A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier, with a Statistical AppendixBrookhaven Press, 1859 - Počet stran: 516 |
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Strana 31
... Carried high , in wide - mouthed pipes , it is partly dulled , and , once under way , is but a slow rhythmic accom- paniment to the progress , which , in so monotoned a panorama , becomes not unpleasant . Turkeys , buzzards , and ducks ...
... Carried high , in wide - mouthed pipes , it is partly dulled , and , once under way , is but a slow rhythmic accom- paniment to the progress , which , in so monotoned a panorama , becomes not unpleasant . Turkeys , buzzards , and ducks ...
Strana 32
Frederick Law Olmsted. are carried on by slave labor on a moderate scale . The farmers , not working themselves , are generally addicted to sporting , and to an easy view of life . The spots chosen for cultivation , so far as can be seen ...
Frederick Law Olmsted. are carried on by slave labor on a moderate scale . The farmers , not working themselves , are generally addicted to sporting , and to an easy view of life . The spots chosen for cultivation , so far as can be seen ...
Strana 34
... carry a slave on his boat , and ordered the whole gang , their master , and his baggage , to be hustled out upon the levee . It was no sooner said than done , to the great astonishment of the bystanders , who , however , were awed by ...
... carry a slave on his boat , and ordered the whole gang , their master , and his baggage , to be hustled out upon the levee . It was no sooner said than done , to the great astonishment of the bystanders , who , however , were awed by ...
Strana 38
... Carrying the mails , and making many landings , this proved a serious detention , and we were more than six days in making the passage from Cairo to New Orleans , which may be made in little over two . Little could be added , within the ...
... Carrying the mails , and making many landings , this proved a serious detention , and we were more than six days in making the passage from Cairo to New Orleans , which may be made in little over two . Little could be added , within the ...
Strana 41
... opportunities of going on shore at our many landings . Carrying a large supply of coal out of the Ohio , it was only on the last day or two that we ROUTE то TEXAS . 41 navigation, is a great wilderness of unexplored fertility, ...
... opportunities of going on shore at our many landings . Carrying a large supply of coal out of the Ohio , it was only on the last day or two that we ROUTE то TEXAS . 41 navigation, is a great wilderness of unexplored fertility, ...
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