 | 1870 - 624 страници
...these animals which had observed us, and was crouched on a branch about fifty paces distant, and bade me mark well the spot where the ball should hit. He raised his piece gradually . . . and fired. I was astonished to find that the ball had hit the piece of the bark immediately beneath... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 1028 страници
...which had observed us, and was crouched on a branch aiout fifty paces distant, and bade me mark well where the ball should hit. He raised his piece gradually, until the head (that being the name given by the Kcntuckians to the sight) of the barrel was brought lo a line... | |
 | 1834 - 222 страници
...distant, and bade me mark well where the ball should hit. He raised his piece gradually until the head (that being the name given by the Kentuckians to the...resounded through the woods and along the hills, in repealed echoes. Judge of my surprise when I perceived that the ball had hit the piece of ihe bark... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 страници
...was crouched on a branch about fifty paces distant, and bade me mark well the spot where the l>all should hit. He raised his piece gradually, until the...brought to a line with the spot which he intended to bit. The whip-like report resounded through the woods and along the hills in repeated echoes. Judge... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1888 - 576 страници
...which had observed us, and was crouched on a branch about fifty paces distant, and bade me mark well where the ball should hit. He raised his piece gradually, until the head (that being the name given by the Kentuckians to the sight) of the barrel was brought to a line... | |
 | 1841 - 986 страници
...branch about fifty paces distant, and bade me mark well the spot where the ball should hit. He laised his piece gradually until the bead (that being the...hit. The whip-like report resounded through the woods along the hills in repeated echoes. Judge of my surprise, •when I perceived that the ball had hit... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - 516 страници
...animals which had observed us, and was crouched on a branch about 50 paces distant, and bade me mark well where the ball should hit. He raised his piece gradually, until the head (that being the name given by the Kentuckians to the sight) of the barrel was brought to a line... | |
 | Peter Hawker - 1846 - 514 страници
...these animals which had observed us, and was crouched on a branch about fifty paces distant, and bade me mark well the spot where the ball should hit He...gradually until the bead (that being the name given by Kentuckians to the sight,) of the barrel was brought to a line with the spot he intended to hit. The... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1855 - 908 страници
...which had observed us, and was crouched on a bank about fifty paces distant, and bade me mark well where the ball should hit. He raised his piece gradually until the bead or sight of the barrel was brought to a line witn the spot he intended to hit. The whiplike report... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1855 - 240 страници
...these animals which had observed us, and was crouched upon a branch about fifty paces distant, and bade me mark well the spot where the ball should hit. He raised his r>iece gradually, until the bead (thr.t being the H2 came given by the Kentnckians to the sight) of... | |
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Kentuckians to the sight) of the barrel was brought to a line with the spot which he intended to hit. The whip-like report resounded through the woods and along the hills in repeated echoes. Judge of my surprise, when I perceived that the ball had hit... 
