopher Harflete and Jeffrey Stokes at the bottom of the Bay of Biscay could bring no awkward charges, and left him none to deal with save an imprisoned and forgotten girl and an unborn child. The Lady of Blossholme On the right, the lofty Pyrenees, with their grand and varied outline, stood forth conspicuously in a blue, cloudless sky; on our left was the Bay of Biscay, with our cruisers perpetually on the move. Reminiscences of Captain Gronow For, having landed Franklin, Wickes cruised about the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel, capturing many British merchantmen, and taking them to France, where he sold them. This Country of Ours The east wind held, the Bay of Biscay was calm, and after a rapid voyage they sighted the high lands of Spain ahead. The Dragon and the Raven Then we went through the English Channel to Brest,—then by the Bay of Biscay to Bayonne. Thelma "In the Bay of Biscay she lay half a point nearer the wind than Lord Heavyjib." Christie Johnstone To increase the terrifying effect, Bert rattled the tea tray and played 'The Bay of Biscay', and the children sung the chorus whilst he rolled the next picture into view. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Then, washing the walls of Tholouse, and turning again to the north west, it assumes a milder character, as it fertilizes the pastures of Gascony and Guienne, in its progress to the Bay of Biscay. The Mysteries of Udolpho Neither will I pretend that I am so unused to the more perishable smoking contrivance that a few whiffs would make me feel as if I lay in a ground-swell on the Bay of Biscay. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works In front of us the Bay of Biscay burned sapphire to the horizon. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy During the voyage, before his crew had been hammered into shape, he beat off a British privateer of twenty guns and safely tacked into the Bay of Biscay. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors One night as the ship was in the Bay of Biscay, Carrington was talking of Burnham and giving instances of his marvellous powers as a "tracker." Real Soldiers of Fortune Through the whole of this glorious scene the majestic Garonne wandered; descending from its source among the Pyrenees, and winding its blue waves towards the Bay of Biscay. The Mysteries of Udolpho "Yes, I can keep my temper father's beating taught me that; and I can fiddle, though I don't know where the Bay of Biscay is," he thought, with a sense of comfort impossible to express. Little Men “Was this the Bay of Biscay, Baron?” queried Columbus, with a covert smile at Ptolemy. A House-Boat on the Styx As discovered by Commander Maury, the true source of the Gulf Stream, its starting point, if you prefer, is located in the Bay of Biscay. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea She ran the blockade off Newport and got away to the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay. The Mutiny of the Elsinore The shore was rocky; the night was black: the wind was furious: the waves of the Bay of Biscay ran high. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Mounted on a wild, dashing bay—known familiarly as the "Bay of Biscay" from its rough turbulence—I easily kept the lead. Condensed Novels: New Burlesques But, as I was saying, take the whole coast along, I know it as well as the way from here to the Bold Dragoon; and a devil of acquaintance is that Bay of Biscay. The Pioneers Oleron was the place of their destination, a dreary island beaten by the raging waves of the Bay of Biscay. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 "But do you mean to tell me you would cross the Bay of Biscay in a boat that size?" The Pit Prop Syndicate During the trip my companion jumped overboard and was drowned in the Bay of Biscay. The Darrow Enigma We met with contrary winds in the Bay of Biscay and were driven into the harbour of Lisbon, where we refitted. Montezuma's Daughter “As she lay, on that day, in the Bay of Biscay, 0!” The Pioneers Some ten or eleven penny steamers under their own steam started from the Thames down the Channel, across the Bay of Biscay, past Gibraltar, and through the submarined Mediterranean for the River Tigris. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge He only told me that it had not occurred in the Mediterranean, but on the other side of Southern France—in the Bay of Biscay. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes The autocrat of the North Atlantic was still oppressing his kingdom and its outlying dependencies, even as far as the Bay of Biscay, in the dismal secrecy of thick, very thick, weather. The Mirror of the Sea Did you ever hear Benjamin sing the ‘Bay of Biscay, 0?” The Pioneers |
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