From here it was necessary to draw ourselves carefully over two other ledges into a small rift in the rocks, and then traverse on our hands and knees another narrow ledge of about 8 ft.
Between the ledges by which these traverses are in the main effected, and the beach below, scrambles of every variety of difficulty may be found, some being amongst the hardest mauvais pas with which I am acquainted.
Moses was right; there was in reality little danger in the climb, for the ledges which appeared to them like mere threads, and the footholds that were almost invisible, were in reality from a foot to three feet wide.
About two hours before daylight, rain began to fall, and continued steadily though lightly for three hours, so that enough had fallen to deposit water in the ledges or holes of the rocks.
The rocks here were all of granite; and in some of the ledges we were fortunate enough to find abundance of water deposited by the rains, at which we watered our horses.
On the left a silvery light is playing on the ledges of Mount Cannon, softening all the asperities of this stern-visaged mountain.
There are no two experiences which the traveller retains so long or so vividly as this journey through the great Notch, and this survey from the ledges of Mount Willard, which is so admirably placed to command it.
Its marvellous transparency, which permits the ledges to be seen through the gauze-like sheet falling over them, has given to it its name.
Beginning at the ice-ponds near Artists' Falls House, the path extends around the base of Peaked Mountain, thence to the bare ledges which reach to the summit.
After surveying it from the bareledges of Bald Mountain, where we stood letting the cool breeze blow upon us, I asked my guide where we could ascend.
For two stations embodying the best features the vicinity of Jackson can offer, the crest of Thorn Mountain and the ledges above Fernald's Farm are strongly commended to every sojourner.
The bright ledges brilliantly reflect the sun, causing the eye to turn gratefully to the sombre gloom of the evergreens crowding the sides of the neighboring mountains.
You approach it over broad ledges of freckled granite, polished by the constant flow of a thin, pellucid sheet of water to slippery smoothness.
From the ledgesof Mount Willard, Washington and the peaks between are visible in a clear day.
For half a mile the ledgeslook as if an earthquake had ripped them up to make a channel for this tempest of water.
We accordingly set out for theledges at three in the afternoon.
As we approached nearer, the ledges were full of grim recesses, rude rock-niches, and traversed by perpendicular cracks from brow to base.
The ride from Murphy's to the cave is scarcely two hours long, but we lingered among quartz-ledges and banks of dead river gravel until long after noon.
Sally was awkward; she kept stumbling and sliding over the ledges of rock, making no effort to be sure of her foothold or to choose the easiest way.
But suddenly Sally gave an exclamation both of fright and pain; having made a false estimate of the space between twoledges of rock, she found herself falling into a small ravine.
There are ledges three hundred feet above, and from these now and then a jackdaw glides out and returns again to his place, where, when still and with folded wings, he is but a speck of black.
He had seen as many as six (doubtless the vixen and cubs) sunning themselves on the cliffs at Beachy Head, lying on ledges before their inaccessible breeding-places, in the face of the chalk.
Our way now led through three exquisitely beautiful little lakes, to where their waters drop down over rocky ledges in a noisy stream, on their way to the lake we were trying to reach.
The water slipped over ledges into pretty pools, and from our camp to the other side there was a distinct downward slope.
Sudden, along the rocky ledges of the high precipices which overhang the gorge, darts forth a graceful and commanding form.
Hugh recalled that vague promise now, as his gaze wandered from those rocky ledges to the deeper hollows not yet penetrated by the sun's rays.
I have been used from a child to carry loads upon my back along ledges and places where an Englishman would shrink from going.
Keep her north-west," added Leopold, as he just saw the ledges whitened with sea foam.
I went off about two miles from the ledgesafter cod and haddock, and picked them up there.
To the north rocky ledges showed in black and white lines upon the slight swell setting in from there.
Birds and other wild creatures abound; for the stony earth and the ledges that crop out along the hillsides, the thickets and forest patches, the sheltered glens and windy heights offer great variety in domicile to animal life.
On theledges of the great precipices, and on many of the secondary summits, gardens of alpine flowers blossom in late summer, and at times impart a rich warm glow to the heights that support them.
When Columbus, with his toy boats, was blundering around the West Indies, the crouching man was camping under the bluestone ledges of old Pike County, Pennsylvania.
Great slate-coloured ledges of cloud were already sliding upwards from the Moor, and it was raining by the time the farmer returned home to his breakfast.
He had then gripped Gregory by the collar, and was cautiously dragging him down the granite ledges to earth, when a strange noise stayed his progress.
Two ledges of slate lay on each side of the mortuary, and coffins, whose nails had long turned green, poked head and feet from rotting palls upon three of these.
It forms an abrupt precipice in front, and joins a range of rugged cliffs behind, which all abound in wonderful ledges overlooking the depths below, dark and lonesome caverns, and sharp pinnacles piercing the clouds in every direction.
The ledges are ten thousand feet deep--solid masses of silver.
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