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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... vitals , and he measured his huge length upon the ground . In a few seconds he was dead . Upon examining the head , and cutting away the enormous mass of matted hair and skin which enveloped the EXCURSION TO OREGON . 43.
... vitals , and he measured his huge length upon the ground . In a few seconds he was dead . Upon examining the head , and cutting away the enormous mass of matted hair and skin which enveloped the EXCURSION TO OREGON . 43.
Side 51
... ground , and disappeared in the darkness with a step noiseless as that of a specter . I think I never was more gratified by any exhibition in my life . The humble , sub- dued , and beseeching looks of the poor , untu- tored beings who ...
... ground , and disappeared in the darkness with a step noiseless as that of a specter . I think I never was more gratified by any exhibition in my life . The humble , sub- dued , and beseeching looks of the poor , untu- tored beings who ...
Side 52
... ground like statues . Although not one of them could understand a word that was said , they nevertheless main- tained the most strict and decorous silence , kneeling when the preacher kneeled , and rising when he rose , evidently with a ...
... ground like statues . Although not one of them could understand a word that was said , they nevertheless main- tained the most strict and decorous silence , kneeling when the preacher kneeled , and rising when he rose , evidently with a ...
Side 53
... ground , and declared that he would lie there till he died ; ' there was no water in this horrid country , and he might as well die here as go farther . ' Some of us tried to in- fuse a little courage into him , but it proved of no ...
... ground , and declared that he would lie there till he died ; ' there was no water in this horrid country , and he might as well die here as go farther . ' Some of us tried to in- fuse a little courage into him , but it proved of no ...
Side 54
... ground , drank till we were ready to burst . The tales which I had read of suffer- ing travelers in the Arabian ... ground . " The ground over which the party was travel- ing was becoming more and more rugged and rocky . They entered a ...
... ground , drank till we were ready to burst . The tales which I had read of suffer- ing travelers in the Arabian ... ground . " The ground over which the party was travel- ing was becoming more and more rugged and rocky . They entered a ...
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