The log of the "Flying Fish" : a story of aerial and submarine peril and adventure (1887)
Collingwood, Harry, 1851-1922, Browne, Gordon, 1858-1932, ill, Stuart, C. G. B., former owner. DSI · London : Blackie & Son ... · leaf 378
n the extreme point of therock. Stand firm, now; I am about to jump. Are youready ? Then—one—two—three ! The body of the baronet darted outward from the faceof the rock, Mildmay and the colonel retaining their foot-ing with the utmost difficulty under the recoil from theoutward impulse; and then… … AN ADVENTURE ON MOUNT EVEREST. MISSED. 357 nald had either miscalculated his distance, or his foot hadslipped in the act of springing, for instead of alighting uponthe ships deck, as he had intended, he had fallen on thecircular bilge of the vessel, from whence, after an un-availing struggle to…
Fantasy fiction · Aeronautics
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