The day passed on, and we became hungry. Many wild beasts came plunging into the water beside us, and others swam across to our side and stood still. Although faint and weary, I managed to shoot a porcupine, and we all tasted its flesh. The night passed... New National First [-fifth] Reader - Page 206by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1835 - 428 pages
...frightened, for all above us was a red glare, mixed with clouds of smoke, rolling and sweeping away. Our bodies were cool enough, but our heads were scorching,...shoot a porcupine, and we all tasted its flesh. The night passed I cannot tell you how. Smouldering fires covered the ground, and the trees stood like... | |
| 1835 - 428 pages
...frightened, for all above us was a red glare, mixed with clouds of smoke, rolling and sweeping away. Our bodies were cool enough, but our heads were scorching,...and we became hungry. Many wild beasts came plunging ireto the water beside us, and others swam across to our side and stood still. Although faint and weary,... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1835 - 552 pages
...frightened, for all above us was a red glare, mixed with clouds of smoke, rolling and sweeping away. Our bodies were cool enough, but our heads were scorching,...the matter, cried so as nearly to break our hearts. abate, the smoke became less, and blasts of fresh air sometimes made their way to пs. When morning... | |
| 1836 - 436 pages
...frightened, for all above us was a red glare, mixed with clouds of smoke, rolling and sweeping away. Our bodies were cool enough, but our heads were scorching,...Many wild beasts came plunging into the water beside as, and others swam across to our side, and stood still* Although faint and weary. 1 managed to shoot... | |
| 1837 - 486 pages
...frightened, for all above us was a red glare, mixed with clouds of smoke, rolling and sweeping away. Our bodies were cool enough, but our heads were scorching,...shoot a porcupine, and we all tasted its flesh. The night passed I cannot tell you how. Smouldering fires covered the ground, and the trees stood like... | |
| 1837 - 490 pages
...clouds of smoke, rolling and sweeping away. Our bofos were cool enough, but our heads were scorchim and the child, who now seemed to understand the matter,...nearly to break our hearts. " The day passed on, and we hecame hunm-, Many wild beasts came plunging into the water heside us, and others swam across to our... | |
| 1862 - 908 pages
...frightened, for all above us was a red glare mixed with clouds of smoke, rolling and sweeping away. Our bodies were cool enough, but our heads were scorching,...shoot a porcupine, and we all tasted its flesh. The night passed I cannot tell you how. Smouldering fires covered the ground, and the trees stood like... | |
| Present - 1843 - 236 pages
...frightened ; for all above us was a red glare, mixed with clouds of smoke, rolling and sweeping away. Our bodies were cool enough, but our heads were scorching...shoot a porcupine, and we all tasted its flesh. The night passed, I cannot tell you how. Smouldering fires covered the ground, and the trees stood like... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...frightened ; for all above us was a red glare, mixed with clouds and smoke, rolling and sweeping away. Our bodies were cool enough, but our heads were scorching,...shoot a porcupine, and we all tasted its flesh. The night passed I cannot tell you how. Smouldering fires covered the ground, and the trees stood like... | |
| 1846 - 498 pages
...frightened ; for all above us was a red glare, mixed with clouds of smoke, rolling and sweeping away. Our bodies were cool enough, but our heads were scorching...who now seemed to understand the matter, cried so as to nearly break our hearts. " ' The day passed on, and we became hungry. Many wild beasts came plunging... | |
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