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...edge, which seemed to me as if it must crumble beneath its next step. My imprudence was near bein^ fatal to me, for turning the head of my mule away...by the effort, fell noiselessly from the path, and springing from under us, toppled over, and struck long afterwards with a dull hollow sound into the... | |
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...moved slowly, step by step, round the yawning abyss, with scarcely three inches to spare on cither side. As we proceeded, the path got still narrower,...by the effort, fell noiselessly from the path, and springing from under us, toppled over, and struck long afterwards with a dull hollow sound into the... | |
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...must crumble beneath its next step. My imprudence was near being fatal to me, for, turning the nead of my mule away from the precipice, it lost its sure footing, stepped aside, ami striking the saddle-bags against the rock, it stumbled forward. Yet we did not tumble. The mule... | |
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...got still narrower, the abyss seemed deeper : and looking down at once, between the mule's side and stirrups, I saw below in the deep hollow a perfect...striking the saddle-bags against the rock, it stumbled forwarded, and — no, dear reader, no such thing — we did not tumble. The mule planted its fore... | |
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...followed the example my guide set me. Nor, to tell the truth, did I at the moment think of anything but my mule, as he moved slowly, step by step, round...by the effort, fell noiselessly from the path, and springing from under us, toppled over, and struck long afterwards with a dull hollow sound into the... | |
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... stirrups, I saw below in the deep hollow a perfect heap of skeletons — mules that must have tumbled down since the last flood — or their bones would have been washed away. In my horror I forgot the warning of the vaquiano, and grasping the reins... 