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
Ramsey had seen it on her down trip, when the boat, as required by law when descending the stream there, went eight miles round it in the main river.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
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
It was the down trip, and the boat was in Eagle Bend when Henry Clemens appeared on the hurricane deck with an announcement from the captain of a landing a little lower down.
From The Boys' Life of Mark Twain by Paine, Albert Bigelow
On the down trip Bobby found his mother waiting by the gate, a heavy shawl thrown over her head and shoulders.
From The Adventures of Bobby Orde by Brehm, Worth
