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Followed them, and at three miles and a half west-south-west arrived at their camp, and allowed the horses to drink as much as they chose.
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At seven miles and a half, crossed a low stony range running east-north-east and west-south-west, which turned out to be table land, with sand hills crossing our line, bearing to a high range east of us 93 degrees 30 minutes.
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At west-south-west they are hidden by one of the spurs of the
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Impossible to cross it here, so I shall follow it up in a west-south-west direction.
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They happened to come upon their tracks on a small piece of sandy ground on the opposite side of the creek; they traced them to a large permanent water lagoon, deep and broad, with water-lilies growing round it, and a number of ducks upon it; it is about three quarters of a mile west-south-west from this camp.
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According to a custom that originated in the Osaka area, best results can be achieved this year by eating a lucky marukaburi sushi uncut, facing west-south-west the lucky direction for 2005, without stopping, on February 4.
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As he advanced in his course, he became perfectly assured, from repeated proofs, that he had left no land behind him in the direction of west-south-west; and that no land lay to the south on this side sixty degrees of latitude.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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But the next morning an island was seen bearing west-south-west, and at first he believed that he had made a new discovery.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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In pursuing his course to the west-south-west, Captain Cook passed by a number of small islands, and, on the 26th, anchored on the north side of Anamocka, or Rotterdam.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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At this time the ice was entirely closed to the south, in the whole extent from east to west-south-west, without the least appearance of any opening.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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