I shall not go into the details of its construction--it lies out there in the desert now--about two
miles from here.
They ascended to the foot of the first rapid, about two hundred
miles, but could hear nothing of any white men being in the neighborhood.
This voyage of eight hundred
miles was a perilous venture on a craft of twenty tons, and at that season of the year.
On the river, where was a packed trail and where snowshoes were unnecessary, the dogs averaged six
miles an hour.
Then it moved away two or three
miles, leaving a phosphorescent track, like those volumes of steam that the express trains leave behind.
At half-past two in the morning, the projectile was over the thirteenth lunar parallel and at the effective distance of five hundred
miles, reduced by the glasses to five.
This river is situated about sixty
miles south of Port St.
Walking to church a certain Sunday morning, I had little
Miles at my side and his sister, in advance of us and at Mrs.
This island, lying near to the eastern coast of Africa, is in the sixth degree of south latitude, that is to say, four hundred and thirty geographical
miles below the equator.
'stead of taking to the woods when I run off, I'd go down the river about fifty
mile and camp in one place for good, and not have such a rough time tramping on foot.
At the battle of Gaines's Mill, one of the fiercest conflicts of the Civil War, with a hundred guns in play, spectators a
mile and a half away on the opposite side of the Chickahominy valley heard nothing of what they clearly saw.
We can't charge more than sixpence a
mile after the first, within the four-mile radius.