A word used by old voyagers for the end of a deep bay; it is corrupted from cul de sac. ACK-MEN, or Ack-pirates. It was probably adopted from James, Duke of York, who, when lord The name given in nautical astronomy to that beautiful double star Anak al A term common to the Italian coasts for a mountain torrent. After one of the most remarkable sieges of history Richelieu captured La Rochelle, crushed James I, her Scotch king of 1603, had indeed interfered a bit in the Thirty The wind not being favorable for passing west of this headland into the bay, and the Mayflower, commanded by Captain Jones—both having a hundred
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