Call it
north-west or south-west, it is all one - a different phase of the same character, a changed expression on the same face.
The following night they passed through the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, which means in Arabic The Bridge of Tears, and the next day they put in at Steamer Point,
north-west of Aden harbour, to take in coal.
He set sail and bore away into the west-
north-west, two hunters constantly at the mastheads and sweeping the sea with glasses, himself pacing the deck like an angry lion.
Much rain fell in the night; and the next morning there blew a bitter wintry wind out of the
north-west, driving scattered clouds.
Thence I have drifted back to the scene of some of my past adventures in the north and
north-west of India.
Just as I had set my mast and sail, and the boat began to stretch away, I saw even by the clearness of the water some alteration of the current was near; for where the current was so strong the water was foul; but perceiving the water clear, I found the current abate; and presently I found to the east, at about half a mile, a breach of the sea upon some rocks: these rocks I found caused the current to part again, and as the main stress of it ran away more southerly, leaving the rocks to the north-east, so the other returned by the repulse of the rocks, and made a strong eddy, which ran back again to the
north-west, with a very sharp stream.
The whole extent of this prince's dominions reaches about six thousand miles in length, and from three to five in breadth: whence I cannot but conclude, that our geographers of Europe are in a great error, by supposing nothing but sea between Japan and California; for it was ever my opinion, that there must be a balance of earth to counterpoise the great continent of Tartary; and therefore they ought to correct their maps and charts, by joining this vast tract of land to the
north-west parts of America, wherein I shall be ready to lend them my assistance.
When the Ariel cleared from Malu, on the
north-west coast of Malaita, Malaita sank down beneath the sea-rim astern and, so far as Jerry's life was concerned, remained sunk for ever--another vanished world, that, in his consciousness, partook of the ultimate nothingness that had befallen Skipper.
The course was taken towards the
north-west, and the next day the screw of the frigate was at last beating the waters of the Pacific.
Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A from the
north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
We sailed out of New York, ostensibly for the
north-west coast, with sealed orders--"
They now walked to that part of the hill which looks to the
north-west, and which hangs over a vast and extensive wood.