A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird
To My Sister, to whom these letters were originally written, they are now affectionately dedicated. Contents LETTER I Lake Tahoe--Morning in San Francisco--Dust--A Pacific mail-train--Digger Indians--Cape Horn--A mountain hotel--A pioneer--A Truckee livery stable--A mountain stream--Finding a bear--Tahoe. LETTER II A lady's "get-up"--Grizzly bears--The "Gem of the Sierras"--A tragic tale--A carnival of color. LETTER III A Temple of Morpheus--Utah--A "God-forgotten" town--A distressed cou...
ear God," she cried, "you loved him!"
Anne moved upon her pillow, drawing weakly, slowly near until her white lips were close upon her sister's ear. "The night," she panted--"the night you bore him--in your arms--" Then did the other woman give a shuddering start and lift her head, staring with a frozen face. "What! what!" she cried. "Down the dark stairway," the panting voice went on, "to the far cellar--I kept watch again." "You kept watch--you?" the duchess gasped. "Upon the stair which led to the servants' place--th...
Transactions of the Colony, from the Beginning of the Year 1790 until the End of May following.
Our impatience of news from Europe strongly marked the commencement of the year. We had now been two years in the country, and thirty-two months from England, in which long period no supplies, except what had been procured at the Cape of Good Hope by the 'Sirius', had reached us. From intelligence of our friends and connections we had been entirely cut off, no communication whatever having passed with our native country since the 13th of May 1787, the day of our departure from Ports...
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Britain gives France 48 hours to back down
Warns Paris of legal action
France asks EU to punish Brexit Britain
LONDON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Britain told France on Monday that it must back down within 48 hours in a fishing row that threatens to spiral into a wider trade dispute or face tortuous legal action under the Brexit trade deal.
France says Britain has refused to grant its fishermen the correct number of licences to operate in British waters and has said it could impose targeted measures from Tuesday, including tightening some checks on trucks moving between the neighbours.
Britain says it is issuing licences to vessels that can prove they have previously fished in UK waters.
The row intensified last week when the French seized a British dredger, the Cornelis Gert Jan, in French waters near Le Havre, saying it did not have the required licences, though the boat's owner said it had all the appropriate documents.
"The French have made completely unreasonable threats, including to the Channel Islands and to our fishing industry, and they need to withdraw those threats or else we will use the mechanisms of our trade agreement with the EU to take action," Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told Sky News.
"The French have behaved unfairly. It's not within the terms of the trade deal. And if somebody behaves unfairly in a trade deal, you're entitled to take action against them and seek some compensatory measures. And that is what we will do if the French don't back down," Truss said.
Asked over what time frame France should back down, Truss said: "This issue needs to be resolved in the next 48 hours."
DISTRACTION
The row also risks being a distraction at the COP26 climate summit which began in Scotland on Sunday. read more
Paris has said it could ban British fishing boats from unloading in French ports, carry out additional licence checks on British vessels, tighten controls of trucks and reinforce customs and hygiene controls if talks fail.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he had been "puzzled" to read a letter from Paris to the European Union. Sent by French Prime Minister Jean Castex, it called on the bloc to demonstrate there was "more damage to leaving the EU than to remaining there". read more
The fishing issue dogged Brexit talks for years, not because of its economic importance but because of its political significance. If not resolved, it could trigger the beginning of dispute measures in the Brexit trade deal as early as this week.
When asked why the fishing issue, a long source of discord between France and Britain, had again soured ties, Truss suggested it might have something to do with next year's presidential election in France.
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird
To My Sister, to whom these letters were originally written, they are now affectionately dedicated. Contents LETTER I Lake Tahoe--Morning in San Francisco--Dust--A Pacific mail-train--Digger Indians--Cape Horn--A mountain hotel--A pioneer--A Truckee livery stable--A mountain stream--Finding a bear--Tahoe. LETTER II A lady's "get-up"--Grizzly bears--The "Gem of the Sierras"--A tragic tale--A carnival of color. LETTER III A Temple of Morpheus--Utah--A "God-forgotten" town--A distressed cou...
ear God," she cried, "you loved him!"
Anne moved upon her pillow, drawing weakly, slowly near until her white lips were close upon her sister's ear. "The night," she panted--"the night you bore him--in your arms--" Then did the other woman give a shuddering start and lift her head, staring with a frozen face. "What! what!" she cried. "Down the dark stairway," the panting voice went on, "to the far cellar--I kept watch again." "You kept watch--you?" the duchess gasped. "Upon the stair which led to the servants' place--th...
Transactions of the Colony, from the Beginning of the Year 1790 until the End of May following.
Our impatience of news from Europe strongly marked the commencement of the year. We had now been two years in the country, and thirty-two months from England, in which long period no supplies, except what had been procured at the Cape of Good Hope by the 'Sirius', had reached us. From intelligence of our friends and connections we had been entirely cut off, no communication whatever having passed with our native country since the 13th of May 1787, the day of our departure from Ports...
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