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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... reaching the more level land . In Disappointed in finding a pass through the mountains at this point , the party altered the bearing of their route , and at last they came upon the remains of a recent encampment of Indians . " Following ...
... reaching the more level land . In Disappointed in finding a pass through the mountains at this point , the party altered the bearing of their route , and at last they came upon the remains of a recent encampment of Indians . " Following ...
Side 63
... reaching about half way to the knees ; the rest of the person is entirely naked . Some of the women had little children clinging like bullfrogs to their backs , without being fastened , and in that situation extracting their lactiferous ...
... reaching about half way to the knees ; the rest of the person is entirely naked . Some of the women had little children clinging like bullfrogs to their backs , without being fastened , and in that situation extracting their lactiferous ...
Side 66
... reached the appointed spot on the 10th of September , the travelers found the Cap- tain waiting with three canoes , each provided with an Indian helmsman , and on the 11th they embarked and commenced their voyage down stream . They had ...
... reached the appointed spot on the 10th of September , the travelers found the Cap- tain waiting with three canoes , each provided with an Indian helmsman , and on the 11th they embarked and commenced their voyage down stream . They had ...
Side 68
... step , the surf at the same time dashing against us so violently as to throw us repeatedly on our faces . We at length reached the shore , and hauled the canoe up out of reach of the breakers . She was then un- 68 FIRESIDE READING .
... step , the surf at the same time dashing against us so violently as to throw us repeatedly on our faces . We at length reached the shore , and hauled the canoe up out of reach of the breakers . She was then un- 68 FIRESIDE READING .
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... reached an elevation where I had to verify the testimony of preceding travelers , by experiencing the exhaustion con- sequent on any slight exertion , in an atmos- phere whose density is so exceedingly reduced . Only a few steps could ...
... reached an elevation where I had to verify the testimony of preceding travelers , by experiencing the exhaustion con- sequent on any slight exertion , in an atmos- phere whose density is so exceedingly reduced . Only a few steps could ...
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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