cortigan

Updated: June 21, 2025

The water is exceedingly nauseous, and the effluvia arising from it unwholesome, but so buoyant, that gentlemen, who have made the attempt from curiosity, have found it impossible to sink. An Irishman, named Cortigan, some fifteen years ago, conveyed a boat to the waters of the Dead Sea, and, aided by an old Maltese sailor, rowed nearly all round.

Mrs. David Osborne - The World of Waters: A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea