 My guide continued to move on, but at a certain place he halted, and desired me to take shelter in his lee and observe the cataract. The spray did not come so much from the upper ledge as from the rebound of the shattered water when it struck the bottom....  The Maritime Monthly - Page 3951873Full view - About this book
 | 1873 - 1082 pages
...the deep resonant roar of the cataract. I tried to shield my eyes with my hands, and look upwards ; but the defence was useless. My guide continued to...but at a certain place he halted, and desired me to tako shelter in his lee, and observe the cataract. The spray did not come so much from the upper ledge... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1873 - 840 pages
...the deep resonant roar of the cataract. I tried to shield my eyes with my hands, and look upwards ; but the defence was useless. My guide continued to move on, but at a certain place lie halted, and desired me to take shelter in his lee and observe the cataract. The spray did not come... | |
 | Edward Austin Sheldon - 1875 - 444 pages
...resonant roar of the cataract. I tried to shield my eyes with my hands, and look upward ; but the defense was useless. My guide continued to move on ; but,...take shelter in his lee and observe the cataract. from the blinding shock of the spray, while the line of vision to the upper ledges remained, to some... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1879 - 522 pages
...cataract. I tried to shield my eyes with my hands, and look upwards ; but the defence was useless. The guide continued to move on, but at a certain place he halted, desiring me to take shelter in his lee, and observe the cataract. The spray did not come so much from... | |
 | 1873 - 584 pages
...defence was useless. My guide continued to move on; but at a certain place he halted, and desired me to shelter in his lee and observe the cataract. The spray...much from the upper ledge as from the rebound of the scattered water when it struck the bottom. Hence the eyes could be protected from the blinding shock... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...cataract. I tried to shield my eyes with my hands and look upwards ; but the defence was useless. The guide continued to move on, but at a certain place he halted, desiring me to take shelter in his lee, and observe the cataract. The spray did not come so much from... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 516 pages
...cataract. I tried to shield my eyes with my hands and look upward but the defense was useless. The guide continued to move on, but at a certain place he halted, desiring me to take shelter in his lee, and observe the cataract. The spray did not come so much from... | |
 | William T. Jeans - 1887 - 356 pages
...the deep resonant roar of the cataract. I tried to shield my eyes with my hands and look upwards ; but the defence was useless. My guide continued to...take shelter in his lee and observe the cataract. On looking upwards over the guide's shoulder I could see the water bending over the ledge, while the... | |
 | Richard Gilmour - 1894 - 418 pages
...resonant roar of the cataract. I tried to shield my eyes with my hands and look upward, but the defense was useless. My guide continued to move on, but at a certain place he halted, desiring me to take shelter in his lee, and observe the cataract. 11. The spray did not come so much... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1897 - 488 pages
...the defence was useless. The guide continued tv move on, but at a certain place he halted, desiring me to take shelter in his lee, and observe the cataract....ledge, as from the rebound of the shattered water whe*i it struck the bottom. Hence the eyes could be protected from the blinding shock of the spray,... | |
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