 | Sir John Barrow - Arctic regions - 1846 - 574 pages
...account. He says, — " How can I possibly give an idea of the torment we endured from the sand-flies ? As we dived into the confined and suffocating chasms,...and producing giddiness, which almost drove us mad. Wherever we halted, which the nature of the country compelled us to do often, the men, even Indians,... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - Arctic regions - 1846 - 400 pages
...chasms, or waded through the close swamps, they rose in clouds, actually darkening the air : to eee or to speak was equally difficult, for they rushed...with blood, as if leeches had been applied, and there wa« a burning and irritating pain, followed by immediate inflammation, and producing giddiness, which... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - Arctic regions - 1852 - 424 pages
...he says, " can I possibly give an idea of the torment we endured from the sand-flies ? As we divided into the confined and suffocating chasms, or waded...inflammation, and producing giddiness, which almost drove us rnad, and caused us to moan with pain and agony. At the Pine portage, Captain Back engaged the services... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - Arctic regions - 1853 - 274 pages
...difficult, for they rushed at every undefended Eart, and fixed then* poisonous fangs in an instant. Our ices streamed with blood, as if leeches had been applied,...and producing giddiness, which almost drove us mad, and caused us to moan with pain and agony." • At the Pine portage Captain Back engaged the services... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - Biography - 1854 - 732 pages
...chasms, or waded through the close swamps, they rose in clouds, actually darkening the air. To see or speak was equally difficult, for they rushed at every...burning and irritating pain, followed by immediate imflammation, and producing giddiness, which almost drove us mad. Whenever we halted, which the nature... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Arctic regions - 1857 - 1074 pages
...he says, " can I possibly give an idea of the torment we endured from the sand-flies ? As we divided into the confined and suffocating chasms, or waded...and producing giddiness, which almost drove us mad, and caused iis to moan with pain and agony. At the Pine portage, Captain Back engaged the services... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Arctic regions - 1857 - 530 pages
...he says, " can I possibly give an idea of the torment we endured from the sand-flies ? As we divided into the confined and suffocating chasms, or waded...inflammation, and producing giddiness, which almost drove ua mad, and caused us to moan with pain and agony. At the Pine portage, Captain Back engaged the services... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - Arctic regions - 1860 - 346 pages
...creation. " How," he says, " can I possibly give an idea of the torment we endured from the sand-flies ? As we dived into the confined and suffocating chasms,...and producing giddiness, which almost drove us mad, and caused us to moan with pain and agony." At the Pine portage Captain Back engaged the services of... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1860 - 336 pages
...creation. " How," he says, " can I possibly give an idea of the torment we endured from the sand-flies ? As we dived into the confined and suffocating chasms,...and producing giddiness, which, almost drove us mad, and caused us to moan with pain and agony." At the Pine portage Captain Back engaged the services of... | |
 | Arctic discovery - 1799 - 424 pages
...ground, and snatch a few moments of sleepless rest How can I give any idea of the torment we endured ? As we dived into the confined and suffocating chasms,...and producing giddiness, which almost drove us mad, and caused us to moan with pain and agony." The winter of that year was one of tremendous cold and... | |
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can I possibly give an idea of the torment we endured from the sand-flies ? As we dived into the confined and suffocating chasms, or waded through the close swamps, they rose in clouds, actually darkening the air; to see or to speak was equally difficult,... 
