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'Here is a place where a hundred men might hold an army at bay, I said to Otomie, little knowing that it would be my task to do so in a day to come. Presently the gorge took a turn and I reined up amazed, for before me was the City of Pines in all its beauty.
"Please, sir, the net him set," shouted Oolibuck from the shore to his master, who floated in the bay at the distance of a hundred yards, busily engaged with the sounding-line. On receiving this piece of information, Stanley ran the canoe on the beach, and said to his follower
And the ship stopping only long enough to receive the mail and take on passengers; then off again. During the voyage in the Bay of Biscay, Veath had done all in his power to relieve Hugh of the boredom which is supposed to fall upon the man who has a sister clinging to him.
"Thank you; I will have one of those lamb's tongues," replied Christy. "They are very nice; I have just tried one of them," added Captain Flanger, as he passed the plate over to the commander. "You do not use your left hand, captain; I hope you were not wounded in the affair this morning off St. Andrew's Bay." "No, sir; I was not wounded.
The western part is that which lies between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, including the Oregon territory, which was likely to have led to a serious misunderstanding between Great Britain and the United States. These extensive portions are divided by the Hudson's Bay Company into four departments, and these departments are again subdivided into districts.
On the 22nd of January we anchored in Talcahuano bay, where we found the Buenos Ayrean brig Intrepido and the Chilian schooner Montezuma.
There he held me at bay, and I continued watching him from below with my large carving knife in my hand, which I occasionally whetted. He remained aloft all night, and so did I on deck, to get possession of him when he should descend.
Meanwhile, however, the progress of the ship down the bay was to be depicted on the screen, so Russ took pictures from either rail, no members of the company being required in these. Mr. Pertell thus had a chance to talk to Sandy. The young fellow was very willing to tell about himself. "Yes, I live on a farm," he said. "It's a right nice place, too, in summer, though lonesome in winter.
After following the other two at a hard gallop for about two miles, I was riding within five yards of their huge broad sterns. They exhaled a strong bovine smell, which came hot in my face. I expected every minute that they would come to bay, and give me time to load; but this they did not seem disposed to do.
"Janet, ain't that Billy's sail crossin' the bay?" she said. Janet came to the window. "Yes, it is," she faltered; "and he's going on!" "Well, what do you suppose? Ain't he got t' get back by sundown? 'T would be a pretty pass if he'd come off at sundown." "But he's been off all day, likely as not!" Janet's lip quivered. "Well, s'pose he has.
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