 | 1847 - 640 pages
...enormous саЫев, bound together, formed a bridge, which, covered with planks, well secured and defended by a railing of the same osier materials on the sides, afforded i safe passage for the traveller. The length of lhi§ aerial bridge, sometimes exceeding two hundred... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1848 - 530 pages
...these enormous cables, bound together, formed a bridge, which, covered with planks, well secured and defended by a railing of the same osier materials...the extremities, to dip with an alarming inclination et les ravins par de grandes having examined and measured * "On avait comble' Ics vides speaks from... | |
 | 1850 - 682 pages
...these enormous cables bound together, formed a bridge, which, covered with planks, well secured and defended by a railing of the same osier materials...aerial bridge, sometimes exceeding two hundred feet, causpdit, confined usit was only at the extremities, to dip with an alarming inclination towards the... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pages
...these enormous cables, bound together, formed a bridge, which, covered with planks, well secured and defended by a railing of the same osier materials on the sides, afforded a sate passage for the traveller.' The general characteristics of the Peruvians under the Inca government... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 pages
...defended by a railing of the same osier materials on the rides, afforded a safe passage for the traveler. The length of this aerial bridge, sometimes exceeding...extremities, to dip with an alarming inclination towards the center, while the motion given to it by the passenger occasioned an oscillation still more frightful,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...buttresses of stone raised on the opposite banks of the river, and there secured to heavy pieces of timber. of this aerial bridge, sometimes exceeding two hundred...extremities, to dip with an alarming inclination towards the center, while the motion given to it by the passenger occasioned an oscillation still more frightful,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 374 pages
...buttresses of stone raised on the opposite banks of the river, and there secured to heavy pieces of timber. of this aerial bridge, sometimes exceeding two hundred...to dip •with an alarming inclination towards the center, while the motion given to it by the passenger occasioned an oscillation still more frightful,... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1874 - 560 pages
...these enormous cables, bound together, formed a bridge, which, covered with planks, well secured and defended by a railing of the same osier materials...length of this aerial bridge, sometimes exceeding two <° " On avail combM les vides et les ravins par de grandes masses de ma9onnerie. Les torrents qui... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1882 - 446 pages
...these enormous cables bound together formed a bridge, which, covered with planks, well secured and defended by a railing of the same osier materials on the sides, afforded a safe passage for the traveler. The length of this aerial bridge, sometimes exceeding two hundred feet, caused it, confined... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1882 - 452 pages
...these enormous cables bound together formed a bridge, which, covered with planks, well secured and defended by a railing of the same osier materials on the sides, afforded a safe passage for the traveler; The length of this aerial bridge, sometimes exceeding two hundred feet, caused it, confined... | |
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... stretched across the water, were conducted through rings or holes cut in immense buttresses of stone raised on the opposite banks of the river, and there secured to heavy pieces of timber. Several of these enormous cables, bound together, formed a... 
