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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Side 54
... scarcely heeding the assurances of the other that water was within a mile of him . He was , however , at length dragged and carried into camp , and soused head foremost into the mud - puddle , where he drank till his eyes seemed ready ...
... scarcely heeding the assurances of the other that water was within a mile of him . He was , however , at length dragged and carried into camp , and soused head foremost into the mud - puddle , where he drank till his eyes seemed ready ...
Side 55
... scarcely make his way . The Captain also had a narrow escape from being dashed to pieces during the excursion . He was walking on a ridge which sloped from the top at an angle of about forty degrees , and terminated at its lower part in ...
... scarcely make his way . The Captain also had a narrow escape from being dashed to pieces during the excursion . He was walking on a ridge which sloped from the top at an angle of about forty degrees , and terminated at its lower part in ...
Side 57
... scarcely obtain a footing , frequently sliding down several feet on the loose , broken stones . Again we passed along the extreme verge of tremendous precipices at a giddy hight , where at almost every step the stones and earth would ...
... scarcely obtain a footing , frequently sliding down several feet on the loose , broken stones . Again we passed along the extreme verge of tremendous precipices at a giddy hight , where at almost every step the stones and earth would ...
Side 62
... scarcely know how to commence a description . of the camp , or to frame a sentence which will give an adequate idea of the extreme filth and horrific nastiness of the whole vicinity . 66 Immediately as I entered the village , my ...
... scarcely know how to commence a description . of the camp , or to frame a sentence which will give an adequate idea of the extreme filth and horrific nastiness of the whole vicinity . 66 Immediately as I entered the village , my ...
Side 64
... scarcely repress a loud ex- clamation of delight and pleasure as I gazed upon the magnificent river flowing silently and majestically on , and reflected that I had actu- ally crossed the vast American continent , and now stood upon a ...
... scarcely repress a loud ex- clamation of delight and pleasure as I gazed upon the magnificent river flowing silently and majestically on , and reflected that I had actu- ally crossed the vast American continent , and now stood upon a ...
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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