Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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Side 13
It was a hotel , for which a pig - sty would have been a more appropriate name .
Every thing and every body were dirty , disobliging , and disagreeable ; and ,
after staying one night , the travelers refusing the landlord's invitation to liquorise
with ...
It was a hotel , for which a pig - sty would have been a more appropriate name .
Every thing and every body were dirty , disobliging , and disagreeable ; and ,
after staying one night , the travelers refusing the landlord's invitation to liquorise
with ...
Side 16
... and night the journey was agreeable , but on the second day a heavy rain fell ,
which made the ground wet and muddy , soaked the blanket bedding , and
rendered camping at night any thing but pleasant . For about a fortnight the
caravan ...
... and night the journey was agreeable , but on the second day a heavy rain fell ,
which made the ground wet and muddy , soaked the blanket bedding , and
rendered camping at night any thing but pleasant . For about a fortnight the
caravan ...
Side 17
The cook of the mess to which Mr. Townsend belonged decamped one night ,
having , no doubt , become tired of the expedition , and determined to go back to
the settlements . The man him . self was little missed ; but he had taken a rifle ...
The cook of the mess to which Mr. Townsend belonged decamped one night ,
having , no doubt , become tired of the expedition , and determined to go back to
the settlements . The man him . self was little missed ; but he had taken a rifle ...
Side 18
Hoping to escape these formidable enemies of the white man , the party pushed
on , but not without occasional mishaps ; at one time the horses ran away , and
had to be chased for a whole night , and even when the labor of the chase was ...
Hoping to escape these formidable enemies of the white man , the party pushed
on , but not without occasional mishaps ; at one time the horses ran away , and
had to be chased for a whole night , and even when the labor of the chase was ...
Side 19
... another caravan belonging to a rival trading company , and that it had passed
them noiselessly in the course of the night , in order to be beforehand with them
in EXCURSION 19 TO OREGON .
... another caravan belonging to a rival trading company , and that it had passed
them noiselessly in the course of the night , in order to be beforehand with them
in EXCURSION 19 TO OREGON .
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