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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... miles up the Missouri , Mr. Townsend and his friend set off to amuse them- selves by walking and hunting leisurely through that distance , which is composed chiefly of wide , flat prairies , with few and remotely - situated hab ...
... miles up the Missouri , Mr. Townsend and his friend set off to amuse them- selves by walking and hunting leisurely through that distance , which is composed chiefly of wide , flat prairies , with few and remotely - situated hab ...
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... miles out of his way to see her and her sisters . The next resting - place which our traveler describes was very different from Mr. P.'s comfortable and cheerful house . It was a hotel , for which a pig - sty would have been a more ...
... miles out of his way to see her and her sisters . The next resting - place which our traveler describes was very different from Mr. P.'s comfortable and cheerful house . It was a hotel , for which a pig - sty would have been a more ...
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... miles an hour . In four days they reached the small town of Independence , then the out- ermost Anglo - American post , and disembarking , they began to prepare for their long and ven- turesome journey . Mr. Townsend here intro- duces a ...
... miles an hour . In four days they reached the small town of Independence , then the out- ermost Anglo - American post , and disembarking , they began to prepare for their long and ven- turesome journey . Mr. Townsend here intro- duces a ...
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... miles into the country . Some were evidently reared in the shade , and not accustomed to hardships ; many were almost as rough as the grizzly bear , and not a little proud of their feats , of which they were fond of boasting ; but the ...
... miles into the country . Some were evidently reared in the shade , and not accustomed to hardships ; many were almost as rough as the grizzly bear , and not a little proud of their feats , of which they were fond of boasting ; but the ...
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... miles apart , and this was expected to be the complexion of the track for some weeks . For the first day and night the journey was agreeable , but on the second day a heavy rain fell , which made the ground wet and muddy , soaked the ...
... miles apart , and this was expected to be the complexion of the track for some weeks . For the first day and night the journey was agreeable , but on the second day a heavy rain fell , which made the ground wet and muddy , soaked the ...
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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