On each hand the walls were nearly vertical, yet from the soft nature of the volcanic strata, trees and a rank vegetation sprung from every projecting
ledge. These precipices must have been some thousand feet high; and the whole formed a mountain gorge far more magnificent than anything which I had ever before beheld.
I had seen a thing like a death's head resting on the
ledge of the box, whereas Richard saw the shape of an old woman who looked like Mme.
Accordingly, leaving the bed of the stream at the very point where it thundered down, we began crawling along one of those sloping
ledges until it carried us to within a few feet of another that inclined downwards at a still sharper angle, and upon which, by assisting each other we managed to alight in safety.
A huge creature stood upon a
ledge and brandished his stone hatchet.
The bull snorted and leaped away, his hoofs rattling and clattering as he fled across the
ledges.
At almost the same instant I thought that I caught the scraping of hide sandals upon the
ledge beyond the turn.
And then another savage face appeared, and a third and fourth and fifth, craning their necks over the shoulders of their fellows whom they could not pass upon the narrow
ledge. Each face was the picture of awe and fear, but for what reason I did not know, nor did I learn until ten years later.
The limb upon which I found myself ascended at a slight angle toward the cliff, and as I followed it I found that it terminated a few feet above a narrow
ledge which protruded from the cliff's face at the entrance to a narrow cave.
that I will drink a whole bottle of rum without taking it from my mouth, sitting outside the window on this spot" (he stooped and pointed to the sloping
ledge outside the window) "and without holding on to anything.
The man who lay on the
ledge of the grating was even chilled.
He continued up the river for perhaps a mile; and then, crossing over to the left bank, drew his craft up on a low
ledge that lay almost on a level with the water.
He came to a pause on a
ledge, clutching a knob of rock for support, gasping and sneezing and shaking his head.
A few small footholds presented themselves, and there was some indication of a
ledge. The cliff is so high that to climb it all was an obvious impossibility, and it was equally impossible to make my way along the wet path without leaving some tracks.
Four feet out in the stream, a narrow
ledge thrust above the surface of the water.
We have gone through several rounds of purgatory since you left, and I have lately got on to a worse
ledge of it than ever.
