 The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen feet towards its termination. The...  Source-readers in American History ... - Sida xi1902Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1837 - 588 sidor
...at a concerted signal, he entered head foremost with the blazing torch in his hand. " The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge...of rocks, is about two feet square ; from thence it proceeds obliquely fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 sidor
...head foremost, with the blazing torch in his hand. ' The aperture of the cave, on the east side of a high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square : from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet, and then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends sixteen feet towards its termination. The... | |
 | 1854 - 400 sidor
...head foremost, with the blazing torch in his hand. ' The aperture of the cave, on the east side of a high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square : from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet, and then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends sixteen feet towards its termination. The... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1854 - 732 sidor
...drawn out of the cave, he entered, head-foremost, with the blazing torch in his hand. The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, was about, two feet square ; thence it descended obliquely fifteen feet ; then running horizontally... | |
 | 1855 - 624 sidor
...back, at a concerted signal, he entered head foremost, with the blazing torch in his hand. The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge...about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen feet toward its termination. The sides of this subterraneous cavity are composed of smooth and solid rocks,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 sidor
...at a concerted signal, he entered head-foremost, with the blazing torch in his hand. Tli e aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge...fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten moro, it ascends gradually >ixteen feet towards its termination. The sides of this subterraneous cavity... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 704 sidor
...back, at a concerted signal, he entered head-foremost, with the blaziug torch in his hand. The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge...sixteen feet towards its termination. The sides of this subterraneous cavity are composed of smooth and -i'h'1 rocks, which seem to have been divided from... | |
 | William Cutter - 1858 - 412 sidor
...square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet ; then, running horizontally about ten feet more, it ascends gradually ,sixteen feet towards its...sides of this subterranean cavity are composed of smpoth and solid rocks, which seem to have been divided from each other by some former earthquake.... | |
 | Charles C. B. Seymour - 1858 - 606 sidor
...he entered the cavern head foremost, holding in his hand a torch of lighted birch bark. The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, was about two feet square ; thence it descended obliquely fifteen feet, and, running horizontally about... | |
 | Amusements - 1858 - 168 sidor
...signal, be drawn from the cave, he entered head foremost with the blazing torch in his hand. The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, was about two feet square ; thence it descended obliquely fifteen feet ; then running horizontally... | |
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