Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 372
gulate the speed of descent, by merely grasp-ing the ti stems firmly and lifting them upward,this acting as a brake. I longed for the thrill ofdropping down over the edge of a mountain, andupon my brief sled of ti leaves began the descent.I went like the wind; it seemed as though mybreath would be… … CHUTING A BOX-FLUME, FEET FOREMOST.(SEE NEXT PAGE.) might and came up with a jerk that jarred everybone in my body. There I sat looking downwardalmost perpendicularly, held in position only by afew ti leaves resting on the smooth slipperygrass, but the sliding grass is nearly a foot long,and it is…
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