 MacDonald, were the first to land. Immediately over their heads hung a woody precipice, without path or track upon its rocky face. On the summit, a French sentinel marched to and fro, still unconscious of their presence. Without a moment's hesitation,...  The Conquest of Canada - Page 210by George Warburton - 1850 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pages
...conveying the light company of the 78th Highlanders had in the meantime been carried about two hundred yards lower down by the strength of the tide. These...dashed at the height. They scrambled up, holding on by rock's and branches of trees, guided only by the stars that shone over the top of the cliff; half the... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1879 - 448 pages
...hundred yards lower down by the strength of the tide. These Highlanders, under Captain Donald MacDonald, were the first to land. Immediately over their heads...precipice, without path or track upon its rocky face. On the summit, a French sentinel marched to and fro, still unconscious of their presence. Without a... | |
 | New national reading books - 1880 - 362 pages
...200 yards lower down by the strength of the tide. These Highlanders, under Captain Donald McDonald, were the first to land. Immediately over their heads...marched to and fro, still unconscious of their presence. 4. Without a moment's hesitation, McDonald and his men dashed up the height. They scrambled up, holding... | |
 | Granville series - 1881 - 376 pages
...yards lower. down by the strength of the tide. 9. These Highlanders, under Captain Donald MacDonald, were the first to land. Immediately over their heads...precipice, without path or track upon its rocky face. On the summit, a French sentinel marched to and fro, still unconscious u of their presence. 10. Without... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 328 pages
...hundred yards lower down by the strength of the tide. These Highlanders, under Captain Donald MacDonald, were the first to land. Immediately over their heads hung a woody precipice, without track or path upon its rocky face. On the summit, a French sentinel marched to and fro, still unconscious... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1884 - 234 pages
...past. He recognised at length the appointed spot, and leaped ashore. The light company of the 78th Highlanders, under Captain Donald M'Donald, were the...precipice, without path or track upon its rocky face; on the summit a French sentinel marched to and fro, still unconscious of their presence. Without a... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1884 - 264 pages
...carried about two hundred yards lower down by the strength of the tide. These Highlanders, under Captain M'Donald, were the first to land. Immediately over...precipice, without path or track upon its rocky face. On the summit a French sentinel marched to and fro, still unconscious of their presence. Without a... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - Readers - 1884 - 516 pages
...two hundred yards lower down by the strength of the tide. These Highlanders, under Captain MacDonald, were the first to land. Immediately over their heads...precipice, without path or track upon its rocky face. On the summit, a French sentinel marched to and fro, still unconscious of their presence. Without a... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - Children - 1884 - 514 pages
...two hundred yards lower down by the strength of the tide. These Highlanders, under Captain MacDonald, were the first to land. Immediately over their heads...precipice, without path or track upon its rocky face. On the summit, a French sentinel marched to and fro, still unconscious of their presence. Without a... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - Readers - 1884 - 524 pages
...two hundred yards lower down by the strength of the tide. These Highlanders, under Captain MacDonald, were the first to land. Immediately over their heads...precipice, without path or track upon its rocky face. On the summit, a French sentinel marched to and fro, still unconscious of their presence. Without a... | |
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