 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1867 - 670 Seiten
...fear of their biting, provided you carry a stick, being the most arrant cowards. Horses and asses are unknown, and humped cattle, of a small size, rare....about three miles from Kelung, where the river we had ascended abruptly terminated on the shoulder of a hill, up which we had risen by a scries of rapids,... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1867 - 302 Seiten
...said to be in song at a time, when nearly thirty would be enlivening the woods and groves of England. At length we entered a narrow gorge of rocks, which...about three miles from Kelung, where the river we had 0 2 ascended abruptly terminated on the shoulder of a hill, up which we had risen by a series of rapids,... | |
 | Cuthbert Collingwood - 1868 - 472 Seiten
...their biting, provided we possessed a stick, for they were most arrant cowards. Horses and asses were unknown, and humped cattle, of a small size, rare....about three miles from Ke-lung, where the river we had ascended abruptly terminated on the shoulder of a hill, up which we had risen by a series of rapids,... | |
 | Cuthbert Collingwood - 1868 - 548 Seiten
...their biting, provided we possessed a stick, for they were most arrant cowards. Horses and asses were unknown, and humped cattle, of a small size, rare....about three miles from Ke-lung, where the river we had ascended abruptly terminated on the shoulder of a hill, up which we had risen by a series of rapids,... | |
 | Cuthbert Collingwood - 1868 - 482 Seiten
...their biting, provided we possessed a stick, for they were most arrant cowards. Horses and asses were unknown, and humped cattle, of a small size, rare....about three miles from Ke-lung, where the river we had ascended abruptly terminated on the shoulder of a hill, up which we had risen by a series of rapids,... | |
 | Nathaniel Tyler - 1879 - 546 Seiten
...contact clouds were seen on the horizon. These gradually shut out the landscape, snow began to fall, and in a few minutes we were in the midst of a heavy snowstorm, and the sun was completely hidden. During totality we were of course left in gloom,... | |
 | Henry Enfield Roscoe - 1906 - 538 Seiten
...contact clouds were seen on the horizon. These gradually shut out the landscape, snow began to fall, and in a few minutes we were in the midst of a heavy snowstorm, and the sun was completely hidden. During totality we were of course left in gloom,... | |
 | Sir John Graham Kerr - 292 Seiten
...we looked forward much to the delights of a good meal. Then a heavy raindrop fell — then another, and in a few minutes we were in the midst of a regular tropical downpour. Deafening thunder pealed almost incessantly, and when it paused nothing... | |
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Horses and asses were unknown, and humped cattle, of a small size, rare. At length we entered a narrow gorge of rocks, which only left room for two boats to pass one another, and warned us that the aquatic part of our excursion was at an end, and in a... 