| 单词 | tussock |
| 例句 | Now it was leaping and hopping among the grass tussocks, striking at the two rabbits with terrible darts of its head. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The cairn was a little taller than me, long and narrow with a rectangular opening in one end, like a door, and it rose from the mud on a tussock of grass. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z As he began to feed, Hazel came up and fell in with him, nibbling among the grass tussocks and wandering on wherever his friend pleased. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped and drew out of a tussock, into which some heavy foot had trampled it, a short jagged blade. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z On the other side the meads had become rolling downs of withered grass amidst a land of fen and tussock. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At last they came to the end of the black mere, and they crossed it, perilously, crawling or hopping from one treacherous island tussock to another. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then, from between two great tussocks of hair grass came Fiver, his eyes blazing with a frantic urgency. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside a tussock of grass a little way outside the opposite copse, a rabbit was sitting and gazing at them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The dog, coming suddenly upon him face to face among the rough tussocks, recoiled a moment, startled and confused. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There were also abominable creatures haunting the reeds and tussocks that from the sound of them were evil relatives of the cricket. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They sailed ahead and by three o’clock could make out the faint patches of green tussock grass that grew among the snowy rocks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z To the west again was a shallow, dry downland combe, perhaps four hundred yards across and overgrown with weeds and rough, yellowing summer tussocks. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hurrying forward again, Sam tripped, catching his foot in some old root or tussock. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He did not know what he was watching for, nor could he see any enemy, except the tussocks and his nibbling mates. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Tufts of Jaunty’s straw-colored hair stuck out around his ears and under the brim of his hat like tussocks of dry grass. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The seats are spacious and windows panoramic, perfect for enjoying the wide-screen scenery – from the pastoral Canterbury plains, through forest and lowland rivers, up to tussock sheep stations. Passing panorama: New Zealand’s glory from a train window 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z After another jolting ride along an undulating, sandy path, we set out up the west slope at 11:15 p.m., trudging through the tussocks and powdery dark ash. Peering Into Volcanoes at Tanzania’s Crater Highlands 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z As does the surrounding lonely shoreline and saltmarsh, whose muddy tussocks hop with wading birds and whose beaches are composed, in part, of yellow cockleshells. 10 hidden beaches, bays and walks on the UK coastline 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z All around us lay flower-speckled meadows, fragrant herbs, thick tussocks of grass of an emerald shade I had rarely encountered. Slow Travel: Walking in Wales 2013-05-24T17:03:36Z Enlarged, the banded tussock moth takes on a reticulated wing pattern, and its thorax is graced with fine turquoise lines. The underrated beauty of moths 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Head west across the mudflats at the outflow of Loch Tarbert, and negotiate a patchwork of peat bog and tussock grass down to the coast, using intermittent deer tracks. Scotland’s best Highland bothy weekend adventures 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The verdant mound of Colin Richmond's design even resembles the incongruous tussock from which the speeches were delivered in the Olympic stadium. The Wind in the Willows – review 2012-12-05T17:12:05Z The tussocks here in Maryland could turn an ankle, and the jumps are higher, but the opportunities for social climbing are not. Maryland’s Hunt Cup, the country’s most challenging horse race, bets on its future 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Last year, the species seen on Staten Island included the banded tussock, the tulip-tree beauty and the large yellow underwing. Spare Times for Children for July 24-30 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z “It could be big tussocks just like a couple of years ago, and it could be a brutal run, you know, with the rolling hills and possibly barren tundra.” Heat takes toll as Iditarod mushers trek across Alaska 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z It revealed that prime night parrot habitat in Queensland consisted of areas of tussock grass called triodia that had been long untouched by fire, and close to water sources and seed-rich floodplains. Chasing the ‘Ghost Bird’ of Australia’s Outback 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z The man was navigating off-piste when he slipped in tussocks of grass. Walker rescued after losing glasses on High Raise 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z “Tahr are social animals and can move in large groups browsing alpine herbs, tussocks and shrubs,” said the department of conservation’s James Howborow. Alpine ecosystems at risk as tahr population booms in New Zealand 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The creature — not to be confused with the white-marked tussock moth — has sharp barbs that stick to skin and typically result in a rash or irritation. Pennsylvania mom says daughter ‘screamed bloody murder’ after touching poisonous caterpillar 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Song sparrows here usually nest on the ground, nearly invisible under any available tussock. The Not-So-Simple Secret World of Song Sparrows 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z “I dreamed of riding horses across the vast plains, along winding riverbanks and through golden tussocks in the sharp, beaming sunshine of the land of the Kiwi.” Billionaires' bolthole: how New Zealand became an escapee's paradise 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Vast portions of the lake are marred by tussocks: a mix of floating mud, soil and decaying vegetation. Slow progress despite efforts to fix Orange Lake pollution 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z “They have a patchy effect across the landscape, but large groups of animals can transform tall tussocks and subalpine shrublands to a grassy turf or bare ground.” Alpine ecosystems at risk as tahr population booms in New Zealand 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z These critters will disappear as the weather gets colder, as white hickory tussock moth caterpillars spend the winter in cocoons, according to the University of Wisconsin. Pennsylvania mom says daughter ‘screamed bloody murder’ after touching poisonous caterpillar 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Then lawns turn to curated dust pits, pocked with loose, yellow tussocks. Letter of Recommendation: AstroTurf 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The hilly outcrop covered in golden tussock and native trees boasts uninterrupted views, across sometime placid waters, of New Zealand’s snow-capped Southern Alps. Billionaires' bolthole: how New Zealand became an escapee's paradise 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z People dispute whether the tussocks occur naturally or form because of the lake’s overabundance of unwanted nutrients. Slow progress despite efforts to fix Orange Lake pollution 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z The tussock moth caterpillar comes in an array of brilliant colors. Secret of "Death" Moth's Scary Squeak Revealed 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z The white hickory tussock moth caterpillar has been spotted in the central part of the state, according to KDKA. Pennsylvania mom says daughter ‘screamed bloody murder’ after touching poisonous caterpillar 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The tussock moth caterpillar comes in array of brilliant colors. 15 Pictures of Adaptable, Beautiful, and Misunderstood Moths 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Captive Grassland earless dragon climbing in tussock; image by Tony Gamble, used with permission. Grassland earless dragons 2014-01-04T22:45:05.582Z Swamp-loving plants, like sedges and tussocks, are the fossil survivors, not delicate leaves from hardwood trees. What America's Forests Looked Like Before Europeans Arrived 2013-11-13T23:45:00.387Z This is a warning to predators to steer clear—some tussock moths cause skin rashes, while others are toxic to eat. Secret of "Death" Moth's Scary Squeak Revealed 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z In Alaska, a lightning-sparked fire in the Denali National Park and Preserve had spread across 950 acres of mostly tussock and brush, among ponds still partly covered with ice, park officials said. Wildfires hit U.S. West, could spread to Native American sites 2013-06-04T01:54:44Z This is a warning to predators to steer clear—some tussock moths cause skin rashes while others are toxic to eat. 15 Pictures of Adaptable, Beautiful, and Misunderstood Moths 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Then we bent down and noticed a cylindrical dropping half submerged below the tussock. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z The irregular row of thatched cottages was set perhaps a hundred yards back from high-water mark, and the intervening space was a waste of sand, coarse tussocks, and the glaucous blue sea-holly. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Paludose and alpine species, of various habit, mostly with colored spikes, often in dense tufts or tussocks. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z At the beginning of April the tussock grass, by which they had ascended the cliff, caught fire, and their means of reaching game, in the shape of wild pigs and goats, was cut off. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The tussock moth caterpillar comes in array of brilliant colors. 15 Pictures of Adaptable, Beautiful, and Misunderstood Moths 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z The field is often reduced to a pockmarked stubble, bald patches alternating with tussocks of jaggedly shaved 6-inch weeds. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ?Urban Growth? 2012-03-22T13:27:22Z Pampas-Grass, a noble species, introduced from Buenos Aires; it forms huge tussocks, 4 or 5 ft. high, above which towards autumn rise the bold dense silvery plumes of the inflorescence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The rabbit was sitting in a tussock about thirty yards from the fence. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z This they repeated later on several occasions, and, climbing the cliffs by the tussock grass, were able to kill or secure on the plateau a few of the wild pigs. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z This is a warning to predators to steer clear—some tussock moths cause skin rashes while others are toxic to eat. 15 Pictures of Adaptable, Beautiful, and Misunderstood Moths 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Then a thick scurf formed on the top; moss grew over it, and the vein-like roots of water-plants bound it together, till it was covered with tussocks and bushes and even fir-trees of some size. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z Long rows of clods out of which rose a tangle of withered grass tussocks stretched across the foreground. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z The following are the best known varieties:— “Astrebla pectinata,” common Mitchell grass, growing in erect tussocks of two or three feet high. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z In the middle of the flat were two or three tussocks on which the grass had been trampled and torn down. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z The tussock moth caterpillar comes in array of brilliant colors. 15 Pictures of Adaptable, Beautiful, and Misunderstood Moths 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z In the meanwhile the hail that glistened in the grass tussocks melted away, and only a few dark clouds drifting to the east marred the tranquillity of the summer evening. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z There are marshy pools here and there, and rough tussocks of coarse grass catch the blown sand. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z The river narrows and turns, then spreads into a swamp, where I weave my curves round the straw-colored tussocks. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z He appeared to know every rock, every bush, and every tussock of grass, disguised though they now were in a mantle of snow. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z This is a warning to predators to steer clear—some tussock moths cause skin rashes while others are toxic to eat. 15 Pictures of Adaptable, Beautiful, and Misunderstood Moths 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z There was not an instant to lose; balancing precariously on a tussock, I flung up my gun and fired. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z In Denmark the nests observed were on tussocks at the edge of the lake, and they were made of moss, part of which the female used to cover her eggs with on leaving them. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z When it was shut, you could not tell it was there, for the grass and tussocks grew over it. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Isolated tufts or tussocks are also characteristic of steppe—and savanna—vegetation and open places generally in the warmer parts of the earth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Unhappily for us humans, caterpillars of the leopard and tussock moths feed upon the tender tissues of this tree, defacing the foliage and making the whole tree unsightly by their presence. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z When it lay upon the purple tussock, the warmth and glow from the sunlit ling gave a fugitive deceptive light to the pale face. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z She hid the first one in a tussock six feet away in one direction, and the second a few paces from him, while the third was left in some clover. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Daintily he pushed his nose among the tussocks, then craned his neck and looked into the thickets. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The pampas have a mellow, dry soil, the common grass growing in tussocks to the height of three or four feet, and possessing a perennial vigor which mostly crowds out other vegetation. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The air was almost still, with just a faint drift from him to us, and I examined every stick and branch, every stump and ant-heap, every bush and tussock, without stirring a foot. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z The meadowlark charms us no more with his long-drawn melody, but with one sharp, insistent note he struts in the meadow stubble or skulks among the tussocks of the pasture and challenges the youthful gunner. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Inside the field the fence's foot was overgrown with tussocks of long grass, honeycombed by runways. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Around were strewn soft cushions of moss and sheaves of waving grass swayed from high tussocks. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z He stumbled along through the wet, coarse tussocks, peering here and there as the forest guard held the lantern before him—his rifle ready. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Towards mid-day the rays of heat poured down so fiercely, they seemed as if they would scorch the very tussock grass itself. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z The “tussock grass” is a wonderful and most valuable natural production, which, owing to the introduction of stock, has become extinct in the two main islands, but still flourishes elsewhere in the group. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Ha! there was the thief; he sprang from the shadow of a large tussock and ran diagonally away, his brush pointed contemptuously straight at us. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z A little to the right was the green tussock upon which Stephanus, after wrenching the gun from his grasp, had stood and looked insulting defiance at him. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Between them and the road could be seen the figure of a man sitting on a doubled-down tussock of “twa” grass. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z The new moon was rising above a wet waste of marsh and tussock and tasseled reeds. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z The male perched on a tussock within two feet of the nest, sang, and then flew off. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z Its sandals whispered through the swaying tussocks, its tresses trailed over the bending plumes of the “toa” shocks. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z "Under the tender carpet of green cresses are shining black bogs set with tussock; and under the bog stretches quicksand,—and death." The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z The plumy heads of the grass became pendant with dew-diamonds; every tussock was transformed into a fairy-forest lit by sparkling lamps. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z He sunk up to his knees, and with great difficulty got out by clinging to the tussocks that grew near. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Nests of both species were found in tussocks of black grass. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z Their mode of attacking travellers was to steal up at night among the tussocks and discharge a flight of poisoned arrows at point-blank range, among those surrounding the camp fire. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Foxes will, however, often take up their residence in woods, or even in water-meadows with large tussocks of grass, remaining concealed during the day and issuing forth on marauding expeditions at night. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Just then the man arose from the tussock and disappeared over the edge of one of the gullies. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z On very many farms there are meadows with deep, rich soils that are now lying under grass; or, worse, under tussocks and swamp weeds. Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them 2011-05-10T02:00:58.433Z Of the remaining four nests, three were placed in tussocks of black grass and the fourth one gained support mostly from cord-grass stems. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z But in Winter all the waving plumes crumbled away, leaving the bases of the tussocks as black as pitch. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z An Indian grazing-ground is all rocks and scrub and tussocks and little ravines, among which the herds scatter and disappear. The jungle book 2011-05-02T02:00:19.467Z In dry weather the fibre of the grass crumbles away in dust and the tussock turns black. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z She looked excited and exultant; her hair was roughened by the wind, and her skirts were bedraggled with a heavy dew brushed off tussocks and furze bushes. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z She ran from the tussock and flew a short distance away to a cattail stem. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z Gloom, intensified by contrast with the developing pageant of morning, still lurked among the shrubs and tussocks. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Along with 99% of the desert’s biomass, termites live near grassy mounds called "tussocks." Stealth percussionists of the animal world 2011-03-22T16:15:00.347Z Between the tussocks spring up flowers of marvellous colour, scent, and form. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Great tussocks of succulent feed for spring and early summer, dried by the hot sun into natural hay for autumn and winter use, afford pasture for countless herds of cattle. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z They climbed out and immediately hid in a tussock of grass a few inches behind the nest. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z Mechanically I strode on, avoiding without conscious volition the shrubs and tussocks. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z When desert winds blow through the grass, they set the tussocks into subterranean resonance – and a hungry golden mole uses these vibrations to guide the first part of its nightly excursion. Stealth percussionists of the animal world 2011-03-22T16:15:00.347Z The grass with which the greater part of the plain is covered grows in thick shocks some thirty inches in height, from raised tussocks about six feet apart. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z In all likelihood he will stick his head into a thick bush or tussock of long grass—where the dogs will soon “cook his goose” for him, although he be a turkey-gobbler. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Having penetrated a considerable distance into this and found a tussock on which we could deposit our loads, though there was no place to sit, my companion went back for the rest of his pack. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z In winter the feathery plumes of the “toa” crumble away to dust and the stumps of the tussocks turn jet-black. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z As the sandy traveler nears the tussock, it’s able to detect the more subtle vibrations of the termites themselves, and it sneaks up to claim its crunchy snack. Stealth percussionists of the animal world 2011-03-22T16:15:00.347Z The female tussock moth is a wingless, thick-bodied creature, gray in color, very downy, and about three fourths of an inch long. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z I crouched behind the thick tussocks of the zamias. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z The two men “hopped” the broad expanse of Patch Dam heath, springing from tussock to tussock of the sphagnum moss. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z The spoor of the cobra,—the hooded yellow death,—could be seen among the tussocks in every direction. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z She sprang upon the tussock on which the victim of the accident had evidently been before her. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z The following directions apply more particularly to the study of the cocoons and the general harmfulness of the tussock moth. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z They would make a rush ahead of the waggons; dive under a bush, tussock of grass, or anything giving shade; and there lie panting till the train got past. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Barrett sat down upon a tussock, and held his throbbing head in his hands. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z No more shall I see your bullet-shaped, pepper-corned head with its oblique eyes and gleaming teeth arising unexpectedly from among the tussocks. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z She came out upon the narrow tussock slowly, but surely. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z For what work does each form seem particularly adapted?What methods would you use that the tussock moth might be destroyed or kept out of a community? A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z We tramped carelessly through it, not even looking for tussocks, and the water sucked merrily in and out of our shoes. The Jonathan Papers Acres of alder swamp spread away on either hand, set with swale and pool and tussock. The Moonlit Way The roofs of many a city of desert mice sank beneath our footsteps and the horned adder hissed defiance at our caravan from his home at the tussock’s base. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Not far below the hollow log began a tiny slough which presently widened out until footprints were discernible in the mushy tussocks of what had before been a fringe of marsh-grass. The Auto Boys' Mystery The numerous small worm-like creatures often found are the caterpillar stages of another insect, an ichneumon fly, which laid its eggs under the skin of the tussock caterpillar. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z Just a big, bushy, green clump, full of glossy black or softly blue berries, and you can sit right down on the tussocks among them, put your pail underneath a bush, and begin. The Jonathan Papers Angered by this failure, the shrew descended the stone heap and scurried over to the fence, poking his nose under every tussock of weeds in search of the nest of some ground-bird. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The waning moon had just arisen; fantastic shadows were cast by every shrub and tussock. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z There, beyond the common with its dry tussocks, stood a town, flanked by mountains, which I knew to be–Barry. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday How has their development affected that of the tussock moth? A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z He learned just what the club-rush has to say, when its tussocks break the snow. The Trail of the Sandhill Stag Then I rode forth crying loud commands and sending my soldiers to seek out all the hidie-holes by the water-sides, and under all the tussocks of heather on the benty brows of the black mosses. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The centre of all their interest is the compact, tight basket woven of wet grass-blades and split rush-leaves which is supported among the reeds or rests on a tussock of wire-grass surrounded by water. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. The flat-topped “tussocks” of hair on many caterpillars look like conspicuous fleshy projections of the body, and they are held prominently when the larva is attacked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Describe the cocoons of tussock moth, clothes moth, leaf roller.What is the difference between a Cecropia cocoon which contains a living pupa and one that has been parasitized? A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z "On swinging tussock the lapwing leaps, Lark's note above plover's swelling, As the crook-backed cotter in silence creeps From his lonely moorland dwelling." The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories They build their nests of moss and grasses, on the ground in open woods, concealing them under tufts of grass or tussocks of earth. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. With them have gone a fair portion of the tussock worms, but the sparrow holds his own. The Meaning of Evolution If seized, the “tussock” comes out, and the enemy is greatly inconvenienced by the fine branched hairs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Moreover, the lapwing was doomed forever and ever to fly from tussock to tussock, uttering over and over again the plaintive cry of “Tyvit! tyvit!” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales But by dint of tremendous exertion I contrived to approach within two hundred and fifty yards, taking advantage of every thin tussock of grass, and, almost at random, fired. Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Sometimes there is a scant lining of grasses or weeds and again the nests will be situated in the midst of a tussock of grass. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Next day they went on and on again, over a wild pampa land now, with here and there a bush or tussock of grass or thistles, and here and there a giant ombu-tree. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure This grass forms rounded tussocks, growing especially on the sand-hills of the desert parts of Australia, which may reach the size of nine or ten feet in diameter. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Its surface was broken here and there, by tussocks of grass and reeds, and beyond it the prairie ran back unbroken, a dim grey waste, to the horizon. Hawtrey's Deputy Then one Saturday evening, when the northwest blazed with orange and saffron flame, I lay among the tussocks of whispering grass reading for the third or fourth time a few well-worn letters from Cousin Alice. Lorimer of the Northwest They build their nests in swampy or marshy places, placing them on the ground, frequently on a tussock, entirely surrounded by water. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. They issued from the side of the camp farthest from the wood, and, crawling on their faces, took advantage of every tussock of grass, waving thistle, or hemlock bush in their way. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Suddenly from a lumpy tussock of old grass, some twenty yards in front of them, with black-tipped ears erect, and long hinder limbs throwing it forward, started a hare. The Picture of Dorian Gray Nest—Of grass and reeds, placed on the ground in a tussock of grass, where there is a growth of briers. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2 August, 1897 Suddenly a little broad-shouldered bird appeared from some mysterious quarter, and flitted silently about from bush to bush or from one tussock of grass to another. Birds of the Rockies Its surface was broken here and there by tussocks of grass and reeds, and beyond it the prairie ran back unbroken, a dim gray waste, to the horizon. Masters of the Wheat-Lands An honest collie found Bombazo—actually scraped him up out of the sand, where he lay buried, with his head in a tussock of grass. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Each bivalve, as she got it, she would carry up to the air-space among the stones, selecting a tussock of grass on which she could rest half out of the water. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Then he crossed a swale of brown reeds and tussock set with little pools of water, opaque and grey in the rain. Barbarians As the summer wind stirs one tussock after another, so she stepped onward between the slimy ponds and deadly quagmires. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations On the bottom is placed about one foot of "tussocks" from a neighboring bog, which may in time decay. Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings Presently he sees a dark form raise itself near a tussock of grass. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure We ran over ridges of heavy, hard tussocks, blown bare of snow, which pitched our pulks right and left, just as I have bumped over the coral reefs of Loo-Choo in a ship's cutter. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Reject all stones, rough clods, tussocks, and the like. Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure Out in the very middle of the bog a figure was standing, balanced on a tussock of firm earth. Margaret Montfort The tussock, in thick clumps, is also seen growing in various directions; indeed, altogether, the Campo is far more completely clothed than either the Llanos or Pampas. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America We did the best we could to comfort our little sister, and were all returning slowly, leading our steeds along the cliff foot, when I stumbled against something lying behind a tussock of grass. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Moreover, the lapwing was doomed for ever and ever to fly from tussock to tussock, uttering the plaintive cry of ‘Tyvit! tyvit!’ Peeps at Many Lands: Norway Big-headed, awkward, dusky, like gnomes or goblins, they hop and scuffle away as you come near them, stumbling over the tangled dead branches and the tussocks of grass, with outspread wings and clumsy motions. Days Off And Other Digressions I walked the hundred yards to the white plastidome, avoiding the few bulbous plants and tussocks of short yellow grass that dotted the dry plain. Attrition The marsh grass over beyond sent up stiff green spikes and tussocks that looked like little islands, and there were water plants with large leaves that seemed continually nodding to their neighbors. A Little Girl in Old Boston The ground below them is bare but for tussocks of coarse grass and ruddy beds of fallen fir needles. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance I bent down to drink, placing one hand on a tussock and the other on what I took to be a stone, about six inches in diameter. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer When half-way across the point, I came suddenly upon a magnificent male tropic bird, sitting in his nest behind a tussock of tall, reedy grass. The Island Home His request to keep myself tight to the sledge was not unnecessary; at one moment the sledge jumped over a big tussock, the next it went down into a pit. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole All around was a blackberry thicket, and a great tussock of brown sedges sheltered the nest like a roof. Plantation Sketches Now sometimes these were left unfinished, and to this day the green tussocks to be seen like little islands about the marshes show where these cakes of clay were placed. Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian There was not enough light for sorting; I sat on a tussock and watched the east grow white. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer At some sight or sound unnoticed by the rider, Manuel's horse shied from off the narrow path of tussocks on which it was picking its way, and swerved directly into the morass. Plotting in Pirate Seas And he saw that each of the tussocks marked the grave of a man. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset Low down, low down, sitting in the tussock brown, Little mate, the sky is beaming; little mate, earth wears no frown. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn There was plenty of grass among the trees, and large tussocks of “bunch grass” mingling with cactus and aloe plants, formed a species of undergrowth. The Boy Hunters As I trampled through the grass the frost spicules from the tussocks I brushed against filled the spaces between the leather and my feet. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer They saw her eat, sitting very straight and noble upon a tussock of bents. Little Novels of Italy She picked her way slowly among the tussocks of dried grass, her skirt daintily kilted. The Blood of the Conquerors Low down, low down, nestling in the tussock brown, Little mate, I’m coming down.” Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn His foot caught in a tussock of grass, and he fell face foremost to the ground, and, before he could regain his feet, a hand was on his collar. The Village by the River The margin of the vlei was very muddy, so, placing my rifle against a tree, I stepped from one tussock to another, so as to get within reach of deeper and, therefore, clearer water. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer To bend down the shrubs and tussocks of grass to furnish solid footing in crossing swampy ground. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula "Not a bit of it; I saw your's fall dead as a stone; he lies half a yard farther in that tussock." Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Here he shut one eye, and looked reflectively with the other at a frog that sat on a tussock near by. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 Then he knocked over a hare—a fat giant of its race—that stared at him brazenly from a tussock. The Time Traders There are a number of tussock moths, sawflies, beetles, etc., which feed on the leaves of nut trees. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 Mrs. Joyce put a spaciousness into her tone wholly disproportionate to their screed of tussocks and boulders; and then paused, hoping that the next inquiry might relate to Bessy. Strangers at Lisconnel Whack! whack! and he gave the hard tussock two kicks with his heavy boot, that fairly made it shake. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago The spider was swiftly crawling up the bank, where it quickly disappeared beneath a tussock. Ralph Granger's Fortunes Ground builders often get up into a bush, and tree builders sometimes get upon the ground or into a tussock of grass. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The nest is a mere pad of grass and feathers placed on the ground in a tussock of grass, beside a clod of earth, or in a depression, such as a hoof-print. A Bird Calendar for Northern India I tethered my horse to a tussock, and selecting a couple of large ones, knotted their tops together, forming thereby a little room about four feet long by two wide. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 As we neared the coast the scenery changed to shifting dunes of pale sand, fine as flour, and tufted with tussocks of wiry grass. Leaves from a Field Note-Book Suddenly, in a tussock of marram, his nose and he stopped dead. The Way of the Wild The marsh marigold lies in the protection of bog tussocks and stream banks. The Garden, You, and I The nest is usually placed in a hole in the ground or a bank or a wall, sometimes it is wedged into a tussock of grass. A Bird Calendar for Northern India When a tract of country is occupied for the first time, it will usually be found covered with tussocks of grass scattered far apart and lying matted and rank on the ground. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 Much scared, he tried to wade out, but could only flounder to a tussock of grass and cling there while he endeavored to kick his legs free. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 One would hop to a softening bit of snow at the base of a tussock keel over and begin to flop, soon sending up a shower of sparkling drops from his rather chilly tub. Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists Ishmael ran towards him, the tussocks, dry from long drought, swaying and sagging beneath him. Secret Bread It is usually placed in the middle of a bush, sometimes in a tussock of grass. A Bird Calendar for Northern India For miles all round were marshes where nothing seemed to grow but tussocks of long wiry grass, with great pools and channels of dark water in between. Carette of Sark An Indian grazing-ground is all rocks, and scrubs, and tussocks, and little ravines, among which the herds scatter and disappear. The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling The caterpillars, adorned and probably protected by their 'tussocks' of black or coloured bristles, feed vigorously. The Life-Story of Insects Phoebe in her white gown sprang onto swaying tussocks and picked plumes of cotton-grass to trim herself a garden hat, and Ishmael steadied her passage. Secret Bread After thirty years of settlement it was almost uninhabited --neglected and overgrown with tussocks and scrub for want of use. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The three classes of insects are: 1. Those that chew and swallow some portion of the leaf; as, for example, the elm leaf beetle, and the tussock, gipsy, and brown-tail moths. Studies of Trees Northward stretched the yellow sand-hills with their tussocks of bent grass as far as the eye could reach. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel Outside a heavy rain fell, deluging the earth and drenching such grass as the winter had left, covering with its faded tussocks the sweep of the park lands. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality An investigation showed the can to be partly filled with caterpillars of the tussock moth. More Toasts Wild boars and their progeny also rooted among the tall tussocks in the marshes by the banks of the river, where it emerged from the ranges into the plains. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Away fly the happy pair to seek some grassy tussock, where, safe from the eye of the hawk and the nose of the fox, they may rear their expectant brood in peace. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader They were now out on the dunes, and she sat down behind one of the largest tussocks, on the warm sand. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel Up they hopped and raced over to the grassy tussock where Mr. Greensnake lay, but to all their questions he would make no reply save to run out his tongue at them. Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories But lastly, pounding through the tussocks in the faint grey light, he met his father charging full upon him, intent to cut him off. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay If they tried to break away, or to hide themselves among the scrub, or behind tussocks, she cut pieces out of their hides with her whip. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Farther on stood a large tussock whose top was trampled flat and covered with sedge-roots. Roof and Meadow He could make lairs beneath the hollies, glide imperceptibly among the trees, crawl on his belly from tussock to tussock, and startle the very foxes by creeping quite close before they smelled peril. The Devil's Garden On the bank behind was a great vigorous growth of golden green skunk-cabbage, that cast a dense shadow over the brown swamp tussocks. Lobo, Rag and Vixen Being The Personal Histories Of Lobo, Redruff, Raggylug & Vixen He went with a long swinging step very light and swift, springing from tussock to tussock of dried brown bent in the marshy places. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Fear dogged his footsteps wherever he went, and the mere sight of him had sent the impudent thief Lilias to hide behind the tussocks. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned He had quite made out a breakfast, when, stepping upon a tall tussock, he stood face to face with me—a human spectator! Roof and Meadow Each step was bringing him nearer to Bunny as it slept or seemed asleep in the tussock. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned A path ran from the summer-house along the steep, almost overhanging cliff, between the lumps of clay and tussocks of burdock. Love It grows in thick clumps or tussocks, and cattle do not care about the leaves. Wildflowers of the Farm She slid from the fence, took to flight, and disappeared among the tussocks near the creek. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Only the shearwaters moaning in their burrows, the little wingless rail skulking from one grass tussock to another, and the saucy finch remained. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The red-furred gentleman was now within fifteen feet of the tussock and still the gray one moved not. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned All the above nests were exactly alike and in similar situations, viz. fixed in the centre of a tussock of coarse grass on the banks of some deep nullahs running through a large grass 'Beerh.' The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Only when some root or twisted tussock of grass would catch my foot and hinder me I cursed it for being in league with Matelgar, tearing my way fiercely over or through it. A Thane of Wessex Here, towards the end of the summer, the blacks used to reap their harvest of fat eels, which they drew forth from the soft mud under the roots of the tussocks. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The tussock grass has been likened to a palm on a small scale, but altogether it reminded me more of the Xanthorrhoea, or grass-tree of Australia. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 The scanty vegetation is apparently limited to a grass growing in tussocks, and a few maritime plants. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 They breed in April and May in the Dibrugarh district, placing their deep cup-shaped nests in tussocks of grass wherever it is swampy, in some instances the bottoms of the nests being wet. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Sheep roamed over the tussocks, but of other provisions there were none. The Long White Cloud He stood at bay among the tussocks, the dogs barking furiously around him. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Yesterday afternoon some of our people employed in cutting grass upon a small island close to the ship, stumbled upon a huge sealion asleep in one of the pit-like recesses among the tussocks. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 This time we have to go into a field to turn, a field full of tussocks, which in the dark we are unable to see, and over which the horses flounder and stumble. Nancy On the 10th instant I found another nest exactly similar, built in a tussock of coarse grass, near the same place; but this was subsequently deserted without the bird laying. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Over the marshes slow hawks sailed, rose, wheeled, and fell; the gray ducks, whose wings bear purple diamond-squares, quacked in the tussock ponds, guarded by their sentinels, the tall, blue herons. The Maid-At-Arms There was soon much squealing of pigs, and barking of dogs among the tussocks. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned On this--Peat Islet of the chart--the tussock grass grows in great luxuriance, and to a stranger presents a most singular appearance. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 So I disappear through the dry, knotted tussocks of the park grass. Nancy On the 19th September I went in the early morning to the same patch of grass and watched another pair, soon seeing the hen disappear amongst some thick tussocks. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 I was so startled that I turned to fly, and in my precipitancy tripped on a tussock and fell. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 7, 1919. The plump quail hides himself in the depths of a thick tussock; the bronze-winged pigeon dives into the shelter of the nearest scrub, while all the noisiest scolds of the air gather round the intruder. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The roof over the well peeped amidst tussocks of grass a good eight feet high, and the canary creeper wrapped about the chimney stack and gesticulated with stiff tendrils towards the heavens. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth The ground was now soft and miry and was covered with tussocks of coarse grass, between which the soil was black and oozy. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War When crawling, it may be said on four legs, through the tussocks or on the side of a grassy cliff, it moves so very quickly that it might easily be mistaken for a quadruped. The Voyage of the Beagle Then he will swing away into the air and run down the wind, gurgling music without stint over the unheeding tussocks of meadow-grass and dark clumps of bulrushes that mark his domain. My Garden Acquaintance And adding example to his words, he began to run, dodging among the willows, and in marshy places leaping from tussock to tussock. The Black Arrow "Aere-perennius," he whispered, walking slowly homeward by a path that no longer ran straight athwart the turf after its former fashion, but wound circuitously to avoid new sprung tussocks of giant grass. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Between us and it was an open space of sloping grass with only one mimosa bush and a couple of tussocks of a sort of thistle for cover. Allan Quatermain But nearer than two hundred yards it was impossible to get; even to raise my head or find a tussock whereon to rest the rifle would have started any deer but this one. Tracks of a Rolling Stone The logic is simple, no madman's logic this time, jumping from tussock to tussock in a misty bog. Dracula An Indian grazing ground is all rocks and scrub and tussocks and little ravines, among which the herds scatter and disappear. The Jungle Book Clusters of strong flowers rose everywhere above the coarse tussocks of bent. Sons and Lovers Instantly the human snake who was stalking him glided on ten yards and got behind one of the tussocks of the thistle-like plant, reaching it as the Elmoran turned again. Allan Quatermain Flax and tussock and fern, Gum and mulga and sand, Reef and palm — but my fancies turn Ever away from land; Strange wild cities in ancient state, Range and river and tree, Snow and ice. In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses Suddenly from a lumpy tussock of old grass some twenty yards in front of them, with black-tipped ears erect and long hinder limbs throwing it forward, started a hare. The Picture of Dorian Gray As they advanced the ground became more and more boggy, and the troops had to move carefully, stepping from one tussock of coarse grass to another, the intervals being filled with black slimy mud. Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest A yellow streak hurled itself though the air, as Puck, who had been investigating a tussock for lizards, awoke to the situation. A Little Bush Maid Nimbly as a cat Gilbert sprang from the saddle, still holding the pummel in his right hand, touched his horse's flank with the whip, and bounded from one tussock to another. The Story of Kennett To cross that morass safely required a touch on tussocks and an upbounding aside, a zig-zag exhibition of great strength and knowingness and recklessness. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man The houses are thatched with a reed-like grass called tussock, which is grown in the gardens or on a piece of ground near. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha On the occasion referred to I found them in a frenzy of excitement, feinting and snapping at something sheltering at the base of a tussock of grass. My Tropic Isle Across the river to the right, the grey slopes and flats stretched away to the distant sea from a range of tussock hills. While the Billy Boils Tufts and tussocks of shattered brush and rolling wreck played round it, and the old gray stone of mullioned windows split the wash like mooring-posts. Erema — My Father's Sin While Kedzie was trying to fit her limber frame among the little hillocks and tussocks on the ground, Charity Coe was sitting at her dressing-table, gazing into the mirror, but seeing beyond her own image. We Can't Have Everything Graham had a plank covered with tussock grass for a pillow and did not get much sleep. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha There were stones to pick up and pile in cairns; red stones, half buried in grass and tussocks, and weighing anything from a pound to half a hundredweight. Back to Billabong It was worth while to hear the poultry cries of the gallinules if nothing more; and often several of the birds would be seen swimming about among the big white lilies and the green tussocks. A Florida Sketch-Book The vegetation grew, not over the whole, but in innumerable tussocks, which made walking very difficult. At Last Then, suddenly, the brambles and tussocks and stringlike grass came to an end; the trees opened out; and the ground began to slope upwards towards a large central mound. Three John Silence Stories We had left William busy blocking up his cave with planks, and stopping up every crevice with tussock, so that not a breath of cold air should enter. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha And then Wat Danbury heard a crash and a thud at his elbow, and looking round he saw a pair of white cords and top-boots kicking out of a tussock of brambles. The Green Flag It was a long tiresome wait, for we were perched upon some tussocks through which the water soon found its way. American Big Game in Its Haunts Occasionally, here and there, could be seen a few green tussocks, with their scant blades, their amphibious flavor and unpleasant dampness. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established The tussocks were blackened and smouldering, and from the centre rose this line of smoke, pale, blue, steady. Three John Silence Stories As it was raging two of the men, Sam Swain and Bob Green, were passing our house and noticed some tussock had been blown off the roof. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha What inexhaustible pastures, what an abundance of that savoury grass, the tussock, does nature lavish on animals there! An Antarctic Mystery On the spit, from among tussocks, a man in a round hat sprang up like a thin black toadstool. Dragon's blood Thick tussocks of old grass are conspicuous at the skirt of a hedge; half green, half grey, they contrast with the bare thorn. The Open Air So were the few green tussocks, with their scant blades, their amphibious flavor, and unpleasant dampness. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers The second night they slept inside the cave, which they cleaned out, and having dried the tussock in the sun had softer beds. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Here and there I found a few phanerogams, some pale-coloured mosses, and especially tussock grass in such abundance that numerous herds of cattle might be fed upon the island. An Antarctic Mystery He tore off his coat, flung it across the saddle, waded out alone through the tussocks, and shooting forward full length in the turbid water, swam resolutely for the island. Dragon's blood You are more apt to find the tall varieties upon knolls in low, wet meadows, and again upon mountain-tops, growing in tussocks of wild grass about the open summits. Locusts and Wild Honey The hillsides are deeply ravined and the slopes covered with a dense growth of tussock, which renders progress uncertain and laborious. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Complaints were made to Repetto about his dogs, and half in temper he picked up his white fox-terrier and hammered it to death, as he thought, and threw it into the tussock. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Now and again a stump or a gaping crack in the ground would flash into view under their very nose, but they cleared everything—stumps, tussocks, gaps, and saplings. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life Our blackbird creaks discordantly, our plaintive lark sings from the meadow tussock, our thrush chimes his heavenly bell from forest dimness. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism A good many were swept away, but after six hours' work we counted 1,400 rescued ones slowly "trailing" up the low sunny hill I have mentioned, and nibbling at the tussocks as they went. Station Life in New Zealand Through bog and tussock it took the party four hours to accomplish this journey. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The cliffs of the island are most precipitous, and from Salt Beach they can only be scaled by holding on to the tussock grass, but the weather was too wet for them to attempt this. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha It grew in little tussocks like bushes, each plant composed of twenty or thirty stalks of a woody toughness and about two and a half feet high. Far Away and Long Ago A dense jungle of tussocks and thorny bushes choked up the feed, and made it impossible to drive any animals through it, even supposing that good pasturage lay beyond. Station Amusements in New Zealand Some of the houses are built of "cob," especially those erected in the very early days, when sawn timber was rare and valuable: this material is simply wet clay with chopped tussocks stamped in. Station Life in New Zealand A fairly large volume of water flowed rapidly downward by several deep gullies and, coming to the terrace, cut narrow, sinuous channels which were soon lost to view in the tussocks. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 There was no sand and they lay at night under the overturned boat on a pebbly beach softened by layers of tussock grass. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha The remainder of the journey I accomplished by feeling every foot of ground in front of me, and crawling like a snail through every tussock. Life's Handicap Gradually he drew Mr. T—— and his chestnut a dozen yards away from the stable, and it was just then that I perceived poor Kitty sitting close under a tussock. Station Amusements in New Zealand I used to feel very envious if my fire got into a bare patch, where there were more rocks than tussocks, and languished, whilst Alice's was roaring and rushing up a hill. Station Life in New Zealand Closer scrutiny shows that the tussock grass radiates closely from a semi-decayed mass of leaf-sheaths, with the blades of grass shooting upwards and outwards as high as three or four feet. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 I am sorry to say one of them purposely set fire to the tussock grass, which has been burning for three days. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Then I waggled it to and fro, but it did not seem to touch ground on the far side of the tussock as it should have done. Life's Handicap Beneath each tussock had lain concealed a small heap of broken china, which must have been placed there in the dead of the night. Station Amusements in New Zealand The road was level, though it had not been made at all, only the tussocks removed from it; but it was naturally good—a great exception to New Zealand roads. Station Life in New Zealand They form diminutive colonies, which are always established on mounds amongst the tussock, or on the hill sides not far from the water. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 It is to be a wooden one made out of our packing-cases and thatched with tussock. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha I went into the tussock, face first, an inch at a time, my mouth open and my eyes fine, full, and prominent. Life's Handicap A tussock, a clump of flax, a tuft of tall tohi grass, all serve as hiding-places; and, wingless as she is, the weka can hold her own very well against her enemies, the dogs. Station Amusements in New Zealand We rounded a high, glacier-worn bluff on the north side, and at 12.30 p.m. we ran the boat ashore on a low beach of sand and pebbles, with tussock growing above high-water mark. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Here and there across its surface were huge mounds of earth and rock and, occasionally, a small lakelet fringed with a dense growth of tussock and Maori cabbage. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 But they often lay away in the tussock where it is almost a hopeless task to find the eggs. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha I followed; Lois followed me, springing lightly from tussock to rotting log, from root to bunchy swale, swift, silent footed, dainty as a lithe and graceful panther crossing a morass dry-footed. The Hidden Children The yellow tussocks were bending all one way, perfectly flat to the ground, and the shingle on the gravel walk outside rattled like hail against the low latticed windows. Station Amusements in New Zealand Running water made a musical sound down the tussock slope and among the boulders. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition He refers to the penguins, kelp-weed and tussock grass; certainly three characteristic features. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Nine hundred bundles of tussock were used to thatch the one side of the house. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Facing the belt of mulga, was a low wall of uprooted tussocks of spinifex built in a half circle and some two feet high. Spinifex and Sand They had each their pair of red blankets, one to spread over a heap of freshly cut tussocks, which formed a delicious elastic mattrass, and the other to serve as a coverlet. Station Amusements in New Zealand We paid our last visit to the nests of the albatrosses, which were situated on a little undulating plateau above the cave amid tussocks, snow-patches, and little frozen tarns. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The floor was covered with tussock, and, by searching amongst the rocks, enough pieces of wreckage were found to keep the fire going. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 They began by cutting the tussock in the garden. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Above the well, to the, North, high anthills and tussocks of coarse grass appeared. Spinifex and Sand All this time we were trying to strike the indistinct road among the tussocks, made by occasional wheels to our house, but the marks, never very distinct in daylight, became perfect will-o'-the-wisps at night. Station Amusements in New Zealand Soon we had converted the boat into a very comfortable cabin � la Peggotty, turfing it round with tussocks, which we dug up with knives. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition With the exception of the wind-vane, which was blown a few yards into the tussock, nothing was damaged. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The dark, rotten soil between the tussocks is cracked and granulated by the drying up of the annual flood. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Here I saw a pure white spinifex rat, leaping the tussocks in front of me, but of course had no means of stopping it. Spinifex and Sand So I pulled up one tussock after another by its roots,—an exertion which resulted in upsetting me each time,—and lighted one as fast as its predecessor burned out. Station Amusements in New Zealand While the camp was being arranged Crean and I climbed the tussock slope behind the beach and reached the top of a headland overlooking the sound. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Bull elephants were now arriving in great numbers, and these monsters could be seen lying everywhere on the isthmus, both up in the tussock, on the beaches, and among the heaps of kelp. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Galusha meandered slowly along the lane, head bent, hands clasped behind him, stumbling over tussocks and stepping with unexpected emphasis into ruts and holes. Galusha the Magnificent They were sitting close to each other on a tussock behind their little tent. When Egypt Went Broke Spaniards grow in clusters, or patches, among the tussocks on the plains, and constitute a most unpleasant feature of the vegetation of the country. Station Amusements in New Zealand The shells of snow over these pockets were traps for our feet; but we scrambled down, and presently came to patches of tussock. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Three men were drowned, their bodies being interred among the tussock, each marked by a life belt and a small board on which the name was roughly carved. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 "Seems no end to education once you start," he chuckled, hacking at a stubborn tussock. We of the Never-Never Then, just as he was turning towards the laager, he thought that he saw something move in a tussock of thick grass, and rode towards it. Swallow: a tale of the great trek She exhibited them to me, and after I had duly admired them, used to carry them off to a nursery of her own, which she had established among the tussocks just outside the stable door. Station Amusements in New Zealand Our minds were set upon reaching the haunts of man, and at our best speed we went along the beach to another rising ridge of tussock. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Feeling a little weary, I sought the hut about 9 P.M. and turned into the sleeping-bag, which was placed on a board bottom covered with tussock, which was by no means uncomfortable. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Every time we tried to answer him we bit our tongues as the buck-board leapt over the tussocks of grass. We of the Never-Never All life is still in the bush at mid-day, but now there were curious scutterings among the grass tussocks, and the whirr of its insect population sounded all round. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Ever since we had left Christchurch the ground had been almost level, and the road consisted merely of a track cleared from tussocks. Station Amusements in New Zealand The train was running through mile after mile of flat, treeless country, liberally sprinkled with trapstones and clumps of tussock grass, which at a distance could be mistaken for couched sheep. Australia Felix The former, which is the larger, is covered with a growth of tussock, while the latter is mainly bare rock. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Much scared, he tried to wade out, but could only flounder to a tussock of grass, and cling there, while he endeavored to kick his legs free. Under the Lilacs Brushing through the long grass tussocks, he goes his way singing, his dog Rover careering joyously before him. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn The cats came, and tussocks stood the poor little creatures in but poor stead. Canterbury Pieces Eighteen weary monotonous miles over the same plains, covered with the same tussock grass, and dotted with the same cabbage-trees. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement All the flowering plants were now showing their extremely modest blooms, and the tussock looked like a field of wheat, each stem having a decided ear. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 There was Mrs. Woodcock peeping at him from behind a tussock of grass. The Burgess Bird Book for Children On this occasion, a Boer gun, cut off by the British advance, flew out suddenly from behind its cover, like a hare from its tussock, and raced for safety across the plain. The Great Boer War On the bank behind was a great vigorous growth of golden green skunk-cabbage, that cast dense shadow over the brown swamp tussocks. Wild Animals I Have Known Let us linger behind and sun ourselves upon a tussock or a flax bush, and let them travel on until we catch them up again. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement They build nests of tussock on rocks close to the water or maybe on the ground. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 "Come on, Goll," he would say to his stag, or, lifting it over a tussock with a tough grip on the snout, "Are you coming, bald Cona'n, or shall I kick you in the neck?" Irish Fairy Tales Aziel let his eyes wander on the ground, and not far away perceived the armlet half-hidden in a tussock of dry grass, where, indeed, it had been placed. Elissa It lay on its side on the slope of a tussock of grass, its hind legs drawn under it, its forelegs raised like the hands of a praying child. The Country House Still the same monotonous plains, the same interminable tussock, dotted with the same cabbage- trees. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement Both had been stacked in cases among the tussock and rocks, well back from the waters of Aerial Cove on the western side of Wireless Hill. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Here, on their enemy's ground, skulking in the rushes, or lying close behind tussocks, they at last reached the fringe of forest below the settlement. Under the Redwoods The water was everywhere—fringing the tussocks of salt grass with concentric curves of spume and drift, or tumultuously tossing its white-capped waves over the spreading expanse of the lower bay. The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales But alas! that swift Camilla, after scouring the plain some two hundred feet with her demitrain, came to grief on an unbending tussock and sat down, panting but savage. Drift from Two Shores Before one, and behind one, and on either hand, waves the yellow tussock upon the stony plain, interminably monotonous. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement The man holding the bird then crouches down, preferably just on the border of the tussock, holding the protesting bird in one hand. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Detached parties do not like to go far into the country, where the smallest tussock, the thinnest brushwood, may conceal an accomplished marksman. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant With a rapid glance at the darkening flat, he then seized his gun, and springing to the spongy bank, half crouching half crawling through reeds and tussocks, he made his way to the brush. The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales All else was a desolate expanse, unrelieved by any structure higher than the tussocks of scant beach grass that clothed it. Drift from Two Shores I soon found myself in the middle of the plains, with nothing but brown tussocks of grass before me and behind me, and on either side. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement It is of a more vivid green than the tussock and is edible, though somewhat stringy and insipid. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Through the tussocks of the grey grass of last year were pricking the vivid shoots of green, and over the grove of young birches and hazel the dim, purple veil of spring hung mistlike. Michael His name was William, and beyond the rats and the swallows he had no other company than a nag called Pepper, whom he fed daily from the tussock he sat on. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard I approached it, dragged at the tussock of grass, which came away easily enough, and revealed the entrance to no more romantic hiding-place than an old secret whiskey “still.” Angling Sketches One start I did get, thinking that I saw men's heads just on the crest of a wave, which turned out to be only a herd of springbuck feeding among the tussocks of grass. Finished Amongst the tussock a hole is first made in the soft earth and then neatly lined with blades of grass. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 She was half in the paddock still and half in the tussock grass. The Garden Party and Other Stories Steelman took Smith for a stroll on the round, bald tussock hills surrounding the city, and rehearsed him for the last act until after sundown. Over the Sliprails So were the few green tussocks, with their scant blades, their amphibious flavor and unpleasant dampness. Selected Stories of Bret Harte We shall long for the fields of Maoriland, to pass as we used to pass Knee-deep in the seeding tussock, and the long lush English-grass. An Anthology of Australian Verse As the shore approached we came to thick tussock and Maori cabbage, and the travelling became much rougher. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 He took his bow and three good arrows, tied a band around his head, and into this stuck a lot of twigs and vines, so that his head looked like a tussock of herbage. Rolf in the Woods We went on along the track for a couple of miles and camped on the sheltered side of a round tussock hill, in a hole where there had been a landslip. Joe Wilson and His Mates The pups when weaned get such rough usage in the rookery that they soon make off into the tussock and sleep for about a month, living on their fat and acquiring a new coat. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Flax and tussock and fern, Gum and mulga and sand, Reef and palm — but my fancies turn Ever away from land; Strange wild cities in ancient state, Range and river and tree, Snow and ice. An Anthology of Australian Verse Masses of tangled kelp, torn from the outlying rocks, washed backwards and forwards in the surf or were carried high up among the tussocks. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The buck found a large patch of berries under a tussock and dropped on its knees to pick them out, while Quonab saw the chance and gained ten yards before the tail gave warning. Rolf in the Woods The rookery is established on a broken rocky face close to the water's edge and the nests are made under rocks, in niches and passages, as well as amongst the tussock growing on the rocks. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Hundreds of sea elephants, mostly of the season's young, lay about in the tussock or amongst the rocks. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 This spot was some eighty yards from the beach and to reach it one traversed an area of tussocks between which sea elephants wallowed in soft mire. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 In going over to the meteorological screen one morning I saw a giant petrel flapping about in the tussock, gorged to such an extent that it could not rise. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 |
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