 | William Smyth (lieut.), Frederick Lowe - 1836 - 348 pagina’s
...also found some biscuit and jerked beef, on which, after our late meagre fare, we feasted sumptuously. We had no sooner pitched our tent for the night, and...admiration and delight, which must always remain fresh in our memories. The canoe, almost filled with water, with difficulty reached the bank where we were... | |
 | 1836 - 604 pagina’s
...the canoe was again unloaded, and the cargo carried by the Indians at least half a mile over rdcks and through trees, interlaced with creepers, and across...the hollow sound of the horn, the roar of the water, aud the savage grandeur of the surrounding scenery, raised in us feelings of admiration and delight,... | |
 | Robert Hermann Schomburgk - 1841 - 428 pagina’s
...below, 1C o dashing the spray on either side against the rocks that bound the passage, so as almost completely to conceal the body of the canoe, leaving the men only visible above the spray ; then she rises again above the foaming waters, obeys the steady hand of the helmsman, and skipping... | |
 | Robert Hermann Schomburgk - 1859 - 424 pagina’s
...surge below, dashing the spray on either side against the rocks that bound the passage, so as almost completely to conceal the body of the canoe, leaving the men only visible above the spray ; then she rises again above the foaming waters, obeys the steady hand of the helmsman, and skipping... | |
 | George Hanneman Bennett - 1866 - 366 pagina’s
...surge below, dashing the spray on either side against the rocks that bound the passage, so as almost completely to conceal the body of the canoe, leaving the men only visible above the spray; then she rises again above the foaming waters, obeys the steady hand of the helmsman, and skipping... | |
 | Sir Charles G. D. Roberts - 1906 - 576 pagina’s
...writes : " The waves completely concealed the body of the canoe, leaving the men only visible through the spray; and as they approached us, the wild Indian...admiration and delight which must always remain fresh in our memories." Yet these Indians did not furnish ideal crews for an exploring expedition, refusing... | |
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Indians at least half a mile over rocks and through trees interlaced with creepers, and across rivulets, to the end of the pass, after which they were obliged to return and descend in the canoe, for the river and its banks were such as to prevent their... 