 | John D. Baldwin - 1996 - 308 sidor
...them : " We came to the right bank of the river, and saw directly opposite a stone wall from 60 to 90 feet high, with furze growing out of the top, running north and south along the river 624 feet, in some places fallen, in others entire." This great wall supported the rear side of the... | |
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 626 sidor
...them: — ' We dismounted, and tying our mules to trees near by, entered the woods, Jose, the guide, clearing a path before us with a machete. Soon we...city, on whose history books throw but little light. . . . 'Dr. Robertson, in his History of America, lays it down as a«certain principle, that America... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 578 sidor
...directed. On approaching the river Copan, the first object which they saw was, on the opposite bank, "a stone wall, perhaps a hundred feet high, with furze...river, in some places fallen, but in others entire." " The wall was of cut stone, well laid, and in a good state of preservation. We ascended by large stone... | |
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Jose, the guide, clearing a path before us with a machete. Soon we came to the bank of a river, and saw directly opposite a stone wall, perhaps a hundred feet high, with furze growing out of the top, running north and south along the river, in some places... 
