Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 - 416 sider |
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... boats were hauled up high and dry , and we concluded to remain in our quarters till next day , or till there was a cessation of the wind . In about an hour it lulled a little , and Captain Wyeth ordered the boats to be again launched ...
... boats were hauled up high and dry , and we concluded to remain in our quarters till next day , or till there was a cessation of the wind . In about an hour it lulled a little , and Captain Wyeth ordered the boats to be again launched ...
Side 68
... boat had become half - full of water , shipping a part of every surf that struck her ; and as we gained the shallows , every man sprang over- board , breast deep , and began hauling the canoe to shore . This was even a more difficult ...
... boat had become half - full of water , shipping a part of every surf that struck her ; and as we gained the shallows , every man sprang over- board , breast deep , and began hauling the canoe to shore . This was even a more difficult ...
Side 69
... boats mended , the party again attempted the descent of the river . The voyage this time was more fortunate , and next day they all arrived at the fort , which was the end of their journey across the wilderness . The time occupied in ...
... boats mended , the party again attempted the descent of the river . The voyage this time was more fortunate , and next day they all arrived at the fort , which was the end of their journey across the wilderness . The time occupied in ...
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... boats . can effect a safe landing , and of these only with certain winds , and never in gales , which are fre- quent in this part of the globe . Its general unsuitableness , however , for ordinary coloniza- tion was considered to adapt ...
... boats . can effect a safe landing , and of these only with certain winds , and never in gales , which are fre- quent in this part of the globe . Its general unsuitableness , however , for ordinary coloniza- tion was considered to adapt ...
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... boat was seen to put off from the brig , and upon its reaching the shore , the worst fears of the party were realized . The misguided prisoners on board had attempted to seize the vessel . They were but twelve in num- ber , unarmed ...
... boat was seen to put off from the brig , and upon its reaching the shore , the worst fears of the party were realized . The misguided prisoners on board had attempted to seize the vessel . They were but twelve in num- ber , unarmed ...
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