 | 1830 - 496 sivua
...yards from the beach I was beyond my depth ; the water was the coldest I ever felt, and the taste of it most detestable; it was that of a solution of -nitre, mixed with an infusion of quassia. Tts buoyancy I found to be -far greater than that of any sea I ever swam in, not excepting the Euxine,... | |
 | 1830 - 318 sivua
...yards from the beach 1 was beyond my depth ; the water was the coldest I ever felt, and the taste of it most detestable ; it was that of a solution of nitre,...not excepting the Euxine, which is extremely salt. 1 could lie like a log of wood on the surface, without stirring hand or foot, as long as I chose ;... | |
 | John Timbs - 1831 - 302 sivua
...Dead Sea" ? Because of its extreme saltness. Mr. Madden, a recent traveller, bathed in this sea : he could lie, like a log of wood, on 'the surface, without stirring hand or foot, as long as he chose ; but with much exertion he could just dive sufficiently deep to cover all his body, when... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 332 sivua
...Dead Sea " ? Because of its extreme saltness. Mr. Madden, a recent traveller, bathed in this sea : he could lie, like a log of wood, on the surface, without stirring hand or foot, as long as he chose ; but with much exertion he 1.3 could just dive sufficiently deep to cover all his body, when... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 300 sivua
...Sea "'? Because of its extreme saltness. Mr. Madden, a recent traveller, bathed in this sea: he coidd lie, like a log of wood, on the surface, without stirring hand or foot, us long as he chose ; but with much exertion he i. 2 could just dive sufficiently deep to cover all... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 316 sivua
...yards from the beach I was beyond my depth : the water was the coldest I ever felt, and the taste of it most detestable ; it was that of a solution of nitre,...hand or foot, as long as I chose ; but with a good 256 THE DEAD SEA. deal of exertion I could just dive sufficiently deep to cover all my body, but I... | |
 | 1834 - 498 sivua
...four yards from the beach was beyond my depth : the water was the coldest I ever felt, and the taste most detestable, it was that of a solution of nitre mixed with an infusion of quassia : the buoyancy I found to be greater than that of any sea I ever swam in ; I could lie like a log of... | |
 | George Bush - 1839 - 406 sivua
...yards from the beach I was beyond my depth : the water was the coldest I ever felt, and the taste of it most detestable; it was that of a solution of nitre,...that of any sea I ever swam in, not excepting the Euxme, which it extremely salt. I could lie like a log of wood on the surface, without stirring hand... | |
 | 1846 - 860 sivua
...than that of any sea I ever swum in, not excepting the Euxine, which is extremely salt. I could Hi; like a log of wood on the surface without stirring hand or foot а.ч long as I chose ; and with a good deal of exertion I could just dive sufficiently deep to cover... | |
 | George Bush - 1850 - 380 sivua
...yards from the beach I was beyond my depth : the water was the coldest I ever felt, and the taste of it most detestable; it was that of a solution of nitre,...that of any sea I ever swam in, not excepting the EuxGENESIS. IB. C. 1898. me, which is extremely salt. I could lie like a log of wood on the surface,... | |
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I was desirous of ascertaining the truth of the assertion, that "nothing sinks in the Dead Sea." I swam a considerable distance from the shore ; and about four yards from the beach... 
