 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1873 - 388 pages
...river, deep at its mouth, forced its way to the sea. From the sea to the estuary of the river, any ship heavily laden might pass, with the help of the tide,...country, on its banks, well peopled, the inhabitants not much differing from the others, being dressed out with the feathers of birds of various colors. ".They... | |
 | John Romeyn Brodhead - 1874 - 836 pages
...river, oecp at its mouth, forced its way to the sea. From the sea to the estuary of the river, any ship heavily laden might pass, with the help of the tide,...without a knowledge of the mouth ; therefore we took ths boat, and entering the river, we fonnd the country on its banks well peopled, the Inhab itams not... | |
 | Henry Cruse Murphy - 1875 - 230 pages
...hills through • which a very large river, deep at its mouth forced its way to the sea." 100 Fourth. " We took the boat and entering the river we found the country on its banks well peopled. All of a sudden a violent contrary wind blew in from the sea, and forced us to return to our ship.... | |
 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1880 - 568 pages
...river, deep at its mouth, forced its way to the sea ; from the sea to the estuary of the river any ship, heavily laden, might pass with the help of the tide,...boat, and entering the river we found the country well peopled, the inhabitants not differing much from the others, being dressed out with the feathers... | |
 | Barnard Shipp - 1881 - 720 pages
...mouth, forced its way to the sea ; from the sea to the estuary of the river, any ship heavily laded might pass with the help of the tide, which rises...not venture up in our vessel, without a knowledge of its mouth ; therefore we took the boat, and entering the river, we found the country on its banks well... | |
 | E. E. Hale - 1882 - 310 pages
...river, deep at its mouth, forced its way to the sea; from the sea to the estuary of the river any ship heavily laden might pass with the help of the tide,...berth, we would not venture up in our vessel without a good knowledge of the mouth; therefore we took the boat, and entering the river we found the country... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1883 - 308 pages
...river, deep at its mouth, forced its way to the sea ; from the sea to the estuary of the river any ship heavily laden might pass with the help of the tide,...berth, we would not venture up in our vessel without a good knowledge of the mouth ; therefore we took the boat, and entering the river we found the country... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1892 - 690 pages
...berth ' we would not venture up in our ship without a knowledge of the mouth ; therefore," he says, " we took the boat and, entering the river, we found the country on its banks well-peopled, the inhabitants not differing much from the others, being dressed out with feathers of... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1892 - 688 pages
...mouth, forced its way to the sea," and he adds : " From the sea to the estuary of the river any ship might pass, with the help of the tide, which rises eight feet." This is about the average rise at the present time, and the fact is one that could have been learned... | |
 | Martha Joanna Lamb - 1896 - 612 pages
...river, deep at the mouth, forced its way into the sea; from the sea to the estuary of the river any ship heavily laden might pass with the help of the tide,...boat, and entering the river we found the country on the banks well peopled, the inhabitants not differing much from the others, being dressed out with... | |
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... heavily laden might pass, with the help of the tide, which rises eight feet. But as we were riding at anchor in a good berth, we would not venture up in our vessel, without a knowledge of the mouth ; therefore we took the boat, and entering the river,... 
