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 20
... hands to join . Feeling some curiosity to ascertain the cause of this unusual diffidence , I occasionally allowed my eyes to wander to the spot where our sturdy hunter stood looking moodily upon us , as the calumet 20 READING . FIRESIDE.
... hands to join . Feeling some curiosity to ascertain the cause of this unusual diffidence , I occasionally allowed my eyes to wander to the spot where our sturdy hunter stood looking moodily upon us , as the calumet 20 READING . FIRESIDE.
Side 28
... eye could dis- cern , was covered by one enormous mass of buffalo . The scene , at the very least computa- tion , would certainly extend ten miles , and in the whole of this great space , including about eight miles in width from the ...
... eye could dis- cern , was covered by one enormous mass of buffalo . The scene , at the very least computa- tion , would certainly extend ten miles , and in the whole of this great space , including about eight miles in width from the ...
Side 30
... eyes , wild and bright as those of a tiger , gleaming from a dark corner of the lodge , and evidently directed upon him . " My first impression , " he says , " was that a wolf had been lurking around the camp , and had entered the tent ...
... eyes , wild and bright as those of a tiger , gleaming from a dark corner of the lodge , and evidently directed upon him . " My first impression , " he says , " was that a wolf had been lurking around the camp , and had entered the tent ...
Side 31
... eyes , but they were certainly the most won- derful I ever looked into ; glittering and scintil- lating constantly , like the mirror - glasses in a lamp - frame , and rolling and dancing in their ing of I had seen . any orbits as though ...
... eyes , but they were certainly the most won- derful I ever looked into ; glittering and scintil- lating constantly , like the mirror - glasses in a lamp - frame , and rolling and dancing in their ing of I had seen . any orbits as though ...
Side 32
... eyes , ears , nostrils , and mouth of the unhappy traveler . It is necessary , however , to pursue a route in this direction , in order to find accessible passes through the Rocky Mountains , which are im- penetrable more to the north ...
... eyes , ears , nostrils , and mouth of the unhappy traveler . It is necessary , however , to pursue a route in this direction , in order to find accessible passes through the Rocky Mountains , which are im- penetrable more to the north ...
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