Travels in the East Indian Archipelago
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Descending from these branches in a sharp curve, they rise again steeply at the farther end of the bridge. From these rattans vertical lines are fas- tened to the rattans below them, exactly as in our suspension bridges, and thus all parts are made to aid in supj^orting the weight. At each bank the bridge is some eight feet wide, but it narrows tow- ard the middle until it is only two feet, where it vibrates the most. I had been directed to go over, if possible, at a hurried walk, and thus brea...k up the oscillating motion, and particularly cautioned against seizing the side of the bridge, lest it might swing to the opposite side and throw me off into the abyss beneath. When I had gone half-way across the first span I found that one of the cross-boards, on which I was just in the act of placing my foot, had become SUSPENSION BRIDGE OF RATTAN.
■ I? A SUSPENSION BRIDGE OF RATTAN. 429 loose and slipped over to one side, so that, if I liad stepped as I liad intended, I slionld have put my foot through, if indeed I had not fallen headlong and been dashed on the rocks in the torrent more than a hundred feet beneath me.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Descending from these branches in a sharp curve, they rise again steeply at the farther end of the bridge. From these rattans vertical lines are fas- tened to the rattans below them, exactly as in our suspension bridges, and thus all parts are made to aid in supj^orting the weight. At each bank the bridge is some eight feet wide, but it narrows tow- ard the middle until it is only two feet, where it vibrates the most. I had been directed to go over, if possible, at a hurried walk, and thus brea...k up the oscillating motion, and particularly cautioned against seizing the side of the bridge, lest it might swing to the opposite side and throw me off into the abyss beneath. When I had gone half-way across the first span I found that one of the cross-boards, on which I was just in the act of placing my foot, had become SUSPENSION BRIDGE OF RATTAN.
■ I? A SUSPENSION BRIDGE OF RATTAN. 429 loose and slipped over to one side, so that, if I liad stepped as I liad intended, I slionld have put my foot through, if indeed I had not fallen headlong and been dashed on the rocks in the torrent more than a hundred feet beneath me.
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