A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier: With a Statistical AppendixDix, Edwards & Company, 1857 - Počet stran: 516 Excerpt from A Journey Through Texas; Or a Saddle-Trip on the South-Western Frontier: With a Statistical Appendix At the same time, I do not desire to engage in it, as I hardly need assure you, in a spirit at all inconsistent with a desirable friendship. Rather, in explaining the significance which, in my own mind, attaches to my narrative of facts, relative to the question upon which we have the misfortune to be divided in judgment, I shall hope 'to lessen. Instead of aggravating, the causes of our difference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... MULE . We had set out intending , should no circumstance prevent , to spend near a year in the saddle , partly in Mexico , and a great part in Indian country , hundreds of miles from any resources but our own . We accordingly provided ...
... mule to the bone in ten miles slow walk ! During our few days ' stay at San Augus- tine , we heard so much of this foreboding as to be fairly tired of the name of " aparejo , " and to have ourselves a considerable misgiving as to the ...
... mule was as gay as a kitten , and the spot heated by the saddle in ten minutes could not be found . 66 For a day or two it was to - morrow , oh ! to - morrow . But when day after day passed , and the mule still continued sound in case ...
... mule by his halter , and Nack brought up the rear . The mule , however , soon found the halter an annoyance ROUTE ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS . 75.
With a Statistical Appendix Frederick Law Olmsted. mule , however , soon found the halter an annoyance , and pulling it away , walked on at his own gait . Seldom afterwards did he give us any trouble in guiding him . At first the mare ...