down trip
Example Sentences
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On this down trip from the head of steamboat navigation she met with another accident, running on "a large rolling stone and sinking just above Chimney Peak" some eighteen miles from Yuma.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
That is all he ever sees of Voi, for on the down trip he passes through it about two o'clock in the morning.
From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward
Well, last week, on my down trip, as we rounded a point in one of those narrow places, there, right out in mid-river, was a big buck, swimming across.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
His good fortune in coming up the stream gave him confidence of making the down trip in safety.
From Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
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
