On the Trail of Geronimo — page 41: what you’re looking at

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ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 00 CHAPTER V. OVER THE PRECIPICE. Dick WHITCOMS was one of the finest horsemen that ever graduated from West Point; but when he undertook to manage four galloping steeds, with a heavy coach bounding along behind them, he essayed a task beyond his power and skill. Fortunately there was enough light from the moon just then to permit him to see more clearly than usual. The ascent up which the four horses were plunging was gradual, but a short distance ahead the road was around a ledge of rocks, where the width was no more than half a dozen yards. The turn was a very short one, and, unless the speed was quite moderate, a carriage was sure to be carried over the rocks by its own momentum. The lieutenant had no means of knowing the depth of the gorge which yawned on his left, but he could well believe Buck’s declaration that it was hundreds of feet. A fall - the bottom was enough CoOnniclooo Eo