 | 1893 - 700 pages
...traveller drowning ; not in the Annan itself, but in the Frith of Solway, close by the mouth of that river. The influx of the tide had unhorsed him, in the night,...from Cumberland. The west wind blew a tempest, and, according to the common expression, brought in the water three foot abreast. The traveller got upon... | |
 | 1898 - 162 pages
...a traveller drowning, not in the Annan itself, but in the Solway, close by the mouth of that river. The influx of the tide had unhorsed him in the night...from Cumberland. The west wind blew a tempest, and, according to the common expression, brought in the water three feet abreast. The traveller got upon... | |
 | Thomas Finlayson Henderson - 1902 - 436 pages
...traveller drowning ; not in the Annan itself, but in the Frith of Solway, close by the mouth of that river. The influx of the tide had unhorsed him, in the night,...from Cumberland. The west wind blew a tempest, and, according to the common expression, brought in the water three fool a-breatl. The traveller got upon... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1903 - 170 pages
...a traveller drowning, not in the Annan itself, but in the Solway, close by the mouth of that river. The influx of the tide had unhorsed him in the night...from Cumberland. The west wind blew a tempest, and, according to the common expression, brought in the water three feet abreast. The traveller got upon... | |
 | Felix Knothe - 1913 - 122 pages
...Solway, close by the mouth of the river. The influx of the tide had unhorsed him, in the night, äs he was passing the sands from Cumberland. The west wind blew a tempest, and, according to the common expression, brought in the water „three foot a-breast". The traveller got... | |
 | 1849 - 750 pages
...early days heard (for it was night and I could not see) a traveller drowning in the Firth of Solway. The influx of the tide had unhorsed him, in the night,...from Cumberland. The west wind blew a tempest, and, according to the common expression, brought in the water three foot abreast. The traveller got upon... | |
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The west wind blew a tempest, and, according to the common expression, brought in the water three foot a-breast. The traveller got upon a standing net, a little way from the shore. There he lashed himself to the post, shouting for half an hour for assistance... 
