 | John Weyland - 1816 - 538 pages
...lay of reserving all their strength for D the conveyance of necessary food. In p. 33. he writes, " It will be only necessary to say that we have fasted...and nights ; twice upwards of three days, and once while at Shee-tati-nee near seven days, during which we tasted not a mouthful of any thing except a... | |
 | John Weyland - 1816 - 556 pages
...companions lay of reserving all their strength for the conveyance of necessary food. In p. 33. he writes, " It will be only necessary to say that we have fasted...and nights ; twice upwards of three days, and once while at Shee-tan-nee near seven days, during which we tasted not a mouthful of any thing except a... | |
 | 1823 - 496 pages
...observing that it may justly be said to have been either ail feasting or all famine : sometimes we bad too much, seldom just enough, frequently too little, and often none at all. It would be only necessary to say that \H have fasted many times two wlwlt days and nights; twice upwards... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, James Wilson - 1833 - 476 pages
...observing, that it may justly * Hearne's Journey, p. 31. HIS SEVERE SUFFERINGS. 147 be said to have been either all feasting or all famine; sometimes we had...at all. It will be only necessary to say, that we fasted many times two whole days and nights, twice upwards of three days, and once, while at Shenanhee,... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1841 - 376 pages
...sufficient idea of it may be given in a few words, by observing, that it may justly be said to have been either all feasting or all famine ; sometimes we had...at all. It will be only necessary to say, that we fasted many times two whole days and nights, twice upwards of three days, and once, while at Shenanhee,... | |
 | Alexander Simpson - 1845 - 444 pages
...west-south-west. Their stay here was marked by the usual vicissitudes of Indian house-keeping, sometimes too much — seldom just enough — frequently too little — and often none at all. Again resuming their route on the 23rd of May, they kept to the northward : the march was toilsome... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1850 - 380 pages
...game, and at others nothing at all, or, as Hearne expresses it — " it may justly be said to have been either all feasting or all famine ; sometimes we had...enough, frequently too little, and often none at all." They at length arrived at a small river, called the Cathawhachaga, which empties itself into Snow Lake... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1851 - 402 pages
...game, and at others nothing at all, or, as Hearne expresses it— " it may justly be said to have been either all feasting or all famine; sometimes we had...enough, frequently too little, and often none at all." They at length arrived at a small river, called the Cathawhachaga, which empties itself into Snow Lake... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1853 - 456 pages
...sufficient idea of it may be given in a few words, by observing that it may justly be said to have been either all feasting or all famine ; sometimes we had...at all. It will be only necessary to say, that we fasted many times two whole days and nights, twice upwards of three days, and once, while at Shenanhee,... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1854 - 476 pages
...sufficient idea of it may be given in a few words, by observing that it may justly be said to have been either all feasting or all famine ; sometimes we had...at all. It will be only necessary to say, that we fasted many times two whole days and nights, twice upwards of three days, and once, while at Shenanhee,... | |
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... either all feasting, or all famine ; sometimes we had too much, seldom just enough, frequently too little, and often none at all. It will be only necessary to say that we have fasted many times two whole days and nights ; twice upwards of three days... 
