Word: offing
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The United States Fish Commission has lately received a letter from Mr. Alexander Agassiz which was written from Palette Harbor in the island of Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean. It was dated September 30.
In summing up, the Court says: "The distinction lies, it seems to us, between an occupancy which is for the private benefit and convenience of the officer and which is so regarded by the parties as in the ordinary case of landlord and tenant, and an occupancy where, although necessarily...
At a meeting of the candidates for the cricket team held last night the following men handed in their names: C. Morton '00, P. F. Brown '01, R. F. Flint '01, J. O. Carson '02, G. A. England '02, W. R. Spofford '02, J. H. White '03, W. N. Taylor...
Indoor practice, which will be begun at once, will be daily, and much attention will be given to individual coaching. Novices will be specially instructed in order that they may have some knowledge of the elements of the game when the outdoor practice commences. The season will begin about May...
Mr. Agassiz left San Francisco on August 23 last, in the "Albatross," which had been loaned him by the government for the purpose of investigation. When about three hundred miles off Point Conception, he began to make soundings; and, of these, he made seventy-two before reaching Tahiti. By means...