Hamilton, William John: Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus, and Armenia: with some account of their antiquities and geology ; in two volumes (Band 2) (London, 1842)

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lay well down, the water dashing over their bows. At one
moment, while we had the breeze ahead, the French brig,
which was astern, had the breeze aft; and presently, while
we were becalmed for several hours, the Frenchman, who
had drawn closer in shore, caught a puff from the moun-
tains, and passed within half a mile of us with a six knot
breeze, which only reached us an hour later.