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 11
... sight was as shocking to the feelings as it was grotesque ; for the cheeks of the vain being were covered with blood as she stood with fancied dignity in the midst of twenty others , who evidently envied her EXCURSION TO OREGÓN . 11 .
... sight was as shocking to the feelings as it was grotesque ; for the cheeks of the vain being were covered with blood as she stood with fancied dignity in the midst of twenty others , who evidently envied her EXCURSION TO OREGÓN . 11 .
Side 23
... , stretching away to the south - east till lost in the far dis- tance . The travelers were not less struck with the solemn grandeur of the apparently - bound- less prairie , than with the sight of its surface EXCURSION TO OREGON . 28.
... , stretching away to the south - east till lost in the far dis- tance . The travelers were not less struck with the solemn grandeur of the apparently - bound- less prairie , than with the sight of its surface EXCURSION TO OREGON . 28.
Side 24
... sight of its surface , which was in many places incrusted with an im- pure salt , seemingly a combination of the sul- phate and muriate of soda : there were also seen a number of little pools , of only a few inches in depth , scattered ...
... sight of its surface , which was in many places incrusted with an im- pure salt , seemingly a combination of the sul- phate and muriate of soda : there were also seen a number of little pools , of only a few inches in depth , scattered ...
Side 25
... sight of this animal , the tenant of the prairies . At length , on the afternoon of the 20th , of May they came in sight of a large gang of the long - coveted buffalo . They were grazing on the opposite side of the Platte , as quietly ...
... sight of this animal , the tenant of the prairies . At length , on the afternoon of the 20th , of May they came in sight of a large gang of the long - coveted buffalo . They were grazing on the opposite side of the Platte , as quietly ...
Side 28
... sight which seemed to astonish even the oldest among them . The whole plain , as far as 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 ...
... sight which seemed to astonish even the oldest among them . The whole plain , as far as 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 ...
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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