Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark Swormstedt & Poe, 1856 - 416 sider |
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Side 47
... returned to his camp with two spare rifles , and a good stock of ammu- nition . Having now procured a sufficient quantity of buffalo meat , the hunting party set out on its return to the fort , and arrived there on the 25th , after nine ...
... returned to his camp with two spare rifles , and a good stock of ammu- nition . Having now procured a sufficient quantity of buffalo meat , the hunting party set out on its return to the fort , and arrived there on the 25th , after nine ...
Side 55
... returned next morning with the mortifying intelligence that no pass could be found . They had climbed to the very summit of the highest peaks above the snow and the reach of vegetation , and the only prospect they had was a confused ...
... returned next morning with the mortifying intelligence that no pass could be found . They had climbed to the very summit of the highest peaks above the snow and the reach of vegetation , and the only prospect they had was a confused ...
Side 77
... returned , and every one vied in giving amuse- ment to the other . . . . A large mass of ice now opposed our progress : we passed it by climbing up its glassy sides . It formed a bridge over a fissure of great width , which would have ...
... returned , and every one vied in giving amuse- ment to the other . . . . A large mass of ice now opposed our progress : we passed it by climbing up its glassy sides . It formed a bridge over a fissure of great width , which would have ...
Side 83
... returned as before . Slight faintness came on , so that I had at last to sit down for a few minutes ; when , a little wine having been taken , one more effort was made , and at a quarter past two o'clock we stood on the highest summit ...
... returned as before . Slight faintness came on , so that I had at last to sit down for a few minutes ; when , a little wine having been taken , one more effort was made , and at a quarter past two o'clock we stood on the highest summit ...
Side 87
... returned the most heart - felt thanks for this deliverance . A deep impressive silence prevailed for some moments : the con- templation of this danger and escape was too much for even these uncultivated beings , under whose rough ...
... returned the most heart - felt thanks for this deliverance . A deep impressive silence prevailed for some moments : the con- templation of this danger and escape was too much for even these uncultivated beings , under whose rough ...
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