 tis seven or eight hundred feet high, and half a League broad. Towards the middle of it we descry an Island that leans towards the Precipice, as if it were ready to fall. All the Beasts that cross the Water within half a quarter of a League above this...  Visit to the Falls of Niagara in 1800 - Seite 139von John Maude - 1826 - 313 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Pinkerton - 1812 - 914 Seiten
...feven or eight hundred foot high, and half a league broad. Towards the middle of it we defcry an ifland that leans towards the precipice, as if it were ready to fall. All the beafts that crofs the water within half a quarter of a league above this unfortunate ifland, are fucked... | |
 | Vandewater, Robert J. - 1834 - 122 Seiten
...says, " As for the waterfall of Niagara, 'tis 7 or 800 feet high, and half a league broad. Towards the middle of it we descry an island that leans towards...a league (660 yards) above this unfortunate island ace sucked in by force of the stream." into this horrible chasm by a gang of hostile Indians whom they... | |
 | Vandewater, Robert J. - 1836 - 126 Seiten
...says, " As for the waterfall of Niagara, 'tis 7 or 800 feet high, and half a league broad. Towards the middle of it we descry an island that leans towards...unfortunate island are sucked in by force of the stream." into this horrible chasm by a gang of hostile Indians whom they met when passing to Lake Erie. The... | |
 | Vandewater, Robert J. - 1841 - 122 Seiten
...says, " As for tho waterfall of Niagara, 'tis 7 or 800 feet high, and half a league broad. Towards the middle of it we descry an island that leans towards...unfortunate Island are sucked in by. force of the streara " party of traders, with their horses, wagons, and baggage, were precipitated from the road... | |
 | William Barham - 1847 - 196 Seiten
...the waterfall of Niagara, it is seven or eight hundred feet high, and half a league broad. Towards the middle of it we descry an island that leans towards...cross the water within half a quarter of a league above the unfortunate island, are sucked in by the force of the stream. And the beasts and fish that... | |
 | Charles Henry Augustus Bulkley - 1848 - 204 Seiten
...for the waterfall of Niagara, 'tis seven or eight hundred feet high, and a half league broad. Towards the middle of it we descry an island, that leans towards...were ready to fall. All the beasts that cross the waters within half a quarter of a league above this unfortunate island, are sucked in by the stream.... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - 1849 - 734 Seiten
...Niagara, 'tis seven or eight hundred foot high, and half a league [a mile and a half] broad. Towards the middle of it we descry an island that leans towards...to fall. All the beasts that cross the water within a half a quarter of a league above this unfortunate island, are sucked in by force of the stream: and... | |
 | George Washington Holley - 1872 - 184 Seiten
...for the water-fall of Niagara, 'tis seven or eight hundred feet high, and half a league wide. Towards the middle of it we descry an island, that leans towards the precipice, as if it were ready to fall." Concerning the beasts and fish drawn over the precipice, he says they " serve for food" for the Iroquois,... | |
 | baron de Lahontan - 1905 - 536 Seiten
...feven or eight hundred foot high, and half a League broad. Towards the middle of it we defcry an Ifland that leans towards the Precipice, as if it were ready to fall. All the Beafts that crofs the Water within half a quarter of a League above this unfortunate Ifland, are fuck'd... | |
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