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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... immediately above the narrow valley of Chamounix , from which place alone is the as- cent to the summit ever made . Though Chim- borazo is between six and seven thousand feet higher than Mont Blanc , it only rises eleven thousand , six ...
... immediately above the narrow valley of Chamounix , from which place alone is the as- cent to the summit ever made . Though Chim- borazo is between six and seven thousand feet higher than Mont Blanc , it only rises eleven thousand , six ...
Side 74
... Immediately after a narrow es- cape , which he made in 1820 , from an avalanche which had destroyed three of his companions , he exclaimed to the gentleman who had engaged him : Now , sir , for the summit ! ' The pro- posal , as may be ...
... Immediately after a narrow es- cape , which he made in 1820 , from an avalanche which had destroyed three of his companions , he exclaimed to the gentleman who had engaged him : Now , sir , for the summit ! ' The pro- posal , as may be ...
Side 79
... immediately below it . In front was a solid wall of ice , of prodigious hight , to which there was only one perilous approach , by means of a promontory projecting from the side on which the party stood . Coutet cut steps in the wall ...
... immediately below it . In front was a solid wall of ice , of prodigious hight , to which there was only one perilous approach , by means of a promontory projecting from the side on which the party stood . Coutet cut steps in the wall ...
Side 95
... immediately he heard the sound re- peated , and then distinctly perceived smoke curling from the vessel's side . His fears were at once excited . Again he listened ; but all was hushed , and the brig still stood steadily in toward the ...
... immediately he heard the sound re- peated , and then distinctly perceived smoke curling from the vessel's side . His fears were at once excited . Again he listened ; but all was hushed , and the brig still stood steadily in toward the ...
Side 100
... immediately jumped into the boat along side , and saved him . While this was the state of things above , the soldiers had forced their way into the captain's cabin , and con- tinued to fire through the gratings overhead as often as any ...
... immediately jumped into the boat along side , and saved him . While this was the state of things above , the soldiers had forced their way into the captain's cabin , and con- tinued to fire through the gratings overhead as often as any ...
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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