 | Prideaux John Selby, William Jardine - Botany - 1837 - 664 pages
...however, are seen only on the loftiest trees, and the putting myself in possession of three of them, (all I could obtain,) nearly brought my life to a...impossible either to climb the tree or hew it down, I endeavoured to knock off the cones by firing at them with ball, when the report of my gun brought eight... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 548 pages
...the height of the tree ; the branches rather pendulous, with cones hanging from their points, like sugar-loaves in a grocer's shop. These cones are,...impossible either to climb the tree or hew it down, I endeavoured to knock off the cones by firing at them with ball, when the report of my gun brought eight... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 652 pages
...of the height of the tree ; the branches rather pendulous, with cones hanging from their points like sugar-loaves in a grocer's shop. These cones are,...impossible either to climb the tree or hew it down, I endeavoured to knock off the cones by firing at them with ball, when the report of my gun brought eight... | |
 | California. State Board of Forestry - Forests and forestry - 1886 - 788 pages
...high suspended in air, and the putting myself into possession of three of them, all I could procure, nearly brought my life to a close. "As it was impossible either to climb the trees or to hew one down I resorted to knocking them off by firing at them with ball. The report of... | |
 | California. State Board of Forestry - Forests and forestry - 1888 - 238 pages
...high suspended in air, and the putting myself into possession of three of them, all I could procure, nearly brought my life to a close. "As it was impossible either to climb the trees or to hew one down I resorted to knocking them off by firing at them with ball. The report of... | |
 | California. State Board of Forestry - Forests and forestry - 1888 - 256 pages
...high suspended in air, and the putting myself into possession of three of them, all I could procure, nearly brought my life to a close. "As it was impossible either to climb the trees or to hew one down I resorted to knocking them off by firing at them with ball. The report of... | |
 | Asa Gray - Botanists - 1889 - 520 pages
...of the tree ; the branches rather pendulous, with cones hanging from their points, like sugar-loves in a grocer's shop. These cones are, however, only...them painted with red earth, armed with bows, arrows, bone-tipped spears, and flint knives. They appeared anything but friendly. I endeavored to explain... | |
 | John Muir - California - 1894 - 410 pages
...circumference is 57 feet 9 inches ; at 134 feet, 17 feet 5 inches ; the extreme length 245 feet. . . . As it was impossible either to climb the tree or hew...them painted with red earth, armed with bows, arrows, bone-tipped spears, and flintknives. They appeared anything but friendly. I explained to them what... | |
 | John Muir - California - 1894 - 406 pages
...circumference is 57 feet 9 inches ; at 134 feet, 17 feet 5 inches ; the extreme length 245 feet. . . . As it was impossible either to climb the tree or hew...by firing at them with ball, when the report of my gnu brought eight Indians, all of them painted with red earth, armed with bows, arrows, bone-tipped... | |
 | William Bittle Wells, Lute Pease - Pacific states - 1902 - 702 pages
...thirty-four feet, seventeen feet, five inches ; the extreme length two hundred and forty-five feet. A's it was impossible either to climb the tree or hew...them painted with red earth, armed with bows, arrows, bone-tipped spears and flint knives. They appeared anything but friendly. I explained to them what... | |
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As it was impossible either to climb the tree or hew it down, I endeavored to knock off the cones by firing at them with ball, when the report of my gun brought eight Indians, all of them painted with red earth, armed with bows, arrows, bone-tipped spears,... 
