It is impossible to describe the interest with which I explored these ruins. The ground was entirely new ; there were no guide-books or guides ; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble upon... Zeitschrift für Ethnologie - Sida 141886Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| John L. Stephens - 1841 - 534 sidor
...were both eager for the possession of instruments with which to dig and find this remaining fragment. It is impossible to describe the interest with which...could not see ten yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble upon next. At one time we stopped to cut away branches and vines which concealed... | |
| 1841 - 404 sidor
...and moral effect, and giving an intensity and almost wildness to the interest. • • • • • 4 "It is impossible to describe the interest with which...could not see ten yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble upon next. At one time we stopped to cut away branches and vines which concealed... | |
| 1842 - 630 sidor
...and dragged aside, a space cleared around the base, Mr. Catherwood's frame set up, and he set to work It is impossible to describe the interest with which...could not see ten yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble upon next. At one time we stopped to rut away branches and vines which concealed... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 248 sidor
...watched the Indians while they hacked with their machetes, and even wondered that they succeeded so well. It is impossible to describe the interest with which...ruins. The ground was entirely new ; there were no guide books or guides ; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 354 sidor
...interest with which I explored these ruins. The ground was entirely new ; there were no guide books or guides ; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble upon next. At one time .we stopped to cut away branches and vines which concealed... | |
| John L. Stephens - 1854 - 638 sidor
...were both eager for the possession of instruments with which to dig and find this remaining fragment. It is impossible to describe the interest with which...these ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were 11o hand-books or guides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 652 sidor
...forest amidst which the ruins were concealed, compelled them to put a limit to their researches. " It is impossible to describe the interest with which I explored these ruins," says our author ; " the ground was entirely new, there were no guide-books nor guides — the whole... | |
| Pictures - 1871 - 272 sidor
...known there. However, even 136 A ROMANTIC SCENE. the slow work of the Indians was successful in time." "It is impossible to describe the interest with which...could not see ten yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble upon next. At one time we stopped to cut away branches and. vines which concealed... | |
| Paul Schellhas - 1886 - 86 sidor
...erwecken, wenn man an diese räthselhaften Spuren einer gänzlich unbekannten Kultur herantritt. STEFBENS sagt: ,It is impossible to describe the interest,...ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were no gnidebooks or guides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never... | |
| 1886 - 1204 sidor
...with which l explored these ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were no gnidebooks or puides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before ns, and never knew »hat we should stumble upon next.' Von höchstem Interesse und die wichtigsten... | |
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