 ... considerable distance with us. I had a mule waiting for me at the bridle-road that runs through the fields towards the dirty little village of Les Pelerins — for I wished to keep myself as fresh as I could for the real work. I do not think I gained...  The Story of Mont Blanc - Page 156by Albert Smith - 1853 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1852 - 638 pages
...work. I do not think I gained anything by this, for the brute was exceedingly troublesome to maiitige up the rude steep path and amongst the trees. I expect...light boating attire, they were types of fellows in first-rale fibrous muscular condition ; and their sunny good temper, never once clouded during the... | |
 | 1851 - 608 pages
...I could for the real work. I do not think I gained anything by this, for the brute was exceedingly troublesome to manage up the rude steep path and amongst...Dressed, at present, in light boating attire, they were * The following were the names of our guidee, copied from my certificate of the ascent: — Jean Tairraz,... | |
 | Arts - 1853 - 390 pages
...I could for the real work. I do not think I gained anything by this, for the brute was exceedingly troublesome to manage up the rude steep path and amongst...the journey, made everything bright and cheering. Let us follow our leader in his description of the bivouac on the Grand Millets : — As soon as we... | |
 | Scotland - 1852 - 838 pages
...not think I gained anything by this, for the brute was exceedingly troublesome to manage up the rnde steep path and amongst the trees. I expect my active...first-rate fibrous muscular condition ; and their suuny good-temper, never once clonded during the journey, made everything bright and cheering. The... | |
 | England - 1852 - 790 pages
...I could for the real work. I do not think I gained anything by this, for the brute was exceedingly troublesome to manage up the rude steep path and amongst...Dressed, at present, in light boating attire, they were typea of fellows in first-rate fibrous muscular condition ; and their sunnjsȔ;ood-temper, never... | |
 | David Bogue - Savoy (France and Italy) - 1852 - 416 pages
...I could for the real work. I do not think I gained anything by this, for the brute was exceedingly troublesome to manage up the rude steep path and amongst the trees. " The first two hours of the ascent presented no remarkable features, either of difficulty or prospect.... | |
 | Harold Spender - Alps - 1912 - 316 pages
...I could for the real work. I do not think I gained anything by this, for the brute was exceedingly troublesome to manage up the rude steep path and amongst...first-rate fibrous muscular condition; and their sunny good-temper, never once clouded during the journey, made everything bright and cheering. [After describing... | |
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