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 19
... give me in passing , to know that their hour of toil is ap- proaching , and the patient kine are ruminating in happy unconsciousness . One morning the scouts came in with the in- telligence that they had found a large trail of white men ...
... give me in passing , to know that their hour of toil is ap- proaching , and the patient kine are ruminating in happy unconsciousness . One morning the scouts came in with the in- telligence that they had found a large trail of white men ...
Side 22
... give me my rifle and a few loads of ammuni- tion , or I should starve before I could reach the settlements . No ; I should have nothing ; and if I did not start off immediately , they would throw me under the ice of the river . And ...
... give me my rifle and a few loads of ammuni- tion , or I should starve before I could reach the settlements . No ; I should have nothing ; and if I did not start off immediately , they would throw me under the ice of the river . And ...
Side 48
... Irving in his " Astoria . " Mr. Townsend gives an interesting description of this company and its captain . " On the evening of the 26th , " he says , " Captain Wyeth , Mr. Nuttall , and myself , supped with Mr. M'- 48 FIRESIDE READING .
... Irving in his " Astoria . " Mr. Townsend gives an interesting description of this company and its captain . " On the evening of the 26th , " he says , " Captain Wyeth , Mr. Nuttall , and myself , supped with Mr. M'- 48 FIRESIDE READING .
Side 61
... gives of it does not lead one to conceive a high idea of savage life . " Early in the morning , " he says , " I strolled into the Snake camp . It consists of about thirty lodges or wigwams , formed generally of branches of trees tied ...
... gives of it does not lead one to conceive a high idea of savage life . " Early in the morning , " he says , " I strolled into the Snake camp . It consists of about thirty lodges or wigwams , formed generally of branches of trees tied ...
Side 62
... give an adequate idea of the extreme filth and horrific nastiness of the whole vicinity . 66 Immediately as I entered the village , my olfactories were assailed by the most vile and mephitic odors , which I found to proceed chiefly from ...
... give an adequate idea of the extreme filth and horrific nastiness of the whole vicinity . 66 Immediately as I entered the village , my olfactories were assailed by the most vile and mephitic odors , which I found to proceed chiefly from ...
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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