The Africa Pilot: South and east coasts of Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Guardafui, including the islands in the Mozambique Channel, Part 3 |
Common terms and phrases
14 miles abreast Admiralty chart Agulhas Agulhas current anchor anchorage Angoche bank beacon bearing S.W. berth bluff boats cables cape Agulhas cape Natal channel cliffs coast conspicuous coral Delagoa bay depth dhows direction distance dries east eastern side edge entrance extreme fathoms fathoms water feet at low feet high full and change Fungu gales half a mile harbour high water islet Kilwa Kilwa Kisiwani land lies lighthouse low water springs Mafia channel Mafia island mangrove mile wide miles eastward miles in length miles north-eastward miles northward monsoon mouth Mozambique Mwamba nearly north-west northern pass patch peak port port Elizabeth reef extends ridge river Robben island rocks rocky round sand hills sandhead sandy beach sea breaks seaward shallow shoal shore south point south-east south-west monsoon southward steep-to steer stream Table bay thence three-quarters tide town trees vessels village weather western westward winds Zanzibar
Popular passages
Page v - When two vowels come together, each one is sounded, though the result, when spoken quickly, is sometimes scarcely to be distinguished from a single sound, as in ai, au, ei.
Page vi - Accents should not generally be used, but where there is a very decided emphatic syllable or stress, which affects the sound of the word, it should be marked by an acute accent.
Page vi - Dj should never be put for this sound English k. It should always be put for the hard c. Thus, not Corea, but The Oriental guttural is another guttural, as in the Turkish • As in English.
Page vi - Selebes. is always soft as in church English d. English / ; ph should not be used for the sound of /. Thus, not Haiphong, but is always hard. (Soft g is given by j) is always pronounced when inserted, as in \>'li<il ; better rendered by hw than by wh.
Page v - One accent only is used, the acute, to denote the syllable on which stress is laid. This is very important, as the sounds of many names are entirely altered by the misplacement of this
Page vi - As these two sounds are rarely employed in the same locality, no attempt is made to distinguish between them. As in English. As in loophole ;•• stands both for its sound in thing, and as in this. The former is most common. should never be employed...
Page 112 - Strict attention must be paid to keep a clear hawse (when moored), the more so when it is probable the wind may blow from the south-east ; and whether at single anchor or moored, the sheet anchor should be ready for immediate use. The situation of the vessel must be taken by landmarks and the depth of...
Page xvi - Cape in 1591, and about 1602 the Dutch made it a place of call. In 1620 two English East India commanders, by a proclamation dated from Saldanha Bay, took possession of the Cape in the name of Great Britain; but no settlement was formed. In 1648 a Dutch East Indiaman, the f Hnnrlem, was wrecked in Table Bay, the crew remaining there some time.
Page 521 - This volume includes the South and East coasts of Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Guardafui, together with the islands in the Mozambique Channel.
Page 112 - In the case of vessels touching for water and supplies, they may ride at single anchor, but they must then anchor well to the northward, so as to prevent danger (in case of drifting) to the vessels moored ; and it is particularly recommended, when riding at single anchor, to veer out 70 or 80 fathoms of chain...