 | English periodicals - 1833 - 598 pages
...without the smallest sensation of swimming in the head. Nevertheless, I held on uncommon hard, and felt very well satisfied when I was safe under the neck...three sides of the base, about six. feet in width, bounded everywhere by the abrupt edge of the precipice, except in the spot where it is joined by the... | |
 | 1833 - 468 pages
...without the smallest sensation of swimming in the head; nevertheless, I held on uncommonly hard, and felt very well satisfied when I was safe under the neck....three sides of the base, about six feet in width, bounded everywhere by the abrupt edge of the precipice, except in the spot where it is joined by the... | |
 | Military art and science - 1833 - 598 pages
...without the smallest sensation of swimming in the head. Nevertheless, I held on uncommon hard, and felt very well satisfied when I was safe under the neck...about thirtyfive feet in height, overhangs its base rnany feet on every side. A ledge of tolerably level rock runs round three sides of the base, about... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...the smallest sensation of swimming in the head ; nevertheless, I held on uncommonly hard, and felt very well satisfied when I was safe under the neck....enormous mass of rock, about thirty-five feet in height, overhang? its base many feet on ever)' siile. A ledge of tolerably level rock runs round three sides... | |
 | Late official resident - Mauritius - 1842 - 198 pages
...the smallest sensation of swimming in the head ; nevertheless, I held on uncommonly hard, and felt very well satisfied when I was safe under the neck...The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about thirty feet in height, overhangs its base many feet on every side. A ledge of tolerably level rock... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane), Jane Loudon - Natural history - 1848 - 426 pages
...platform under the rock, he fastened it firmly, and crying, ' all right,' we all climbed up in succession. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about...three sides of the base, about six feet in width, bounded everywhere by the abrupt edge of the precipice, except in the spot where it is joined by the... | |
 | Two creations - 1849 - 138 pages
...the smallest sensation of swimming in the head : nevertheless, I held on uncommonly hard, and felt very well satisfied when I was safe under the neck....three sides of the base, about six feet in width, bounded everywhere by the abrupt edge of the precipice, except in the spot where it is joined by the... | |
 | 1849 - 142 pages
...swimming in the head. Nevertheless, I held on uncommonly hard, and felt very well satisfied when I was under the neck. And a more extraordinary situation...three sides of the base, about six feet in width, bounded everywhere by the abrupt edge of the precipice, except in the spot where it is joined by the... | |
 | Travels and voyages - 1850 - 386 pages
...without the smallest sensation of swimming in the head; nevertheless I held on uncommonly hard, and felt very well satisfied when I was safe under the neck....three sides of the base, about six feet in width, bounded every where by the abrupt edge of the precipice, except in the spot where it is joined by the... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 632 pages
...more extraordinary situation 1 never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rode, about thirty feet in height, overhangs its base many feet on every...three sides of the base, about six feet in width, bounded everywhere by the abrupt edge of the precipice, except in the spot where it is joined by the... | |
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I was safe under the neck. And a more extraordinary situation I never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about thirty-five feet in height, overhangs its base many feet on every side. A ledge of tolerably level rock runs round three sides... 
