Outing, Vol. 20: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Sport, Travel and Recreation; April September, 1892 (Classic Reprint) by James H Worman (Paperback / softback, 2016)
Excerpt from Outing, Vol. 20: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Sport, Travel and Recreation; April September, 1892 There is t much on the lower reaches of the Elbe to go into raptures over. The juiz'a's crew Of one, how ever, was in a frame Of mind to make the most of anything that might turn up, as She steamed briskly against the current. The sense Of possession and mastery, as the mere opening of a valve set the little one-horse-power engine to throbbing at a passionate rate and the propeller to churning the water into a streak of silvery foam, was, to a v ice, eloquent of cruising joys, present and prospective. The adverse current seemed to stimulate the little craft to exhibitions of heroic endeavor, as though between boat and captain, as with horse and rider, there was a subtle sympathy almost amounting to a mutual under standing and a common ambition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.