 ID encampments, they were expert at Forming beds in a moment, by tying together bunches of heath, and fixing them upright in the ground; an art, which, as the beds were both foft and dry, preferved their health in the field, When other foldiers loft theirs.  The Perth magazine of knowledge and pleasure - Page 51772Full view - About this book
 | 1771 - 522 pages
...without food or halting, over mountains, along rocks, thro* morafTes. In encampments, they were expert in forming beds in a moment, by tying together bunches of heath, and fixing them upright on the ground : an art, which, as the beds were both |bft and «dry, preferved their health in the... | |
 | 1772 - 620 pages
...lometi.-ncs lixty miles in a day, without food or halting, over mountains, along rocks, through moraiTes. In encampments, they were expert at forming beds in a...in the ground: an art, which, as the beds were both (oft and dry, preferved their health in the field, when other foldlers loll theirs. * Their arms were... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1772 - 656 pages
...food or halting, over ;nount:iins, along rocks, through moraffes. In encampments, they were expert 3t forming beds in a moment, by tying together bunches...An art, which, as the beds were both foft and dry, preferred their health in the field, when other foldiers loft theirs. Their arms were a broad fword,... | |
 | Historical miscellany - 1774 - 352 pages
...fometimes litfty miles in a day, without food or halting, over mountains, along rocks, through morafTes. In encampments, they were expert at forming beds in a...of heath, and •fixing them upright in the ground: att • art which, as the beds were both foft and dry, preferved their health in the field, when other... | |
 | Sir John Dalrymple - 1790 - 708 pages
...fixty miles in a day, without 1689. food or halting, over mountains, along rocks, through morafTes. In encampments, they were expert at forming beds in a...health in the field, when other foldiers loft theirs. The inclemency of their weather gave a rigidity to their features, becaufe it forced them to draw up... | |
 | 1796 - 598 pages
...Cze of dragoon horfes appearing ' heath, and fixing them upright in the ground ; an art, which, a» the beds •were both foft and dry, preferved their...the field, when other foldiers loft theirs. Their arm« were a broad fword, a dagger called a durk, a target, a muflcet, and two piftols : fo that they... | |
 | 1803 - 582 pages
...fometimes fixty n.iles in a day, without food or halting, over mountains, alorg rocks, through morafles. In encampments, they were expert at forming beds in a...fixing them upright in the ground: an art, which, as (he beds were both foft and dry, preferred their health in the field, when other foldiers loft theirs.... | |
 | J. S. Forsyth - 1825 - 422 pages
...sometimes sixty miles in a day, without food or halting, over mountains, along rocks, through morasses. In encampments they Were expert at forming beds in a moment, by tying together bundles of heath, and fixing them upright in the ground ; an art which, as the beds were both soft... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...were exhausted, made them exceed all other European nations in speed and perseverance of march. In encampments, they were expert at forming beds in a...in the ground; an art, which, as the beds were both soft and dry, preserved their health in the field, when other soldiers lost theirs. Their arms were... | |
 | 1833 - 448 pages
...through morasses. In encampments they were expert in forming beds in a moment, by tying together bundles of heath, and fixing them upright in the ground ; an art which, as the beds were both soft and* dry, preserved their health in the field, when other soldiers lost theirs. . , ARMS. —... | |
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