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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... 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 , " continued the excited hunter , while he ...
... 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 , " continued the excited hunter , while he ...
Side 28
... tion , would certainly extend ten miles , and in the whole of this great space , including about eight miles in width from the bluffs to the river- bank , there was apparently no vista in the in- calculable multitude . It was truly a ...
... tion , would certainly extend ten miles , and in the whole of this great space , including about eight miles in width from the bluffs to the river- bank , there was apparently no vista in the in- calculable multitude . It was truly a ...
Side 38
... tion , being thickly covered with masses of lava and high basaltic crags . The principal vegeta- tion on the hills consists of small cedars , while on the plains nothing flourishes but the shrubby wormwood or sage . Mr. Townsend had an ...
... tion , being thickly covered with masses of lava and high basaltic crags . The principal vegeta- tion on the hills consists of small cedars , while on the plains nothing flourishes but the shrubby wormwood or sage . Mr. Townsend had an ...
Side 39
... tion , snorting with terror , and became nearly unmanageable . Several balls were instantly fired into him , but they only seemed to increase his fury . After spending a moment in rending each wound - their invariable practice - he se ...
... tion , snorting with terror , and became nearly unmanageable . Several balls were instantly fired into him , but they only seemed to increase his fury . After spending a moment in rending each wound - their invariable practice - he se ...
Side 44
... tion of the coarse hair , but without producing the smallest fracture . I was satisfied ; and taking the tongue - the hunter's perquisite - I returned to my companions . " Some of the party had seen Blackfeet In- dians skulking about ...
... tion of the coarse hair , but without producing the smallest fracture . I was satisfied ; and taking the tongue - the hunter's perquisite - I returned to my companions . " Some of the party had seen Blackfeet In- dians skulking about ...
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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
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| Titel | Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record Fireside reading |
| Redaktør | Davis Wasgatt Clark |
| Udgiver | A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 |
| Oprindeligt fra | University of Chicago |
| Digitaliseret | 25. jan 2016 |
| Længde | 416 sider |
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