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 51
... short silence then succeeded , after which each Indian rose from the ground , and disappeared in the darkness with a step noiseless as that of a specter . I think I never was more gratified by any exhibition in my life . The humble ...
... short silence then succeeded , after which each Indian rose from the ground , and disappeared in the darkness with a step noiseless as that of a specter . I think I never was more gratified by any exhibition in my life . The humble ...
Side 69
... short while one of them was stove , and another greatly damaged , so that they had to be unloaded and drawn out of the water . An effort was now made to pro- cure one or two canoes with a pilot from an In- dian village five miles below ...
... short while one of them was stove , and another greatly damaged , so that they had to be unloaded and drawn out of the water . An effort was now made to pro- cure one or two canoes with a pilot from an In- dian village five miles below ...
Side 73
... short by the descent of an avalanche , and the loss of three of the guides . In August , 1827 , the ascent was performed by Mr. John Auldjo , of Trinity College , Cambridge , who published an account of it , illustrated by maps and ...
... short by the descent of an avalanche , and the loss of three of the guides . In August , 1827 , the ascent was performed by Mr. John Auldjo , of Trinity College , Cambridge , who published an account of it , illustrated by maps and ...
Side 88
... short time the return of two guides , sent to ex- plore the crevices and banks around us , in an endeavor to discover the route of our ascent , but with very little hope of success ; indeed , it was greatly feared that we should have to ...
... short time the return of two guides , sent to ex- plore the crevices and banks around us , in an endeavor to discover the route of our ascent , but with very little hope of success ; indeed , it was greatly feared that we should have to ...
Side 97
... short time died in frightful agony . In every part of the vessel evidences of the attempt which had ended so fatally presented them- selves , and the passions of the combatants were still 7 B SCENES AT NORFOLK ISLAND . 97.
... short time died in frightful agony . In every part of the vessel evidences of the attempt which had ended so fatally presented them- selves , and the passions of the combatants were still 7 B SCENES AT NORFOLK ISLAND . 97.
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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