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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... heads ; in a few moments they started in a slow , clumsy canter , but as the hunters neared them they quickened their pace to an astonishingly - rapid gallop , and in a few minutes were entirely beyond the reach of their guns , 28 ...
... heads ; in a few moments they started in a slow , clumsy canter , but as the hunters neared them they quickened their pace to an astonishingly - rapid gallop , and in a few minutes were entirely beyond the reach of their guns , 28 ...
Side 30
... head of his couch , when he was startled by seeing a pair of eyes , wild and bright as those of a tiger , gleaming from a dark corner of the lodge , and evidently directed upon him . " My first impression , " he says , " was that a wolf ...
... head of his couch , when he was startled by seeing a pair of eyes , wild and bright as those of a tiger , gleaming from a dark corner of the lodge , and evidently directed upon him . " My first impression , " he says , " was that a wolf ...
Side 31
... head , would have invested him with all the noblest qualities of the species . I know not what a physiognomist would have said of his eyes , but they were certainly the most won- derful I ever looked into ; glittering and scintil ...
... head , would have invested him with all the noblest qualities of the species . I know not what a physiognomist would have said of his eyes , but they were certainly the most won- derful I ever looked into ; glittering and scintil ...
Side 40
... head while pursuing it up an adjacent hill , which sent him rolling to the bot- tom . Here he was finally brought to a stand . The poor animal was so completely surrounded by enemies that he became bewildered ; he raised himself upon ...
... head while pursuing it up an adjacent hill , which sent him rolling to the bot- tom . Here he was finally brought to a stand . The poor animal was so completely surrounded by enemies that he became bewildered ; he raised himself upon ...
Side 43
... head , and fired . The monster shook his head , pawed up the earth with his hoofs , and making a sudden spring , accompanied by a terrific roar , turned to make his escape . At that instant the ball from the second barrel penetrated his ...
... head , and fired . The monster shook his head , pawed up the earth with his hoofs , and making a sudden spring , accompanied by a terrific roar , turned to make his escape . At that instant the ball from the second barrel penetrated his ...
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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