The wind went down with the sinking sun, and a delightful calm favored us for our row up the narrowing river, eight miles to the place of destination.
It iseight miles and a half in length, and connects the Elizabeth and North Landing rivers.
The wind arose, stirring up a rough sea as I approached Bombay Hook, where the bay is eight miles wide.
Our progress was slow, and at eight miles I halted.
After dividing a pot of tea between us, we again pushed on for twelve miles, completing a stage of twenty-eight miles, and halting, with a little dry grass for the horses.
Eight miles to the South-West of Point Jahleel is Brenton Bay, which we had nearly passed before it was observed: the vessel was brought to the wind.
The banks on either side were very low; they were composed of a soft mud, and so thickly lined with mangroves as to prevent our landing until we had pulled up for seven or eight miles.
The next evening Mount Warning was seen from the deck although we were at least seventy-eight miles from it.
Eight miles farther on the four frisky white mules were exchanged for five steady dun-coloured ones, which were in their turn replaced after a seven-mile stage by four nice bays, who took us along at a tremendous pace.
At one o'clock we started again, and had a pleasant but rather dusty drive of eight miles to Macul, the stud-farm established by the late Don Luis Cousiño.
Pliny's old measure of thirteen must be reduced to eight miles.
The bottom of the gulf is very low, and forms two bights, separated by a point that projects for seven or eight miles.
The saltwater arm of the Adelaide we found had another branch, which took us eight miles in a South-West direction, terminating like the other, and at low-water being a mere ditch.
Steering North-North-West we deepened the water in eight miles to 32 fathoms, and after rounding the northern extremity of Breaksea Spit, which appeared to be formed of a few detached breakers, steered West by North for Bustard Bay.
We had not the heart to insist, so the rest of the journey to the railway at Palma, eight miles, was made laboriously on foot for three hours through sliding cinders.
The river-like flow of 1855 was remarkable for its extent, being from two toeight miles wide, with a depth of from three to three hundred feet, and extending in a winding course for a distance of sixty miles.
Throughout these routes, eight miles long, a continuous flow of humanity dragged its weary way all day and far into the night amidst hundreds of vehicles, from the clumsy garbage cart to the modern automobile.
I do not remember that this was really a break; indeed it seems to me that it was nothing but a watering depot in the midst of the stretch of sixty-eight miles.
The north entrance is about five miles broad, the distance from thence to the island of St Antonio is eight miles, and the coarse to that island is S.
We had travelled twenty-eight miles, and the pack-horse carrying twelve gallons of water, was considerably fatigued.
The water had consequently to be brought in the boat a distance of eight miles through a heavy sea, and at considerable risk.
It was only seven or eight miles to the warm spring and all felt better to know for a certainty that we would soon be safe again.
During the last four days we have marched fifty-eight miles, and are now at our old village in Ulékampuri.
This and the former one served as good station-marks for the journey, the latter being visible at eight miles' distance.
This operation lasted so long that, after crossing, we made for the nearest village in the Uvira district, and completed a journey of eight miles.
It was a portage of twenty-eight miles, and could be accomplished only on the backs of men.
We must be eight miles up this creek now, and from the look ahead Norway is making a long swing south.
These two miles represented thirty-eight miles of travelling.
Alexander Jardine spent the day in searching for water, and was fortunate enough to hit on a permanent water hole, in a small creek, eight miles N.
Turning due south the party passed a swamp at eight miles, and at seventeen miles a lagoon, on which were blue lilies ('Nymphoea gigantea.
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