At the distance of five miles we came to a small island, and twelve miles farther encamped on the north, at the distance of seventeen miles.
We encamped, at seventeen miles distance, on the north side in a bend of the river.
As soon as the terms of capitulation were arranged they had been hurried back to the bivouac, had cooked two days' rations, and shortly after midnight had marched to the Potomac, seventeen miles away.
And this average ofseventeen miles a day had been maintained on rough and muddy roads, crossed by many unbridged streams, and over a high mountain.
At seventeen miles it separated into two channels, and at a quarter of a mile the two channels emptied themselves into a large boggy swamp, with no surface water.
Gaussberg was reached in the afternoon, after our track had passed through seventeen miles of dangerous country.
To the south of the Base, seventeen miles distant at the nearest point, the mainland was visible, entirely ice-clad, running almost due east and west.
On the right, the land ran back to form a large bay, seventeen miles wide.
Ten or eleven miles South 80 degrees East from Snapper Island is the north-west end of a shoal, extending to the South 41 degrees East for sixteen or seventeen miles; the Tamar anchored under it.
The distance travelled, I suppose sixteen or seventeen miles.
After crossing this river, I proceeded onwards about four miles, and halted on the edge of a brush, having travelled sixteen or seventeen miles.
From hence we travelled nearly west, and in seventeen miles came to some very high sandhills, at whose feet the river swept.
We went north-west to some ridges at seventeen miles, where there was excellent vegetation, but no water.
In seventeen miles we struck a small gum creek without water, but there was good herbage.
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