Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific with a United States Government Expedition Volume 1 - Brossura

Whipple, Amiel Weeks

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1230226184 ISBN 13: 9781230226187

Casa editrice: Theclassics.Us, 2013

Riassunto

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAP. XIV. WESTERN BOUND AST OF TEXAS CERRO DE TCCUMARI.--THE ROB. BEB8 OF NEW MEXICO.--TDCUMARI CREEK.--PYRAMID ROCK. Having crossed the Rocky Dell Creek, we were now beyond the western boundary of Texas, and had traversed the entire extent of this territory from the Antelope Hills to the above-mentioned river, a distance of a hundred and eighty miles. From the foot of the great table-land we proceeded on our way. The river Canadian turned towards the north, our road more towards the south, so that the space between continued to increase; and we had on the north the view of a rolling plain, and on the south the broken ridge of the Llano Estacado. The furrowed, uneven ground would not allow us to keep so far south as to be able to get fuel from the woody dells. The evenings were cold, and we all looked longingly over towards the stunted cedars, and covered ourselves more closely with our wrappers. The cool evening air was the more trying, from the heat of the day increasing so much, that at noon it was even offensive; but to make us some amends, the mosquitoes had suddenly disappeared, and man and beast were thereby delivered from one great plague. In various ways autumn was making known its coming; large flocks of birds from the far north were seen flying towards the south, making the little brooks and their banks all busy with life, and showing so little fear of the hunters, that they were shot in great numbers. Sporting of all kinds became more productive; and it was often easy, by means of the uneven ground, to get quite close up to a brood of antelopes, and select a noble buck from their midst without being seen. As game increased, so did the love of sporting; and solitary horsemen were to be seen in all directions, who had...

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• Editore: Theclassics.Us
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1230226184
• ISBN 13: 9781230226187
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 98