Was it not reasonable to estimate, that our flight through the darkness had covered several hundred leagues?

Before he had covered two leagues, daylight began to fail in the air, and night fell from the clouds like rain.

Night stopped them when they had covered only three or four leagues.

On the first day they had covered eight leagues; after that they were lucky to make five.

"The Dragon can cover many leagues in a short time," Mylikki said.

According to Pigafetta the voyage covered 14,460 leagues about 81,449 kilometers.

His career covered 12 seasons, eight teams, and 3 leagues.

We're not going to be able to cover much more than five leagues today, so let the others sleep a while longer.

Given the worsening condition of the road, it would be unlikely that they could cover more than ten leagues a day.

By late afternoon they had covered ten leagues, and the snow had largely disappeared from the roadside.