J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"

sea-excursions

ex·​cur·​sion ik-ˈskər-zhən 
Noun
1
a
: a going out or forth : EXPEDITION
b(1)
: a usually brief pleasure trip
(2)
: a trip at special reduced rates
2
: deviation from a direct, definite, or proper course
especially : DIGRESSION
needless excursions into abstruse theory
3
: a movement outward and back or from a mean position or axis
also : the distance traversed : AMPLITUDE
the excursion of a piston

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