 | 1845 - 376 pàgines
...the only secure resting-place we could find at that height. This we were able to effect by striking the tomahawks with which we were provided into crevices...some of these instruments we were obliged to leave where they were driven in, in consequence of the danger that attended their recovery. We followed the... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1852 - 424 pàgines
...and nine feet girth, and of such prodigious weight, that the boat's crew could scarcely turn them. matter would displace and hurl down the precipitous...some of these instruments we were obliged to leave where they were driven, in consequence of the danger that attended their recovery." During the vessel's... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1853 - 274 pàgines
...Rotge Hill, " upon which," says Captain Beechey, "may now, perhaps, be seen at the height of about 2000 feet, a staff that once carried a red flag, which...some of these instruments we were obliged to leave where they were driven, in consequence of the danger that attended their recovery." During the vessel's... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1857 - 530 pàgines
...Hill, " upon which," says Captain Beechey, " may now, perhaps, be seen at the height of about 2000 feet, a staff that once carried a red flag, which...some of these instruments we were obliged to leave where they were driven, in consequence of the danger that attended their recovery." During the vessel's... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1857 - 1074 pàgines
...slight matter would displace and hurl down the precipitous declivity, to the utter destruction «f him who depended upon their support, or who might...some of these instruments we were obliged to leave where they were driven, in consequence of the danger that attended their recovery." During the vessel's... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1860 - 346 pàgines
...Rotge Hill, " upon which," says Captain Beechey, "may now, perhaps, be seen at the height of about 2000 feet, a staff that once carried a red flag, which...some of these instruments we were obliged to leave where they were driven, in consequence of the danger that attended their recovery." During the vessel's... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1860 - 336 pàgines
...inclination ; but we found it impossible to descend by the way we had come up, and were compelled to gam a ledge, which promised the only secure resting-place...some of these instruments we were obliged to leave where they were driven, in consequence of the danger that attended their recovery." During the vessel's... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - 1873 - 622 pàgines
...was planted, and a red flag hoisted. " The latter part of our ascent," says Captain Beechey, " was against our inclination, but we found it impossible...tomahawks with which we were provided into crevices in the rocks as a support for our feet, and some of these instruments we were obliged to leave where they... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1875 - 466 pàgines
...there to mark the greatest height we were able to attain, partly in consequence of the steepness of tha ascent, but mainly on account of the detached masses...some of these instruments we were obliged to leave where they were driven, in consequence of the danger that attended their recovery." During the vessel's... | |
 | Sir Albert Hastings Markham - 1879 - 456 pàgines
...was an attempt to ascend Rotge Hill, upon which may now perhaps be seen, at the height of about 2,000 feet, a staff that once carried a red flag, which...some of these instruments we were obliged to leave where they were driven in, in consequence of the danger that attended their recovery. We followed the... | |
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... matter would displace and hurl down the precipitous declivity, to the utter destruction of him who depended upon their support, or who might happen to be in their path below. The latter part of our ascent was, indeed, much against our inclination... 
