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He sounded the waters of the lake, and found a depth of from 25 to 35 feet; in clear weather the opposite shore was visible, appearing “to an unnautical eye” from 12 to 15 miles distant; nor could this estimate be greatly wrong.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

In the gloaming the side-lights were being put in place, and Gadabout turned a baleful green eye upon us, as though overhearing our talk of such unnautical things as gardens and heirlooms and ancestral halls.

Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins

I told him I could; and although I did not like the unnautical way this stranger had about him, I was glad to hear that he did not interfere with his mates.

Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"

She looked down, as if rather embarrassed, and dug at the interstices of the rough stone pavement with her dainty, and altogether unnautical, sunshade.

Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden Charles Garvice

The vessels, despite their unnautical appearance, sail well on a wind.

In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith

The speaker, though apparently more at his ease at sea, was in dress and appearance fully as unnautical as Banks.

The Crusade of the Excelsior Bret Harte 1869

The most unnautical nation in the world, with an Englishman as their leader, became dominant on the Caspian, and, as the author of the

Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

He sounded the waters of the lake, and found a depth of from 25 to 35 feet; in clear weather the opposite shore was visible, appearing "to an unnautical eye" from 12 to 15 miles distant; nor could this estimate be greatly wrong.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

Though what between the orders issued by the captain and mates, and repeated by him, with the howling of the wind and the whistling of his shrill pipe, the rattling and creaking of the blocks, and the fluttering of the sails, it was difficult for ears unnautical to comprehend the actual words uttered.

The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

English eyes, in a very unnautical costume, but characteristic of that strange people.

The Three Admirals William Henry Giles Kingston 1847