Four months in a sneak-box. A boat voyage of 2600 miles down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers (1879)
Bishop, Nathaniel Holmes, 1837-1902. [from old catalog] · Boston, Lee & Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham · leaf 323
ecting its attenuated point southward, whileupon it rose a signal-staff of the United StatesCoast Survey. A black object seemed heapedagainst the base of the signal; and while Igazed at what looked like a bear, or a heapof dark soil, it began to move, breaking up into 292 FOUR MONTHS IN A… … Saddles j3reaks Dcwn, this singular apparition might be human beings.The high grass formed an impenetrable barrierfor m}^ curious vision; but nearing the spot,voices were plainly audible on the other side of FOUR MONTHS IN A SNEAK-BOX. 293 the narrow point, as though a party of men werein lively…
Boats and boating
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