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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... feet . At this moment a shot was fired . The victim trembled like an aspen leaf , and fell on his knees , but recovering himself in an in- stant , started again as fast as before . Again the determined hunters dashed after him , but the ...
... feet . At this moment a shot was fired . The victim trembled like an aspen leaf , and fell on his knees , but recovering himself in an in- stant , started again as fast as before . Again the determined hunters dashed after him , but the ...
Side 40
... feet , standing al- most erect , his mouth partly open , and from his protruding tongue the blood fell fast in drops . While in this position he received about six more balls , each of which made him reel . At last , as in complete ...
... feet , standing al- most erect , his mouth partly open , and from his protruding tongue the blood fell fast in drops . While in this position he received about six more balls , each of which made him reel . At last , as in complete ...
Side 41
... feet were hanging in the route of the caravan , our travelers fortunately escaped being attacked by these dreaded Indians ; and on the 14th , having reached the banks of the fine large Shoshone or Snake , also called Lewis river , they ...
... feet were hanging in the route of the caravan , our travelers fortunately escaped being attacked by these dreaded Indians ; and on the 14th , having reached the banks of the fine large Shoshone or Snake , also called Lewis river , they ...
Side 43
... feet of him , when a sudden . flashing of the eye , and an impatient motion , told me that I was observed . He raised his enormous head and looked around him , and so truly terrible and grand did he appear , that I must confess I felt ...
... feet of him , when a sudden . flashing of the eye , and an impatient motion , told me that I was observed . He raised his enormous head and looked around him , and so truly terrible and grand did he appear , that I must confess I felt ...
Side 44
... feet , were around them , and that they only waited for a favorable opportunity of making an attack . It was felt that these savage wanderers were not there for nothing , and that the greatest care was necessary to prevent a surprise ...
... feet , were around them , and that they only waited for a favorable opportunity of making an attack . It was felt that these savage wanderers were not there for nothing , and that the greatest care was necessary to prevent a surprise ...
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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