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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Side 27
... his fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , with- out noise , passes an arrow through its heart . One arrow is always sufficient , and it is gener- ally delivered with such force , that at least half EXCURSION TO OREGON . 27.
... his fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , with- out noise , passes an arrow through its heart . One arrow is always sufficient , and it is gener- ally delivered with such force , that at least half EXCURSION TO OREGON . 27.
Side 41
... - menced their expedition , and there were various evidences that they were approaching its close . The Snake river , on the banks of which they were encamped , pours its waters directly into the Columbia EXCURSION TO OREGON . 41.
... - menced their expedition , and there were various evidences that they were approaching its close . The Snake river , on the banks of which they were encamped , pours its waters directly into the Columbia EXCURSION TO OREGON . 41.
Side 43
... close at hand , he sallied forth with the utmost caution in the direction of his victim . " The 66 unwieldy brute , " he says , was quietly and unsuspiciously cropping the herbage , and I had arrived within ten feet of him , when a ...
... close at hand , he sallied forth with the utmost caution in the direction of his victim . " The 66 unwieldy brute , " he says , was quietly and unsuspiciously cropping the herbage , and I had arrived within ten feet of him , when a ...
Side 80
... close to them and in safety . The reason for this proceeding is obvious . Had they attempted , on the bad and uncertain footing in which they stood , to check me at the first gliding , they might have lost their own balance , and our ...
... close to them and in safety . The reason for this proceeding is obvious . Had they attempted , on the bad and uncertain footing in which they stood , to check me at the first gliding , they might have lost their own balance , and our ...
Side 95
... close to the sea preparing food for his companions , who had gone off to the brig the previous evening with ballast , and who were expected to return at daylight with a load of stores . The surface of the sea was smooth , and the brig ...
... close to the sea preparing food for his companions , who had gone off to the brig the previous evening with ballast , and who were expected to return at daylight with a load of stores . The surface of the sea was smooth , and the brig ...
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adventures afterward Alexander Selkirk allowed appeared arrived attempt Auldjo became Blackfeet boat bread brig brought buffalo called Captain Cinque Ports coast commanded companions crew Dampier danger death deck distance door endeavored escape father feet felt fire frigate gave governor grizzly bear hands heard hight hope horses Indians island Italy jailer Juan Fernandez land Lavalette length looked Maroncelli Medusa ment Milan miles mind Mont Blanc morning mountains mutineers natives never night Norfolk Island o'clock officers party passed Pellico person pinnace Pitcairn's Island poor prison provisions raft reached received remained returned river rope sail sailors says scarcely schooner secondini seemed seized Selkirk Senegal sent ship shore side sight Silvio Pellico situation soon Stradling suffered thing thought tion Tofoa took Townsend travelers Tude vessel voyage whole William Funnel wind wine wounded yawl