Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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Side 27
... as suits his fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , without noise , passes
an arrow through its heart . One arrow is always sufficient , and it is genereven
ally delivered with such force , that at least half EXCURSION TO OREGON . 27.
... as suits his fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , without noise , passes
an arrow through its heart . One arrow is always sufficient , and it is genereven
ally delivered with such force , that at least half EXCURSION TO OREGON . 27.
Side 41
... 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.
... 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
Accordingly one evening , seeing a large bull close at hand , he sallied forth with
the utmost caution in the direction of his victim . “ The unwieldy brute , ” he says , “
was quietly and unsuspiciously cropping the herbage , and I had arrived within ...
Accordingly one evening , seeing a large bull close at hand , he sallied forth with
the utmost caution in the direction of his victim . “ The unwieldy brute , ” he says , “
was quietly and unsuspiciously cropping the herbage , and I had arrived within ...
Side 80
They made no attempt to pull me up for some moments , but then , desiring me to
raise myself , they drew in the rope till I was close to them and in safety . The
reason for this proceeding is obvious . Had they attempted , on the bad and ...
They made no attempt to pull me up for some moments , but then , desiring me to
raise myself , they drew in the rope till I was close to them and in safety . The
reason for this proceeding is obvious . Had they attempted , on the bad and ...
Side 95
At the foot of the cliff , near a group of huge fragments of rock fallen from the
overhanging cliffs , a prisoner was sitting close to the sea preparing food for his
companions , who had gone off to the brig the previous evening with ballast , and
who ...
At the foot of the cliff , near a group of huge fragments of rock fallen from the
overhanging cliffs , a prisoner was sitting close to the sea preparing food for his
companions , who had gone off to the brig the previous evening with ballast , and
who ...
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