 M'Culloch. being laid across, ropes constructed of bejucos, a species of thin elastic cane, of the length required, arc thrown over. Six of these ropes are stretched from one side of the river to the other ; two, intended to serve as parapets, being considerably...  A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various ... - Page 117by John Ramsay McCulloch - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Hull Wilcocke - Argentina - 1807 - 600 pages
...elastic cane, are twisted together, so as to form a large cable of the length required. Six of the'se are stretched from one side of the river to the other, two of which are considerably higher than the other four. On the lower four are laid sticks in a transverse... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...elastic cane, are twisted together, so as to form a large cable of the length required. Six of these are stretched from one side of the river to the other, two of which are considerably higher than the other four. On the lower, four sticks are laid in a transverse... | |
 | William Adams (M.A.) - Voyages and travels - 1832 - 516 pages
...elastic cane, are twisted together, so as to form a large cable of the length required. Six of these are stretched from one side of the river to the other, two of which are considerably higher than the other four. On the lower, four sticks are laid in a transverse... | |
 | William Adams - America - 1836 - 508 pages
...elastic cane, are twisted together, so as to form a large cable of the length required. Six of these are stretched from one side of the river to the other, two of which are considerably higher than the other four. On the lower, four sticks are laid in a transverse... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Geography - 1843 - 586 pages
...¿er«£«5. a species of ihin elastic cane, of the length required, are thrown over. t*U of these горев are stretched from one side of the river to the other ; two, intended to serve as parapeta, being considerably higher than the other four; and the latter being covered with sticks laid... | |
 | John Tillotson - America - 1869 - 442 pages
...laid across, ropes constructed of bejucos, a species of thin elastic cane, of the length required, arc thrown over. Six of these ropes are stretched from...transverse direction, the bridge is passed by men, while the mules, being divested of their burdens, are made to swim across. All travellers have spoken... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1870 - 1154 pages
...bejucos, a species of thin elastic cane, of tho length required, are thrown over. Six of these ropea are stretched from one side of the river to the other...transverse direction, the bridge is passed by men, while the mules, being divested of their burdens, are made to swim across. All travellers have spoken... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1870 - 1166 pages
...laid across, ropes constructed of bejucos, a species of thin clastic cane, of the length required, arc thrown over. Six of these ropes are stretched from one side of the rirer to the other ; two, intended to serve as parapets, being considerably higher than the other four... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Geography - 1823 - 478 pages
...thin elastic cane, are thrown over so as to form a large cable of the length required. Six of these are stretched from one side of the river to the other, two of which are considerably higher than the other four, and sticks being laid on in a transverse direction,... | |
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