 | 1894 - 792 Seiten
...water on the other side. Stretching out his arm, he said to me, ' Now, come on.' I looked down into the torrent, as it rushed to the river below, which was seething with the tumult of the cataract. ... I entered the water. Even where it was not more than knee-deep its power was manifest. As it rose... | |
 | 1873 - 1082 Seiten
...required all his strength to steady him. The water rose above his loins, and it foamed still higher. Ho had to search for footing, amid unseen boulders, against...which was seething with the tumult of the cataract. De Saussnre recommended the inspection of Alpine dangers with the view of making them familiar to the... | |
 | 1873 - 808 Seiten
...limestone ledge above. The water does not distribute itself uniformly among these, but seeks for itself channels through which it pours torrentially. We passed...before the mind, and to decide beforehand what ought to be done should the accident occur. Thus wound up in the present instance, I entered the water. Even... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1873 - 840 Seiten
...distribute itself uniformly among these, but seeks for itself channels through which it pours torrential^. We passed some of these with wetted feet, but without...before the mind, and to decide beforehand what ought to be done should the accident occur. Thus wound up in the present instance, I entered the water. Even... | |
 | 1873 - 598 Seiten
...limestone ledge above. The water does not distribute itself uniformly among these, but seeks for itself channels through which it pours torrentially. We passed...them familiar to the eye before they are encountered ; ¡md it is a wholesome custom in places of difficulty to put the possibility of an accident clearly... | |
 | 1873 - 660 Seiten
...rose above his loins, and it foamed still higher. He had to search for footing, amid unseen bowlders, against which the torrent rose violently. He struggled...wholesome custom, in places of difficulty, to put the possiblity of an accident clearly before the mind, and to decide beforehand what ought to be done should... | |
 | Royal institution of Great Britain - 1875 - 584 Seiten
...distribute itself uniformly among these, but seeks for itself channels through which it pours torreutially. We passed some of these with wetted feet, but without...which was seething with the tumult of the cataract. De Saussnre recommended the inspection of Alpine dangers with the view of making them familiar to the... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1875 - 588 Seiten
...successfully, and finally reached the shallower water at tho other sideStretching out his arm, he said to mo, " Now come on." I looked down the torrent as it rushed...before the mind, and to decide beforehand what ought to be done should tho accident occur. Thus wound up in the present instance, I entered 1873.] Some... | |
 | Edward Austin Sheldon - 1875 - 444 Seiten
...reached the shallower water at the other side. Stretching out his arm, he said to me, " Now come." 7. I looked down the torrent as it rushed to the river...which was seething with the tumult of the cataract. I entered the water. Even where it was not more than knee-deep, its power was manifest. As it rose... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1876 - 706 Seiten
...limestone ledge above. The 'water does not distribute itself uniformly among these, but seeks for itself channels through which it pours torrentially. We passed...to the eye before they are encountered; and it is a whblesome custom in places of difficulty to put the possibility of an accident clearly before the mind,... | |
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He waded in. It evidently required all his strength to steady him. The water rose above his loins, and it foamed still higher. He had to search for footing, amid unseen boulders, against which the torrent rose violently. He struggled and swayed, but he... 
