 | Isaac Weld - Atlantic States - 1800 - 596 pages
...o'clock in the afternoon. Scarcely a breath of air was flirring at the time ; but the tide carried us up at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour. Thefky remained all day as fcrenc as poflible, and as the water was perfectly fmoolh, it reflected... | |
 | Isaac Weld - Canada - 1807 - 468 pages
...o'clock in the afternoon, Scarcely a breath of air was stirring at the time; but the tide carried us up at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour. The sky remained all day as serene as possible, and as the water was perfectly smooth, it reflected... | |
 | Alps, Western - 1827 - 156 pages
...the minds of the inhabitants. He and his horse were both galloping, with all their might and main, at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour, and the horse was so shaped and caparisoned as to look very much like a rhinoceros. The rider was dressed... | |
 | Arthur Conolly - Asia - 1834 - 452 pages
...it down as a rule, that caravans march nearly two hours for one that they halt: laden camels advance at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour, so that, if the number of days' march can be ascertained, the distance may be very nearly guessed.... | |
 | Arthur Conolly - Asia - 1834 - 460 pages
...it down as a rule, that caravans march nearly two hours for one that they halt: laden camels advance at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour, so that, if the number of days' march can be ascertained, the distance may be very nearly guessed.... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1836 - 956 pages
...perished. VOL. XXIX, AUGUST, 1836.—44 cer conned from forward. The gale sent us along to wards England at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour, and we took a little rest, if such it could be called ; but there were eyes that morning that could... | |
 | Charles Rochfort Scott - Crete (Greece) - 1837 - 380 pages
...placed quite even on the animal's broad shoulder. At his usual pace, the dromedary gets over the ground at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour, but when made to step out, he will travel three and a half. His pleasantest pace is a sort of amble,... | |
 | 1850 - 392 pages
...column of about five inches in width, and as thick together as they can be. They move very slowly, at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour, and they continue to travel on for two :or three days. The line of march is almost always' confined... | |
 | Thomas Bingley - Animals in the Bible - 1864 - 258 pages
...peculiarly fitted, a strong camel will carry a lead of between 700 and 800 pounds, and travel with it at the rate of .about two miles and a half an hour. Its perseverance and powers of abstinence are truly astonishing. In these journeys a single feed of... | |
 | Archibald Forbes - 1871 - 566 pages
...along the straight till you approach another turn, when you repeat the cautious tactics. You get along at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour. If you see anything suspicious, such as the smoke of a camp fire, you cautiously retire your machine... | |
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at the rate of about two miles and a half an hour, more or less, according to the nature of the 
