Presently, too, the moon came up, and by its light looking westward we could discern sails to windward, which fluttered nearer and nearer, till it seemed a shot from one of our pieces could reach them.
For a long while wecould discern only a blue haze on the horizon.
I could discern, that this was a turn that the conspirators did not look for.
I climbed a near tree: the level sands bounded by a pine forest, and the sea clipped round by the horizon, was all that I could discern.
But with the spy glass, we could discern it more distinctly, and less obscured by that vail of blue haze, which always envelopes distant objects when seen from a great distance at sea, or on land.
The outline of the object was so confused and blended with the sky, that we could discern it but indistinctly.
The country as far as he could discern, resembled that of the Missouri, and in the plain he met several of the bighorn animals, but they were too shy to be obtained.
The French had reported that lead ore was to be found in this place, but on examining the hills, we could discern no appearance of that mineral.
We ran close enough to take the wind out of her sails, and could easily have hailed her had there been any necessity to do so; but we could discern no one on deck but a single hand at the wheel.
I turned my head hastily; but as it was not only dark inside, but dark without, I could discern nothing, and concluded that the noise had been made on the deck overhead.
Under the trees there was set a bench whereon I could discern there to be resting a human figure.
They differ very little from those in Europe, as far as I could discern.
As far as we could discern in the gloom they outnumbered us by about ten to one, and their weapons, aimed deliberately at us from the security of the ambuscade, had already taken deadly effect.
Pondering on the difficulties of the situation, I could discern no ray of hope for the success of my mission.
Day broke, so that we could discern we were not a Coits cast from Shore, and that the Sea was ebbing.
At length we could discern several of these scouts making their signals to us at once; no longer waving their robes boldly from the top of the hill, but standing lower down, so that they could not be seen from the plains beyond.
It grew larger and larger; it assumed the form of a man and horse; and soon we could discern a naked Indian, careering at full gallop toward us.
Nestled apparently close beneath them, we could discern in the distance something like a building.
Far off, on the other side, was a green meadow, where we could see the white tents and wagons of an emigrant camp; and just opposite to us we could discern a group of men and animals at the water's edge.
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