 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 pages
...This sight pleased me so much, that I wished it to be repeated ; and, to try their strength, directed a full-grown negro to mount the smallest, and two others the largest. This burthen did not seem at all disproportioned to their strength. At first they went a pretty high trot,... | |
 | John Parkhurst - 1807 - 890 pages
...motion, which he had particularly observed. "To try their strength, says he, 1 made a full grown AYg/o mount the smallest, and two others the largest. This burden did not seem to me at all disproportioncd to their strength. At first they went a pretty high trot; when they were... | |
 | 1814 - 984 pages
...pleased me so much, that I •wished it to be repeated ; and, to try their strength directed a full grown Negro to mount the smallest, and two others the largest...to their strength. At first they went at a pretty high trot, but when they became a little heated, they expanded their wings as though to catch the wind,... | |
 | 1826 - 376 pages
...This sight pleased me so much, that I wished it to be repeated, and to try their strength, directed a fullgrown negro to mount the smallest, and two others the largest. This burthen did not seem at all disproportioned to their strength. At first they went at a tolerably sharp... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 pages
...he carried them several times round the village. " To try their strength, I made a full-grown negro mount the smallest, and two others the largest. This burden did not seem to me at all disproportioned to their strength. At first they went at a pretty high trot, and when... | |
 | 1825 - 188 pages
...strength, I directed a full grown negro lo mount the smallest, and two others the largest. This burthen did not seem at all disproportioned to their strength. At first they went at a tolerably sharp trot, but when they became heated a little, they expanded their wings aa though to... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 380 pages
...strength, directed a full grown negro to mount the smallest, and two others the largest. This burthen did not seem at all disproportioned to their strength. At first they went at a tolerably sharp trot, but when they became heated a little, they expanded their wings as though to... | |
 | 1829 - 494 pages
...strength, he directed a full grown negro to mount the smaller, and two others the larger of the birds. This burden did not seem at all disproportioned to their strength. At first they went at a tolerably sharp trot ; but when they became heated a little, they expanded their wings, as though to... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...strength, he directed a full-grown negro to mount the smaller, and two others the larger of the birds. This burden did not seem at all disproportioned to their strength. At first they went at a tolerably sharp trot; but when they became heated a little, they expanded their wings, as though to... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...nor could he be stopped otherwise than by obstructing the passage. Te try their strength, he directed a full-grown negro to mount the smallest, and two others the largest : nor did this burden seem at all disproportioned to their ability. At first they went at a pretty... | |
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I ordered it to be repeated ; and, to try their strength, directed a fullgrown negro to mount the smallest, and two others the largest. This burden did not seem at all disproportioned to their strength. At first they went at a... 
