down trip

Example Sentences

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So the two men, having breakfasted and rested their horses, set out on the down trip to Lowville.

From The Shepherd of the North by Maher, Richard Aumerle

Like ez not, he went over the line beside the driver on the box on the down trip, and took stock of everything.

From Snow-Bound at Eagle's by Harte, Bret

Furthermore, it is the place where the stage changes horses and where passengers on the down trip stop to dine.

From Minnesota and Dacotah by Andrews, C. C. (Christopher Columbus)

Though the messengers had broken the trail on the up journey, they preferred to fall in behind the Doctor on the down trip.

From Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North by Waldo, Fullerton

We could have reached the Presidio if we had not stopped so long, because on the down trip one goes at least twice as fast.

From Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 by Cook, Sherburne Friend