The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon PrincipleHurd and Houghton, 1871 - 568 Seiten |
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... wind that made fever and hats alike difficult . to hold on to . Our driver was a terrible fellow , with all the fin- gers missing from one hand , the most profane man and the greatest braggart I ever saw . He alternately drank from a ...
... wind that made fever and hats alike difficult . to hold on to . Our driver was a terrible fellow , with all the fin- gers missing from one hand , the most profane man and the greatest braggart I ever saw . He alternately drank from a ...
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... air like the explosion of a mine . Then the wind rose to a hurricane ; and before the dust could be set whirl- ing by it , there followed such a flood of rain as I • never saw anywhere , on sea or land . THE SETTING OUT . 19.
... air like the explosion of a mine . Then the wind rose to a hurricane ; and before the dust could be set whirl- ing by it , there followed such a flood of rain as I • never saw anywhere , on sea or land . THE SETTING OUT . 19.
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... wind and water . The lightning got broader , and its flashes quicker in succession ; the thunder surpassed everything I have heard , or read , or dreamed of . Between explosions we were so stunned that we could scarcely speak to or hear ...
... wind and water . The lightning got broader , and its flashes quicker in succession ; the thunder surpassed everything I have heard , or read , or dreamed of . Between explosions we were so stunned that we could scarcely speak to or hear ...
Seite 35
... wind . Be- fore we left home I had deeply regretted our failure to include a practical botanist in our party ; I regretted it still more when we were among the lavish Flora of the Plains ; and most of all , having to describe so ...
... wind . Be- fore we left home I had deeply regretted our failure to include a practical botanist in our party ; I regretted it still more when we were among the lavish Flora of the Plains ; and most of all , having to describe so ...
Seite 40
... wind . If the wind blows from him , it is astonishing how quickly their scent warns them of him , without the least aid from their eyes . Having got as near them as he dares in this way , he throws the coil of his lariat down from the ...
... wind . If the wind blows from him , it is astonishing how quickly their scent warns them of him , without the least aid from their eyes . Having got as near them as he dares in this way , he throws the coil of his lariat down from the ...
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