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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... the moment these failed , they were almost suffocated with intense heat . Their rate of traveling was about twenty miles per day , which in this warm weather , and with heavily - burdened horses , was as much as 18 FIRESIDE READING .
... the moment these failed , they were almost suffocated with intense heat . Their rate of traveling was about twenty miles per day , which in this warm weather , and with heavily - burdened horses , was as much as 18 FIRESIDE READING .
Side 23
... miles from it , was seen a range of high bluffs , or sand - banks , stretching away to the south - east till lost in the far dis- tance . The travelers were not less struck with the solemn grandeur of the apparently - bound- less ...
... miles from it , was seen a range of high bluffs , or sand - banks , stretching away to the south - east till lost in the far dis- tance . The travelers were not less struck with the solemn grandeur of the apparently - bound- less ...
Side 24
... miles ' distance . Hav- ing got rid of these suspicious visitors , the party moved rapidly forward in an altered direction , and did not slacken their pace till twelve o'clock at night . After a brief rest , they again went on ...
... miles ' distance . Hav- ing got rid of these suspicious visitors , the party moved rapidly forward in an altered direction , and did not slacken their pace till twelve o'clock at night . After a brief rest , they again went on ...
Side 25
... - one minutes north , and the computed distance from the Mis- souri settlements about three hundred and sixty miles . The day following , the party saw several small herds of buffalo on their side of the river . EXCURSION TO OREGON . 25.
... - one minutes north , and the computed distance from the Mis- souri settlements about three hundred and sixty miles . The day following , the party saw several small herds of buffalo on their side of the river . EXCURSION TO OREGON . 25.
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... 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 sight that would have excited even ...
... 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 sight that would have excited even ...
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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