whole of which was attended with equal danger and carelessness

As we came upon the brink of one of them
it was found the men had left the breakers and the cars
were about to run down the horses. The conducter seeing
this hollowed for the man to break but finding no one at the breakers
and the cars approaching the incline plain the teamster
liberated his horses as soon as possible and they only just
escaped being run down and the conductor sprang to the
breaker himself and with great exertion barely saved us from
madly running down the plain and being dashed to atoms

I was standing in the cars at the
time and instantly throwing off my cloak prepared myself
for leaping out in case the cars should start down the
plain. In either case it might have killed me but
I knew it was certain death to be dashed downward and
chose the alternative of a desperate chance in leaping out
but through the mercy of God we were stoped at the
very brink

The whole passage across the mountains
was a constant scene of danger and I called upon God
in my heart to preserve my life

Even while on a level we were running
on the edge of a precipice hundreds of feet deep over
which if a wheel had broken or run off the track the
cars would have plunged awfully down and made an
end of all flesh on board.

We passed through one tunnel in the
mountain and when we reached the bottom of the incline
plains I felt thankful to God that we were mostly
out of danger but the^y^ put the boat together and started
on the rail with all on board without horse or steam
and the railroad being a little on the descent it increased
in speed until it ran at a rapid rate and we
were still in danger of being upset. The train ran
of itself for about four miles until it came to the
canal and here again to finish the day with
danger a train of cars was left in our track and
with all the power that could be exerted on the breaks

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whole of which was attended with equal danger and carelessness

As we came upon the brink of one of them it was found the men had left the breakers and the cars were about to run down the horses. The conducter seeing this followed for the men to break but finding no one at the breakers and the cars approaching the incline plain the teamster liberated his horses as soon as possible and they only just escaped being run down and the conductor sprang to the breaker himself and with great exertion barely saved us from madly running down the plain and being dashed to atoms

I was standing in the cars at the time and instantly throwing off my cloak prepared myself for leaping out in case the cars should start down the plain. In either case it might have killed me but I knew it was certain death to be dashed downward and close the alternative of a desperate chance in leaping out but through the mercy of God we were stoped at the very brink

The whole passage across the mountains was a constant scene of danger and I called upon God in my heart to preserve my life

Even while on a level we were running on the edge of a precipice hundreds of feet deep over which if a wheel had broken or run off the track the cars would have plunged awfully down and made an end of all flesh on board.

We passed through one tunnel in the mountain and when we reached the bottom of the incline plains I felt thankful to God that we were mostly out of danger but they put the boat together and started on the rail with all on board without horse or steam and the railroad being a little on the descent it increased in speed until it ran at a rapid rate and we were still in danger of being upset. The train ran of itself for about four miles until it came to the canal and here again to finish the day with danger a train of cars was left in our track and with all the power that could be exerted on the breaks