Note 492 — AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PHINEAS PETT (continued 3)
Reading edition
I.e. the ship first beat to windward, tacking two or three times, and then laid her course for the anchorage with the wind on her quarter.
Reading edition
I.e. the ship first beat to windward, tacking two or three times, and then laid her course for the anchorage with the wind on her quarter.