I began this desperate voyage on February 15, 1714–15, at nine o’clock in the morning. The wind was very favourable; however, I made use at first only...

But after what we now see, to allow a doubt is to insult scientific inquiry. There is the body; you can see it; you can touch it. It is not a skeleton...

Drink this.” I dashed some brandy into the water, and the colour began to come back to his bloodless cheeks. “And now, Doctor, perhaps you would kindl...

This is enough to say upon the subject of my diet, wherewith other travellers fill their books, as if the readers were personally concerned whether we...