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 55
... was walking on a ridge which sloped from the top at an angle of about forty degrees , and terminated at its lower part in a perpendicular precipice of a thousand or twelve hundred feet . He was moving along in EXCURSION TO OREGON . 55.
... was walking on a ridge which sloped from the top at an angle of about forty degrees , and terminated at its lower part in a perpendicular precipice of a thousand or twelve hundred feet . He was moving along in EXCURSION TO OREGON . 55.
Side 56
... feet . He was moving along in the snow cautiously , near the lower edge , in order to attain a more level spot beyond , when his feet slipped and he fell . Before he could attempt to fix , himself firmly , he slid down the declivity ...
... feet . He was moving along in the snow cautiously , near the lower edge , in order to attain a more level spot beyond , when his feet slipped and he fell . Before he could attempt to fix , himself firmly , he slid down the declivity ...
Side 57
... feet on the loose , broken stones . Again we passed along the extreme verge of tremendous precipices at a giddy hight , where at almost every step the stones and earth would roll from under our horses ' feet , and we could hear them ...
... feet on the loose , broken stones . Again we passed along the extreme verge of tremendous precipices at a giddy hight , where at almost every step the stones and earth would roll from under our horses ' feet , and we could hear them ...
Side 58
... feet of my horse would slip on a stone , and one side of him would slide rapidly toward the edge of the precipice ; but I always recovered myself by a desperate effort , and it was fortunate for me that I did so . ' The party continued ...
... feet of my horse would slip on a stone , and one side of him would slide rapidly toward the edge of the precipice ; but I always recovered myself by a desperate effort , and it was fortunate for me that I did so . ' The party continued ...
Side 60
... feet , and pronouncing the single word shekum - horse - in a tone of mingled anger and disgust , stalked rapidly out of the camp , not even wishing us a good even- ing . It struck me as a singular instance of ac- curacy and ...
... feet , and pronouncing the single word shekum - horse - in a tone of mingled anger and disgust , stalked rapidly out of the camp , not even wishing us a good even- ing . It struck me as a singular instance of ac- curacy and ...
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