| 单词 | bowlder |
| 例句 | Bowlder clay, the unstratified clay deposit of the Glacial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z A heap of snow which they had thought concealed a bowlder, exposed by its melting an old flat-bottomed skiff, turned upside down, and under it lay a torn sail, with its mast. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z It lay quite high upon the hills, and there were great gray bowlders peeping through the moss here and there, very fit to break your legs, if you were careless. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z This gorge is interrupted in places by immense bowlders which have fallen from the overhanging cliffs, or by equally large masses of ice which have broken from the glacier. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Just in front of us, close to the inn, a handful of bare black cottages rose from the mud in among rocks and bowlders. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z They were surrounded by rocks and bowlders, looking more like the lurking places of wild beasts than the abodes of men. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z She quietly walked backward three or four steps, and sat down upon a bowlder—an act which the lesser dogs behind at once imitated. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Along the stony beds of lost ravines I passed and saw the frosty bowlders lie like silver mounds in the dawn, glimmering through steaming waters. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z They held their course by a little compass, and did not fear losing their way, though it was easy enough to become confused amid those barriers of heaped bowlders and tangled logs. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z Suddenly he seized me and pulled me, panting, behind him, over bowlders, through bracken, down a hill as steep as a house, in our hurry starting avalanches of stones. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Before we could well make it out we were near a sandy beach covered with bowlders. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The river rushes furiously over a narrow bed filled with bowlders, and bordered by mountains which echo back the roar of the waters. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z A balsam fir that grows on a bowlder leaning out halfway down a ravine hospitably spreads its aromatic boughs flat upon the rock, after the inviting manner of this slumber-giving Northern tree. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z She paused by a mossy-covered bowlder called the "stone seat," and rested her hand upon it. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z On the brow of the hill, like so many bowlders in the mud, were strewn the huts of a miserable village. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Ice-pushed bowlders strew the shore, which is here a gentle meadow slope, based by a gravel beach. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z He might get on alone, spite of troubles and bowlders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z The two rode on together, up steep ascents and down into fragrant gorges where the waters whispered and the dampness of fern and moss lay between dripping bowlders. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z A great regret came upon the young man as he viewed this fine water that rushed and swirled among a thousand bowlders, ideal stepping stones with ideal pools below. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z Almost all the afternoon we were within sight of the loch, while on our left the mountains now rose from the very road-side, and hedges gave place to hill-sides of ferns and heather-patched bowlders. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Strewn with bowlders and hung with bushes and an occasional thicket of elms and oaks, the path was rough but sure. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z “Hist!” warned Harry, suddenly grasping Frank’s wrist and drawing him down behind some bowlders. Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z Down there little cascades whispered, and out of fern banks rose huge brown and gray and green bowlders of sandstone, like altars of the Druids. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Then he made his way among the bowlders and began to whip the larger pools. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z He staggered along behind the one called Rafe, and so came to an opening behind a bowlder which seemed to have been rolled by nature against the hillside. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z Westward are the well-kept hospital grounds, fringed with stately elms overhanging the firm, gravelly beach, studded with ice-heaved bowlders, which extends northward to Neenah. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z The graves were lined with large rocks or bowlders, and over the top there were also rocks to protect the bodies from wolves. A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer 2011-12-21T03:00:30.213Z "But it was all my fault—" Hopalong began, and then he was off like a shot across the open, leaping gullies and dodging around bowlders. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z He followed down the stream, stepping from bowlder to bowlder, casting as he went. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z The hole was sheltered from the direct effect of the wind that was drifting the snow in a huge mound against the bowlder. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z A few big bowlders rolling down from the cliffs would topple Bridgeport over into the river. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z If there are bowlders in the bottom of the ice they may cut grooves or gorges in the underlying rock. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z As he struggled to understand what it meant he saw three men run past a bowlder at his left and then he knew, and still hesitated. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z He motioned her into the seat formed by the bowlder, for she seemed weak from over-excitement. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z Per Gynt skinned the bear, and buried his body among the bowlders; but the head and skin he took with him. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z These ancient channels are filled with sand, gravel, and small bowlders, evidently worn and polished by long attrition. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z If the surface of the ice carried many bowlders, many would be dropped along the line of its edge wherever it remained stationary for any considerable period of time. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z After wandering about all unconscious of espionage Antonio finally drifted to the western edge and seated himself comfortably against a bowlder, Cavalry not fifty feet away in a shadow. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z After a brief search over the rugged ground, he stopped at the side of a huge bowlder and cleared away an accumulation of dry twigs, dead branches, and rotting weeds. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z They had never had such a helper, for Murmur hewed away at the rocks till they burst, and stone bowlders as large as houses came rolling down. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Sometimes bowlders lay about the remains of the posts, as if designed to aid in holding them in position. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi 2011-11-02T02:00:10.087Z This is indicated by the presence of a few drift bowlders on the West bluff of the lake at this height. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z They dropped down behind the loose bowlders while the rustler passed along the edge, his face turned towards the pinnacle. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The moon, shining through a vapory gauze, splashed a misty sheen over bowlders and trees. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Just ahead, Mrs. Vernon saw a huge flat bowlder which would prove an awful jolt unless Hepsy could be guided so as to avoid it. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z At last she reached a bowlder, and, seating herself, leaned against it, removed her sombrero hat, pushed back the moist curls from her forehead, and turned again to the sunset. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z They represent the work of a berg or bergs which at some stage floated out into the lake with bowlders attached. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z Hopalong slid over a bowlder which choked his particular and personal fissure and saw Jim Meeker sliding down the wall in front of it. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The white haze peeping behind, lights up the acute angles of the points—the heights are dark, frowning and barren, with white bowlders at the feet. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z Not a bowlder or rut did she cause the vehicle to encounter. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z They jumped from bowlder to bowlder, and at last stopped where the waters go softly, making a soothing music for the ear. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z It is not to be understood that the proportions of these various physical elements, clay, sand, gravel, and bowlders, are constant. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z On the side farthest from the breastwork it sloped to the stream made by the spring and its surface was covered with bowlders. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Suddenly the great bowlder seemed to start forward of its own motion. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z She found herself presently behind a big bowlder. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z The waters dashed and boiled in eddies, where huge bowlders obstructed the way, making a pleasant murmur to the ear, soft and musical and low. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Away from the ranges, the bowlders are generally of some crystalline rock, such as granite and diabase. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z They clambered up and on, the way becoming narrower and steeper at each step, while here and there their course was made difficult by huge bowlders that had fallen in from above. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z A hundred sharpshooters of any scouting prowess at all could deploy at will amid the tumble of bowlders and knolls and twisted tree trunks and battered foliage and craters. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z I was seated, as I say, on a bowlder, with my legs hanging over the swirling water and my rifle across both knees. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Again she struggled to climb up on the bank, but the bowlder above her was slippery, and there was nothing to cling to. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z That the pebbles and bowlders are of quartzite is significant, for it shows that the older formation had been changed from sandstone to quartzite, before the deposition of the Potsdam sediments. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z The Irishman, Pat Grogan, had been concealed behind another bowlder, and had over heard every word of Fritz's conversation with Silly Sue. No title 2011-08-23T02:00:29.833Z There was a bowlder in the highway yesterday. Subconscious Religion 2011-08-22T02:00:58.937Z But the distant and melancholy love-song and the golden melody of the stream pouring through its bowlders blended not unpleasantly in my ears, and presently conspired to lull me into slumber. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z He sat on a bowlder near a cascade with his back toward her. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Corrasion is accomplished chiefly by the mechanical wear of streams, aided by the hard fragments such as sand, gravel and bowlders, which they carry. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z Here we saw five sealskin tents pitched among the bowlders of a glacial stream. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Crouching behind the bowlders, they peered anxiously into the night, listening for the sound of stealthy footfalls at the entrance to the cañon. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z I was sitting on a great, smooth bowlder, where the little trout stream, which tumbles down Maxon from the east, falls into Hans Creek. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z She climbed up on the bowlder and sat down beside him. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z The drift.—The drift consists of a body of clay, sand, gravel and bowlders, spread out as a cover of unequal thickness over the rock formations beneath. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z I think if I had planted pebbles there, it would have grown bowlders for me. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z The Sioux took shelter behind the bowlders and fought with the fury of despair. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z We had forded West River, crept over the mountain's shoulder, recrossed the river roaring between its rounded and giant bowlders, and now were creeping southward toward the Big Eddy. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Its bed was a succession of bowlders from the size of a man's head to that of a small house, and its waters, coming direct from the snow, were ice cold. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z Since the ice does not assort the material which it carries, as water does, the clay, sand, gravel and bowlders will not, by the action of the ice, be separated from one another. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z He saw his advantage, turned into a stone-yard, dodged among the bowlders, scaled a fence, and made off. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z Freckles suddenly shied as they approached a bowlder which was thrust out of the hillside beside the trail. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z Like a shot squirrel I dropped behind my bowlder and lay flat among the shore ferns, my heart so wild that my levelled rifle shook with the shock of palsy. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The bed of the stream is composed of glacial drift, all the rapids being paved with bowlders varying in size from an inch to two or three feet in diameter. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z The nature and the number of the bowlders in the till, no less than the finer parts, depend on the character of the rock overridden. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z Her attitude, as she stood on a high bowlder at the edge of the water, looking off upon the sea, was almost tragic. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z “Oh! what’s that?” gasped Ruth, as Freckles settled back upon his haunches and showed very plainly that he had no intention of passing the bowlder. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z Early the following morning just such a metaphorical bowlder fell right into the middle of the Snake's Fall stream. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z This was a large, straggling place, half pasture, half wood, full of nooks and corners, with by-paths running hither and thither, and named after two large bowlders, which lay one on top of the other. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z A hard and resistant rock, such as quartzite, will give rise to more bowlders in proportion to the total amount of material furnished to the ice, than will softer rock. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z The leveler, being the hindmost man, rolled over this fence just as a heavy bowlder, hurled by Luke, struck the top rail. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z A dislodged bowlder or the tell-tale rattle of sliding gravel would be quite sure to reach the sharp ears of the suspicious sentinels who had just passed. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z Here a bronze tablet was placed upon one of the huge bowlders upon which he and his friends had often sat and rested after their long rambles. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z If Dum's hat had not been on the side and tilted toward the bowlder, we would have landed in the ditch, I know. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z The bowlders taken up by the ice as it advanced over one sort of rock and another, possessed different degrees of resistance. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z Through this dell Potato Creek meandered fantastically, washing bare the roots of a few gnarled sycamores, and murmuring among the small bowlders that almost covered its bed. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z Then the Ute turned aside to avoid some bowlders, and crawled to the crest of the ridge several bow-lengths away. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z Sometimes they will envelop themselves in a gray blanket, and by an artistic sprinkling of earth will so resemble a granite bowlder as to be passed within near range without suspicion. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z She ran from the road and hovered in the shadow of a huge bowlder, watching fearfully, uttering little moans of fright. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z In general it is true that bowlders in the till, near their parent formations, are larger and less worn than those which have been transported great distances. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z The wild birds sang a triumphant hymn, the breeze freshened till the whole woods rustled, and louder still rose the bubbling of the stream among its bowlders. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z Then they climbed laboriously over the confused jumble of slabs and bowlders until they were halted by a great precipitous field of snow. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z Around hillocks, hurdling bowlders, dodging cones and knobs that were too slippery for climbing, ran the race. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z His face was whipped to rawness by smaller branches, and one knee throbbed dully where it had skimmed a bowlder as they shot past. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z In other places the proportion of foreign bowlders is small, no more than one in ten. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z In the hard, rocky soil of New-Hampshire, as full of bowlders and pebbles as a Christmas pudding is of plums, plowing with such an implement was a sorry business at best. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z As they stood gasping for breath they heard an ominous rumble above them, and looking up they saw a large bowlder bounding down the incline directly toward them. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z Samuel Allen, while seated upon a bowlder of trap-rock that divided the opening, watching the start of the delayed excavation, felt himself seized without warning from behind. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Combining these minor masses into one grand mass and omitting fractions, the result is a bowlder containing something more than twelve million cubic feet of rock. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z In general, however, bowlders of distant origin predominate over those derived close at hand. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z As they cautiously advanced, many a bowlder slipped from beneath their feet and bounded with mighty leapings into the depths behind them. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z The northern ice was broken up by the time it reached latitude 39° North America, leaving its indelible traces in the bowlders, gravel, beds of sand and clay which mark its course. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z The custom had always been to seize such a victim by the ankles, whirl it once about the head to get a good swing, and then to dash its skull violently against a bowlder. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z A thousandth part of this force would pulverize a bowlder of adamant. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z The wear of bowlders by bowlders is effected wherever adjacent ones are carried along at different rates. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z Its sides are overlaid with confused masses of bowlders and treacherous gravel, through which appear at intervals sheer cliffs and bare ledges of solid rock. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z Their date is not coeval with the bowlder clay, but undoubtedly belong, to the last of this epoch. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Molly stopped stock-still and uttered a piercing scream, after which she climbed rapidly to the top of a near-by bowlder, where she perched, her skirts daintily raised, her eyes bright with excitement. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z To the beholder it is matter of astonishment what can have become of the great mass of earth, rock, gravel, and bowlders, large and small, which once filled the immense chasm that lies below him. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z Between rocks the size of a city mansion and unsteady bowlders no larger than a man's head the ground was all but covered. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z On lifting his head from the delicious water, he could hardly believe his eyes as they rested on a solitary bird, that he knew to be a ptarmigan, crouching beside a bowlder. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z Drift, a collection of loose earth and bowlders, distributed during the glacial epoch over large portions of the earth's surface. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Molly's gingham dress fluttered for the last time before she turned the corner of a bowlder. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Gerald went to the mules, which had profited by the rest allowed them to browse on the puny plants growing here and there between the bowlders. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z There is an irregular, outjutting ledge of rock here, and it was beneath a moss-splotched bowlder I found a hole leading into the knob, its entrance large enough for me to stand erect in. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z But there was no time for contemplation, for at that moment a plunging bowlder from above warned them that their pursuer was already in the channel. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z The stout youth held up a rounded bowlder, which must have weighed at least four pounds. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z Standing by that big bowlder, Shea suddenly awakened from his dream. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z The huge gateway created by Nature herself for the ravine, had vanished, and in its place a heap of broken rocks and bowlders barred the entrance. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z Shaping itself to a sharp point represented by an enormous, deeply imbedded bowlder, the formation broadened backward rapidly and generously, widely deflecting the halved stream. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z They were near its bottom when a bowlder on which Bonny had just leaped rolled from under him, and he fell heavily on a bed of jagged rocks. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z The old Indian stood upright upon a bowlder, and pointed to the entrance of the rocky bowl. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z Out of the night on the other side of the bowlder, where the dim fire of the two natives had flickered into red embers, floated a slow, musical laugh and a few words. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z The next moment they saw something drifting slowly past the bowlder. Spotted Deer 2011-01-25T03:00:24.283Z He sat on a bowlder at the top of the rise for a little while and gazed down on them—the hundred men of “Britt’s Busters,” bound in for the winter cutting on Umcolcus waters. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Guided by these, they soon came to a ridge of bowlders and gravel, forming one of the lateral moraines of a glacier that lay in glistening whiteness beyond. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z From behind the big bowlder he watched the events that were to follow. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z He took a retreating step, and another, as that tall figure strode down at him; he backed against a bowlder and stood thus, staring. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z The slope was strewn with bowlders and tree trunks, and a dense tangle of brush and vines concealed the pitfalls. Spotted Deer 2011-01-25T03:00:24.283Z Two other men—two men who had been on the outskirts of the fray from its beginning—came leisurely up the hill, and sat down on the bowlder behind which was couched Tommy Eye. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Now came a rude granite stairway with steps fit for a giant, and then a long slope of loose bowlders, that rocked and rolled from beneath their feet as they sprang from one to another. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z Even now, at midday, the sunlight of the upper places left it cloistered and the bowlders trooped along in ferny dampness, where the little waters whispered. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Abel Dorales, ashen white, edged around the side of the bowlder. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z It was covered with a torrent-strewn mass of smooth rocks, from pebbles to bowlders of a ton's weight. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open He struck his spikes against the bowlder with such force that a stream of fire followed the kick. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Much gold has been found here in what are termed pockets, under bowlders and large stones that lie on the sandy beach of the west coast. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands As a matter of fact, he was watching the proceedings from behind a convenient bowlder. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Around the bend, out of Shea’s sight, she leaned against a bowlder. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Off the trail fallen logs and bowlders covered the ground, and the moss covered everything ankle-deep or knee-deep. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open On the slope above them, less than three hundred yards from the trail, a great bowlder of gray granite stood out prominently from the bushes and the smaller lumps of rock around it. The Red Mustang One bowlder was pointed out to us which must weigh at least a hundred tons, that was thrown a quarter of a mile from the mouth of the crater. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Three men in plain, dark clothes sprang from behind a gigantic bowlder, and, in an instant, the Sicilian was seized from behind. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Samson forced his great length downward and inward under the bowlders and found, as Jessica had felt sure, a small but perfectly dry and well-protected cave. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch I was filled with a new courage, and climbing to the top of the outermost bowlder, I drew the long white scarf from my neck and waved it to and fro above my head. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec On the bowlder, at its very edge, stood the figure of a man who was even more noteworthy than were the officer and the peon. The Red Mustang Rounded waterworn pebbles and cobblestones among a mass of angular bowlders, left behind by glacier streams, together with an occasional striated pebble, were “sermons in stones” to the geologist. Unexplored! Since then all roads built on the island have been constructed of native granite bowlders with good results, and at a much lower cost. The Future of Road-making in America Now and then a small bowlder or a little dirt came down from above, where the hill rose sheer above the slip. The Land of Strong Men There was a yell of delight from above, and then the big bowlder came rolling straight for Gilbert. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy He and his bowlder seemed to be alone, jutting out from the slope, but that was an optical illusion. The Red Mustang Once a huge bowlder that overhung a precipice rocked under Ted, and it was only by a swift spring that he saved himself. Unexplored! Sweat lodges, broken tepee-poles, piles of blackened stones, and rings of bowlders told of the many fires that had been built. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop Hundreds of tons of gravel, earth and small bowlders had slid down on it. The Land of Strong Men Then the bowlder went bounding past him, to crash into some small trees at the bottom of the hill. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy At the right of the granite bowlder, and several paces from the edge or the ledge, were some huge fragments of red basalt rock. The Red Mustang “But a thriller,” Ace assured them, as Norris lighted his pipe on the lee of a bowlder. Unexplored! Already the sun, sinking behind the hill, threw across the meadow a mysterious purple gloom, out of which a couple of tents gleamed like gray bowlders. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop Now and then it turned out to avoid a bowlder, but otherwise it went straight ahead, as though no doubt of direction existed in its maker's mind. The Land of Strong Men At the top of the hill were a number of great bowlders and behind these some of the Russians were in hiding, sending down a spiteful fire whenever the opportunity presented itself. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy Down it came, slowly at first, then more swiftly, and the tall pines were snapped off and swept away, and great bowlders were caught up and carried with it. The Red Mustang Come on, fellows, snuggle up,” as Norris seated himself compliantly, back against the bowlder. Unexplored! I once saw three of them standing like black images on a granite bowlder, on top of a hill overlooking the valley. A-Birding on a Bronco On another occasion a bowlder had fallen upon the trail, partially embedding itself. The Land of Strong Men This, taken in connection with the friction of the great ice bowlders, produces a movement that is exceedingly complicated in its actions and interactions. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. They were probably the very force which had made a target of him as he stood so heroically upon the bowlder, and into whose camp he had afterwards so daringly ventured after horses and plunder. The Red Mustang For perhaps an hour they rested, flat on the floor of the cave,—after having tied the horse to a bowlder just outside. Unexplored! The road was a narrow line between silvered fields of headed grain, and the granite bowlders gleamed white on the hills inclosing the sleeping valley. A-Birding on a Bronco Presently the great bowlder circled into view, and she got a very satisfactory sight of the pictured mule on its face before a sudden swerve of the train swept it out of range. A Romance in Transit The rounded appearance of bowlders was caused by the grinding action of the ice. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. Not far away, on the left, were the tall pines under one of which Ping had curled down, while outside of all was a bare ledge of rock, littered with bowlders and fragments. The Red Mustang The side they were on, the short side of the turn, was becoming impassable with rough bowlders and tangling underbrush. Unexplored! It was found that there had been no actual landslide, but the ravine was choked with large bowlders which at various times had fallen from the cliffs above. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day This jam had its origin in a group of sandstone bowlders in the centre of the river, on the edge of the rapids. Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 It is only necessary then to examine the bowlders of any particular locality to determine the direction of the ice flow at that point. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. Perhaps the old Chiricahua guessed that he had been hidden among the "heap rock" bowlders and crags at one time, and knew why Tah-nu-nu did not join him. The Red Mustang The way began to be all bowlders, larger and larger ones. Unexplored! In 1867 a bowlder of gold quartz was found in what is known as the "Bowlder Gravel" claim, from which many smaller gold-quartz nuggets have been taken at various times. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 He then drew it to the end of the log previously mentioned, held it by the stern, with the prow pointed downward, and appeared to be looking for a passage through the submerged bowlders. Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 In the bottom of each one was found a bowlder, and in one or two cases two of them. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. It is not advisable to place large bowlders in the pond, as they are in the way of seining or netting, and furnish an acceptable resort for crawfish, which are enemies when large. The Ranidae How to breed, feed and raise the edible frog They would not slip on smooth rock ledges, they could hop up or down bowlders like so many bipeds. Unexplored! As he started to continue on his way his quick eyes espied something on the bowlder which made him suddenly draw rein again. The Orphan In a few moments more the wonderful view had disappeared, and the sledges were threading their way amid a chaos of gigantic bowlders and snow-covered landslides from the peaks that rose on both sides. Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 Where there was only a single bowlder the holes were almost perfectly round, but where there was more than one bowlder the holes were sometimes in an oblong shape. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. The hill lengthened before her in gradual ascents, broken by terraces, and the way was rough with bowlders and fallen trees and the clutching tangle of undergrowth. Ewing\\'s Lady Then Long Lester, who was in advance, saw the hat, and it but remained to remove the bowlder. Unexplored! Waiting until they had disappeared over the northern end of the crescent-shaped range of hills, he hurried to the bowlder and again picked up the arrow. The Orphan Everything near us was apparently affected by it, and several large bowlders started from their ticklish beds and rolled away down the mountain. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. The bowlders were worn down to a very small size in most cases, and were round and smooth. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. Through their supper Ewing, unable to eat, had sat staring afar, helpless in the rush of the current, inert as a bowlder in the bed of a mountain stream. Ewing\\'s Lady Breasting the wind, he headed around the twisting stems of unyielding manzanita, then up, straight South, over slide rock and fallen tree trunks, turning aside for only the larger bowlders. Unexplored! The Indian had fallen forward against the bowlder and had slid down its side, landing on his head and shoulders, in which grotesque position the rock supported him. The Orphan Farnsworth's brigade was ordered to charge mounted down a wooded hill covered with large round bowlders, with a stone fence at the bottom, behind which lay the enemy's infantry. Some Personal Reminiscences of Service in the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac The probabilities are that when the action first began these bowlders were large and of irregular shape. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. He splashed through the water, stumbling over the submerged bowlders, but always recovering himself, and picking a sure way over the creek bed. Ewing\\'s Lady Trees swayed, rocks started rolling down the canyon side, and the very bowlder they were on tilted till they had to make a quick leap for it. Unexplored! As they reached a point which gave them a clear view of the bowlder, The Orphan kicked his companion on the shin, pointing to the Apaches grouped around their dead. The Orphan He chipped at it with his long-handled hatchet, and there, solidly embedded in the bowlder, was a huge chunk of gold. The Boy With the U.S. Miners This was purely an effect of the tumbling about of the bowlders by the running water from the melting ice of the great glacier that covered that region some time in the long ago. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. On they speed over rough bowlders, through thorny brakes and swamps, attended by the baying of wolves, the screeching of owls, the croaking of frogs, and the fitful glow of corpse-candles. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers Quick as thought, the old man went leaping up over the bowlders, yelling frantically to Norris to follow him. Unexplored! Both warriors dropped and the remaining four hastily postponed their mourning and tumbled helter skelter behind the bowlder, the sheriff’s second shot becoming a part of the last one to find cover. The Orphan It pattered harmlessly against the bowlders where the snipers were hidden and passed high over the heads of the rest of the men, safe in the gravel-pit. The Boy With the U.S. Miners And with that the herculean old man flung himself haughtily on his horse, and the dervish, seizing the steed's bridle, began to lead him along the mountain path among the rugged rocks and bowlders. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries Then a fresh flanking movement, and more bowlders and nearly a riot! In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making Norris explained to Ted and Pedro that a quartz bowlder will often be washed along a river. Unexplored! The outlaw’s smile enlarged and he glanced quickly at the bowlder to see that all was as it should be. The Orphan Not far off was an opening between two large bowlders, and here he sank down, too exhausted to take another step. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck I sat down on a bowlder to take a breath. Captain Macedoine's Daughter That angered Italy, whose forces executed a flank movement and started digging still another grade above the hostiles, inadvertently dislodging bowlders which rolled down upon the rival workers below. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making He now hurried back to the cave mouth with Ace, found a down log that would serve as a lever, and they pried away the bowlder that kept Pedro a prisoner. Unexplored! His shot had the effect he hoped it would have, for suddenly there was movement behind the bowlder. The Orphan The only discord was in the heart and speech of the man who swore savagely at his over-ridden horse stumbling among the loose bowlders of the half-effaced trail. The Song of the Wolf Now a spirit in the rocks Calls him; now a face that mocks, From behind some bowlder slipping, Laughs at him with lilied locks. Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses Subsequent prophets and circumstances chiseled the rough bowlder into symmetrical form, but the glory of the creative act is rightly attributed to the first great Hebrew prophet. The Christian View of the Old Testament Descending to the river, which here circled around a huge bowlder from which he thought he could cast, he had a string in no time. Unexplored! A cloud of dust arose to the northwest of and behind the bowlder, and a series of close reports sounded from the direction of the sheriff. The Orphan There was a cleft there, but it was 40 feet above them, and surrounded by rebels, who yelled at the sight of his squad, and sent down a volley of bowlders. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign The horse reared with his rider just at the instant that a bowlder from Shorty's hand landed on Ike's breast. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures O darkly, darkly through the bush, And dimly by the bowlder, Where cane and water-cress grow lush, And woodland wilds are older. The Garden of Dreams The muleteer staggered back against a huge bowlder and bowed his head, his arms hanging limply at his sides. Bring Me His Ears As he did so the guard stuck his head out from the shelter of his bowlder and glanced along the trail. The Orphan "I heard him yell, and turned to look at him, when that rebel's bowlder gave me something else to think about, so I don't know where he is." Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign Suddenly, the channel seemed barred by two opposing bowlders, whose points lapped each other. A Daughter of the Forest A huge bowlder on the sand just beyond us threw a sort of shadow over our brown faces as we rested our heads on the sand. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas But when she essayed to do so it would no more be revolved or weighed by her alone than this huge bowlder at her side. John March, Southerner I had just passed that freak bowlder on the Apache Trail when the man I was looking for turned up, and with the drop, of course. The Orphan Its waves leap along the stony bed, from which sometimes a great bowlder projects like a witch's altar, the huge "Babagay," the crowned "Kassan." Timar's Two Worlds On its first circuit of the pool Adrian leaped and landed upon the slippery bowlder—breathless, but alive! A Daughter of the Forest We sat in silence a few minutes, the shadow of the bowlder concealing us. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Look where the bowlder lies, up there by the ravine. Cudjo's Cave Two trails met and crossed near a sand-buffeted bowlder of lava stone, which was huge, grotesque and forbidding in its bulky indistinctness. The Orphan In the bed of the right arm of the Danube lay long ago a great bowlder, at whose base the sluggish current had deposited a sand-bank. Timar's Two Worlds But the bushes uprooted in his clasp and the bowlders slipped by him on this new torrent rushing to the lake. A Daughter of the Forest As I rounded a huge bowlder, beyond which the little climb to our cove began, I saw Bud staggering toward me. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas But when they came to the bowlder, there the resolution he had taken fell back leaden and dead upon his heart. Cudjo's Cave His hat, the first visible sign of his calling, proclaimed him to be a cowboy, and when he had stopped at the bowlder his every possession endorsed the silent testimony of the hat. The Orphan This mingled deluge of ice, gravel, and trees flung itself on the sand-bank near the bowlder. Timar's Two Worlds But, of a sudden, they brought up and retreated, tripping back upon one another over rubble and bowlder, and giving out startled oaths. The Plow-Woman They came among scattered bowlders, and stood still. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 The round rock was a famous bowlder known to picnic parties that frequented the spot in summer to enjoy a view from its summit, and a luncheon under its shadow. Cudjo's Cave He lifted the body of the dead warrior in his arms and flung it across the apex of the bowlder, face up and balanced nicely, the head pointing to the north. The Orphan Black in color and about thirty feet long the great bowlder stood out as a remarkable evidence of nature’s handiwork. The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave It was slightly off the trail, behind a bowlder. The Wilderness Trail In its bed lay great bowlders of granite, which afforded stepping-stones to those who might wish to pass, and could be used at any time except when the water was swollen by mountain floods. A Castle in Spain A Novel At the same moment a light curl of smoke was wafted from the heaped bowlders in the chasm above, and the echoes of a rifle-crack reverberated among the rocks. Cudjo's Cave Leaping quickly behind the bowlder, he leveled his own rifle across the body of the guard and peered intently toward the east, wondering if the advancing horseman would be the sheriff or another Apache. The Orphan He is of the opinion that both slabs and bowlders were in many cases carried long distances. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 Then, 'way up on the beach, and behind some big bowlders, we discovered the ribs of a whaleboat, a rust-eaten sheath-knife, and a board that contained part of a ship's name. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story "Oh!" gasped Miss Ocky, and collapsed limply on the bowlder, her face ashen. The Monk of Hambleton In order that Penn might not be too suddenly surprised at finding her in Toby's place, she stepped out from the shadow of the bowlder, and advanced to meet him. Cudjo's Cave His trophies on the bowlder were not to be unmourned. The Orphan Other figures are said to be engraved upon the bowlders and stones used in constructing the burial cists. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 An immense bowlder was pointed out to us on the summit of La Gran Piedra, at an elevation of five thousand feet, of totally different composition from any other rocks on the island. Due South or Cuba Past and Present It was due to his swift pace that he was in the open, in plain view, before he noticed two figures seated on the big granite bowlder near the tomato-patch. The Monk of Hambleton Huge bowlders lay jammed and crowded in clefts of the mountain before them. Cudjo's Cave They’ll think that if they can back off from the bowlder and keep it between them and you that they can get out of range in a few hundred yards more. The Orphan The staff forsook his hand, as it had been a creature of volition, and stood upright upon a smooth-faced bowlder. Jessica, the Heiress She laughed gleefully, and affected to move away from him, only, at that instant, the hind wheel of the voiture struck a stray bowlder, and the shock threw her bodily back against him. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life There was a granite bowlder near-by on which he dropped gratefully for a minute's rest. The Monk of Hambleton Johnson, move your men down halfway to the dam and have them scatter there behind bowlders. In the Shadow of the Hills A brown shoulder showed under the overhanging side of the bowlder and he smiled, readjusting the sights on the Winchester as he waited. The Orphan Roger, rested and invigorated, ran through a pasture, crouched behind a bowlder, rested his gun upon it, and sent a bullet into the ranks. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Reverently he caressed with his hands the spot where she had so often sat on a gray old bowlder, flat-topped. The Plunderer She did not seat herself beside him on the bowlder, but chose instead to drop at full length on a patch of green turf at his feet. The Monk of Hambleton The road is grass Gray-scarred with stone: great bowlders, as we pass, Slope burly shoulders towards us. An Ode Read August 15, 1907, at the dedication of the monument erected at Gloucester, Massachusetts, in commemoration of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay colony in the year sixteen hundred and twenty-three As The Orphan made his way toward the bowlder the sheriff emerged from his shelter and pointed to the west. The Orphan Not now would he crouch behind a fence, a tree, or bowlder. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Small trees that had grown up since the dam had been built were uprooted in the bed of the cañon, and 202 great bowlders pulled from their sockets and sent resistlessly downward. The Plunderer Then Amuba ascended the hill for a short distance, and laid himself down among some great bowlders. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt One day, far skyward, I came upon an exceedingly fat marmot busily eating grass in a narrow little hayland between bowlders. A Mountain Boyhood Did not The Orphan know that Shields was after him, and that the sheriff was no man to be taken lightly when he had shown mercy near the big bowlder? The Orphan Little paths appeared in the leaders’ wake, winding in and out among the bowlders; and like soldiers the sheep fell into line, moving forward with the orderly precision of an army. Hidden Water Townsend assented, and followed a path which zigzaged around bowlders and stumps up to the red cluster on the hillside above him. The Plunderer Sometimes the hills on either side receded a little; at others they rose almost perpendicularly on either side of the stream, and they had to pick their way among great bowlders and rocks. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt Disgusted, despairing, I took to the frozen stream, only to skid over icy bowlders and at last to break through the ice crust into the frigid water. A Mountain Boyhood He suddenly stopped and looked toward the rocky stretch of land and hurled epithets at what he feared might be taking place in its defiles and among its rocks and bowlders. The Orphan The fragments of their sacrificial ollas lay strewn among the bowlders, but the worshippers were dead; and now a stranger prayed to his own God for rain. Hidden Water They talked in low, angry voices among themselves, while Rogers, silent and grim, sat quietly on a bowlder and smoked. The Plunderer "I won't waste any arrows on him," said the boy on the top of the bowlder. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White The crowning architectural feature of my mansion was the corner fireplace, raised of the native granite bowlders. A Mountain Boyhood Had he been able, he would have seen six cowboys, who were keeping close together as they worked their way southward, exploring every arroyo and examining every thicket and bowlder. The Orphan Seaward stretched the Breakwater, a cyclopean wall of red bowlders heaped up in confusion to make a lee on that storm-swept shore. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore He began to climb up the bowlder’s well-defined path, and suddenly called to his partner with a hoarse shout, needlessly loud. The Plunderer The last dog of that band of Nez Percés had turned tail and left his master on the top of a bowlder to be starved out by a bear. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White High and dry upon the meadows and lower mountain sides were smooth, round bowlders, undoubtedly water-worn. A Mountain Boyhood The guard found concealment behind a huge bowlder which stood on the edge of the ca�on above the entrance. The Orphan Closer to the river on the right and following the trail itself over shale and rock and between scattered bowlders, Whispering Smith, low on his horse’s neck, rode slowly. Whispering Smith It’s just a bowlder so big that it filled the whole opening. The Plunderer Away to the right he saw a solitary bowlder of gray granite, with a round top, nearly thirty feet above the grass. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White Sweet blue and pink forget-me-nots hid in the moss of its bowlders, Edelweiss starred its stony trails. A Mountain Boyhood Mrs. Shields smiled at him in such warmth that he thanked his stars that he had played fair out by the bowlder. The Orphan Above him at some distance, Wickwire and Smith stood before a man who leaned against the sharp cheek of the bowlder at the point. Whispering Smith So I came back to see my old friend, and––well––your bowlder would have struck us if my horse hadn’t jumped.” The Plunderer There were not many rocky fragments or bowlders, but it was evident that at some seasons of the year torrents of water came pouring through that gorge to keep it clean. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White How came those bowlders, round and polished, so far from water? A Mountain Boyhood Toe rock is any low bowlder, block, stump, bump, or hillock on level ground. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Mountains, torn and bleeding, vomit bowlders of thirty, sixty, a hundred tons like pebbles upon the valley. Whispering Smith As Victor Lamont sat on the mossy bowlder by the brook-side, watching and waiting, he observed, early as the hour was, that the servants of the mansion had begun to bestir themselves. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife He almost despised cougars and even grislies until he recalled how he had felt when the open jaws of the one which had hunted him came up over the curve of the bowlder. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White Just before he left, Shorty confided to us that his dream vein lay just below a big bowlder and above some tall trees; that he knew the vein was right there—and it was. A Mountain Boyhood They held the higher line beyond the Cerna River, whose slopes were so steep that they could roll huge bowlders down on the attacking parties. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources At the upper point great bowlders pushed out in the river. Whispering Smith Two paces from her the rifle lay behind the bowlder. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob They seemed to have an idea of their own that it would be good for him to take another look at the bowlder where he had been watched for by the grisly. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White I knew it would be impossible to sight him for his dun-colored coat blended perfectly with the surrounding bowlders. A Mountain Boyhood The slopes of these hills are covered with huge bowlders, behind any of which half a company of the enemy might be lurking. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Loose, heavy bowlders were lashed to the edge of a precipice and masked with pine branches. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Shad sank upon a bowlder, white and trembling. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob Then he built a stone support about it, out of the plentiful supply of bowlders in the fields. Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly On two sides logs formed a barrier and beyond them was a huge bowlder, the two forming a natural little cove. A Mountain Boyhood He sprang upon the bowlder behind which they were standing, and, putting both hands to his mouth, shouted, above the din of the water-fall, "Hollo, Fred, old boy! how goes it?" Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The red giant was a medicine man, for he clashed and rattled an enormous gourd full of bowlders. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation Then she examined the rifle behind the bowlder, and, quite satisfied with her inspection, returned it to its resting place and waited. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob I was in front and was just letting myself down a snow-covered bowlder, when far below me I saw a huge sow and a young pig walking slowly through the trees. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I expected to meet a grizzly around every bowlder. A Mountain Boyhood The cord was soon lengthened sufficiently, and Tom, bidding his comrades keep a firm hold of the other end, mounted once more upon the bowlder, and shouted, "Fred, ahoy!" Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly For more than a mile they carried the levels over the bowlders of the gradually sloping bottom of that stupendous gash in the mountain side. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation Wherever it led, the sturdiest growths were crushed flat as if some huge bowlder from the mountains had been rolled over them. In the Morning of Time Behind our new house the cliffs rose in sheer walls for hundreds of feet, and red-legged partridges, or chuckars, were always calling from some ledge or bowlder. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' What was first merely the metallic clink of rolling stones changed to a steady bombardment, and then into a sullen, ominous roar as the giant bowlders got under way. A Mountain Boyhood There, amid some large bowlders, he almost stumbled on a band of Indians engaged in some grisly ceremony. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. “Shore––valleys are great on collecting beds of leaves and sand and bowlders,” observed Gowan. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation It was on this bowlder that I was sitting that evening when you found me and asked me to be your wife. Wee Wifie He took me halfway up the slope, and we settled ourselves behind two bowlders. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Often a mere touch was sufficient to shatter them, but sometimes it was not until I put my weight upon them, holding to a shrub or an earth-buried bowlder the while, that they gave way. A Mountain Boyhood Rocks and bowlders were built around and over her body, yet without touching it, until the sad dead face was shut out from view. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. “Think of water flowing along in the same bed and always washing sand and gravel and even bowlders downstream––grind, grind, grind, through the centuries and hundreds of centuries.” Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation A woodchuck motionless in the fields or upon a rock looks very much like a large stone or bowlder, yet a keen eye knows the difference at a glance, a quarter of a mile away. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 He dropped behind a bowlder and let a cow and a calf pass within a few yards of him, for he saw the antlers of a bull rocking along just behind a tiny ridge. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I have lain motionless upon a bowlder overlooking a beaver-inhabited stream and watched large trout lazing about almost within reach of a preoccupied paddler, apparently in no alarm over his nearness. A Mountain Boyhood “We’ll just kill him,” said Jones; and his pistol snapped idly, and snapped again, as his eye caught a motion—a something—two hundred yards up among the bowlders on the hill. Red Men and White He looked cautiously about at the many huge bowlders behind which a hundred men might have been crouching unseen by him, advantageous as was his position. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation Through all the noises of the stream where it leaped and sprayed in miniature falls over cluttering bowlders and fallen pines, she could distinguish the splashing of quick footsteps in the shallows. Heart of the Blue Ridge We waited breathlessly for perhaps a minute—it seemed hours—then the head and shoulders of a sheep appeared from behind a bowlder. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' With her hair blowing like the frayed remnants of a flag, she stood beside the bowlder and smiled a brave if twisted smile. A Mountain Boyhood She eyed it critically and saw where bowlders had been moved here and there to make its passage possible. The Ranch at the Wolverine Already the bowlder had been pushed 371 out at the top many inches. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation Stone’s eyes caught traces of where a bowlder had been moved. Heart of the Blue Ridge Then one went to the shallows at the lower end of the pool and began to beat the surface with a leafy branch, while the other two crouched on the bowlders in midstream. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I dived headlong behind a bowlder, partly buried in the slide. A Mountain Boyhood And below the rocks and bowlders were not actually piled on top of one another; there were clear spaces where a wary, wise, old cow-horse might possibly pick his way. The Ranch at the Wolverine The crack between the loose outer bowlder and the main mass showed very black and wide in the moonlight. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation He had mounted a bowlder, so that his figure was brought out in clear relief. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux In four jumps they had disappeared around a bowlder, giving me time for only a hurried shot at the last one's white rump-patch. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Inside a few short, busy seconds the giant slab shot past, my bowlder had halted it for only a second. A Mountain Boyhood He went on, picking his way carefully among the bowlders, with his nose close to earth, setting his hindlegs stiffly and tobogganing down loose, shale slopes. The Ranch at the Wolverine By setting wedge-shaped stones in the top of the cleft rock and prying with the crowbar, Gowan had gradually canted the top of the loose outer bowlder towards the edge of the precipice. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation Tim was seated on a bowlder at his side, and until this moment was the target of a pair of eyes that would have detected the slightest movement on his part. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux We flattened ourselves in the grass, lying as motionless as two gray bowlders, and a moment later another wapiti appeared behind the cows. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' At Bear Lake at that time was a canvas boat, cached twenty steps due west of a certain large bowlder that lay south of the outlet. A Mountain Boyhood One place—a tiny cave under a huge bowlder—looked promising. The Ranch at the Wolverine He went to kiss his baby, who had fallen asleep during the last half mile of the trip and lay sprawled in the shade of a bowlder. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation The bowlders were on all sides, there being a natural amphitheatre several rods in extent. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux For a moment the wolf rested on the ridge, and I leaped out to shoot, but instantly he dropped behind the bowlders. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Sitting motionless in the midst of jumbled rocks I have faded into the bowlder fields, and thus have been able to watch the cony and his enemies. A Mountain Boyhood We need never fear while that old man is at the helm, for he will guide us safely by sand-banks and bowlders to the destined port. Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Look at the way this bowlder is pried loose, ready to roll over! Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation He, too, crouched down, with the muzzle of the Winchester pointed between two of the bowlders, ready to fire on the first glimpse of a target. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux While he hesitated, not knowing what to do, a second bowlder thundered, bounded and crashed into the chasm. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain For half an hour the marmot watched alertly, then slid down beneath the bowlders and started eating. A Mountain Boyhood As we go on, the mud is replaced by sand and stones, from gravel up to big bowlders, and flowers begin to struggle up through the unpromising ground. A Bird-Lover in the West It could be descended by wading at the places where ledges and bowlders along the base of the cañon walls failed to afford safe footing. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation So it was that anyone might have passed near the irregular circle of bowlders without a suspicion of who were within it. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux Coaxing forth the reluctant animals, which were still in fear, they set off up the great defile, passing among the bowlders, some of great size, which had been tumbled down in search of their heads. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain Instantly the little fellow departed from his outpost and hurried away, circling the bowlder, leaping to another, disappearing in the rocks and reappearing again. A Mountain Boyhood It does not murmur,—it roars and brawls; it cannot ripple,—it rages and foams about the bowlders that lie in its path. A Bird-Lover in the West Stephen brushed the top of a low bowlder with his handkerchief and invited Deena to sit down. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Then, when they should rush over the bowlders, nothing could save the fugitives. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux Every motive prompted to farther flight, and they pushed on as fast as they could, although the bottom of the defile became rough, sown with bowlders and dangerous to the fugitives. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain His tiny fields lay between bowlders; some of them were but a few inches square, others a foot, several a yard, perhaps. A Mountain Boyhood If this state of things could only remain; if she would only accept me as a tree-trunk or a misshapen bowlder, and pay no attention to me, what a beautiful study I should have! A Bird-Lover in the West “You might come and rest,” he coaxed, pointing to another bowlder that cropped out in friendly nearness to his own. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 The bowlder which supported him was no more stationary than he. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux I knowed they would be up to some trick, but I didn't think 'bout them bowlders that lay thick on the mounting. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain Ten feet away upon a bowlder that rose above the rest of the rocks, sat a small animal which at first I mistook for a young rabbit. A Mountain Boyhood Gracious! how it leveled forests, swept away bowlders, cut out new channels and destroyed everything in its path. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin “My pail’s full,” he called, seating himself on one of the projecting bowlders. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 The Irishman had taken only two or three steps, when the Sioux, as he evidently was, turned about, leaped lightly down from the bowlder, and vanished. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux Here, on the night of November 14th, they collected a number of loose bowlders and tree-trunks, and then, having offered up prayers for the preservation of their country, they awaited with resolution the coming struggle. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 I sat watching a cony one day in early fall as he lay in the sunshine upon a bowlder. A Mountain Boyhood They wound around great bowlders and along the edges of steep, forbidding places. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley The six sat in the shade of a huge bowlder that had broken off and rolled down the side of the red scoria butte. The Free Range "He's painted and dressed like his people, but his short hair made me suspicious, and when he turned to jump down from the bowlder, he made a movement that fixed his identity beyond all doubt." The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux He asked if any gen'elman in the sound of his voice ever see a bowlder on the side of a dreen, enlessen it was covered, in whole or in part, by vines? Sundry Accounts Emerging upon the bowlder, he paused for a few seconds as he looked in all directions. A Mountain Boyhood Minerals are granite bowlders, and bog iron ore. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Were the rocks all perpendicular, or did not detached bowlders line the path? Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 They made certain that everything was secure, and then, carefully guiding their animals among bowlders to the open prairie, paused a moment to decide upon the best course to take. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux All the plains were thickly strewn with black bowlders of sizes ranging from immensity to those applicable to building and paving purposes. Six Days on the Hurricane Deck of a Mule An account of a journey made on mule back in Honduras, C.A. in August, 1891 Suddenly I dropped out of sight behind a bowlder. A Mountain Boyhood Abounds with limestone, masses of freestone, and scattered granite bowlders. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West On and on they went, over big and little bowlders, up into the glen where the frowning, towering walls looked down on them. The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery Certain that his fall was due to the bullet just sent after him, the Sioux, with a whoop of triumph, bounded forward over the bowlders and around the rocks to finish him. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux We found a dry spot under a big bowlder, but as there was not sufficient room for all five, the two Shokas went under the shelter of another rock a little way off. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet With the waiting coyotes in mind, I leaned my wheel against a bowlder and went to its rescue. A Mountain Boyhood Minerals; masses of freestone, and scattered granite bowlders. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West So he steps off to a place a little behind the tent, and there was three great bowlders, whopping big stones, which he said he had brought out of the woods. The Associate Hermits He caught only a flitting glimpse of a person, who, descrying him at the same instant, whisked behind a bowlder for protection. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux I took care of the weapons and the scientific instruments, while the Shokas had under their own sheltering bowlder the bags containing nearly all our provisions except the reserve of tinned meats. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Then the reason for the difference came out of the scattered trees—a grizzly bear stalked deliberately into the open and sat down facing the huge bowlder upon which the marmot sat. A Mountain Boyhood Excellent quarries of rock in the middle,—granite bowlders in the northern parts. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West I would go rods out of my way to get around a great bowlder, and come upon a conglomeration of big trees which had tumbled about till they made a Virginia fence fifteen feet high. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice The youth dashed ahead, clambering over bowlders, darting around rocks, ducking his head to avoid the limbs, stumbling, but instantly regaining his feet, only intent on getting forward with the utmost possible speed. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux We stumbled on amid large stones and bowlders, and fell over one another on slippery rocks. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet There was a small bowlder about four feet high in the midst of a tiny hayfield where the marmot fed. A Mountain Boyhood Minerals; some limestone, and granite bowlders scattered over the surface. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West They came at last to the bowlder to which Turner had referred, and Nick removed the small stone from beneath it. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts The Sioux would speedily dispose themselves so as to prevent anyone leaving, as soon as they found that the parties whom they were seeking were at bay among the bowlders. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux Describing a sweeping curve among rocks and bowlders, we rounded the high, graceful cliff, on the top of which towered the fort and monasteries of Taklakot. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet A lake with sandy shores lapped in and out among immense bowlders. A Mountain Boyhood Large granite bowlders are scattered over the surface. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West A puff of smoke sailed from behind the bowlder on the other bank and Hopalong, kneeling for steadier aim, fired and then followed his friend. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Warren quickly vanished among the trees and bowlders, and the Rubicon was crossed. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux In the vicinity of the rock, too, the only marks left were the scratches in the moss adhering to the steep sides of the bowlder itself. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley It was unbelievable that he could detect me such a long way off, around bowlders, through granite walls, in thick brush, but it seemed to me he did. A Mountain Boyhood Its minerals are quarries of lime and sandstone, and granite bowlders, scattered over the prairies. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Making a desperate effort, he staggered up the bank and fell exhausted behind a bowlder. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Nevertheless, the ranger took a hand at the end and rolled some huge bowlders upon the grave, to insure the wolves’ defeat. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West The lake itself, largely artificial, lay at the foot of the waterfall, which gurgled and splashed down a miniature precipice of moss-covered bowlders. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley As they approached the rock, the band had split; a section passing on either side of the bowlder. A Mountain Boyhood Extensive prairies, a little undulating and rich;—timber in groves;—many granite bowlders. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West "He's some shaky," Hopalong remarked, looking back at the wreath of smoke above the bowlder. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories The roads were frightful—gullied with rain, and full of bowlders on the hillsides. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West He took a seat on the bowlder and began to read one of the papers he had brought with him. The Erie Train Boy As I stumbled toward him, he faced about, and without taking his eyes off me, kept jerking the trap which was wedged between a root and a bowlder. A Mountain Boyhood The wood as a general thing was favorable, though the occasional undergrowth cropping out of bowlders and rocks compelled some deviation and delayed their advance. Footprints in the Forest They bumped into a bowlder, the car shot back, and then the engine died with an awful rattle. The Mission of Janice Day Now in memory of the conflict and the part the bowlders bore, They are named in weird tradition, "The Three Maidens," evermore. Indian Legends of Minnesota We sat partly in the shelter of a huge bowlder, behind which we could have dropped quickly had one of them turned our way. The Fire People "Oh, yes," agreed her sister, almost pushing her off the big bowlder in an attempt to get the desired view. The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening Then I sat down by a great bowlder. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon There, almost hidden by great bowlders that had caught the drift of shale as it swept down from the top of the ravine, they found the second rider. Polly and Eleanor The neighborhood of Quebec, as well as Canada in general, is much characterized by bowlders, and the size and position of some of them is very striking. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) Great rugged bowlders lay strewn about; tiny caverns yawned; fissures opened up their unknown depths; sharp‑pointed crags reared their heads like spires left standing amid the ruins of some huge cathedral. The Fire People "If the old lady doesn't chase you," replied the boy, making a running jump over a huge stone, one of the many bowlder rocks that continually roll down the mountain. The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening At that I looked to the other side of the bowlder, and there was my friend of the monkey jacket. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon In the rocky canyon, which they finally reached, the placid little stream narrowed into a roaring torrent, which rushed between the steep banks and the huge, water-worn bowlders, with fury uncontrolled. Hidden Gold Suddenly above their heads a figure, which looked unnaturally tall in the darkness, rose on a great bowlder which overshadowed the water. Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds Leaning across one of the large bowlders, from a dark pool where the sunlight never penetrated, we scooped up refreshing hatfuls of the ice-cold water. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Double rhymes occur frequently, as in the words bowlders, shoulders. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The marks of glaciers are also as distinct in the bowlders, and the scooping-out of the beds of lakes. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Moran peered around the side of the bowlder, and smiled exultantly when he saw Wade's still figure. Hidden Gold After divesting himself of his clothing, some large bowlders, previously heated in a fire, were placed near him, and over them was poured a decoction of the beaten roots of the wild parsnip. The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398 Gertrude, resting one hand on a bowlder against which she steadied herself, neither spoke nor moved. The Daughter of a Magnate Climbing up over the rocks and bowlders, we soon reached the end of the chasm, where we were enchanted by the spectacle of the most fairy-like and peculiar waterfall we had ever beheld. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The desert road was rough, full of bowlders and ruts. Still Jim He sat down on a snow-covered bowlder to rest. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger An Indian had sought refuge in a shallow crevice between two tall bowlders, and he was in sore peril of his life from a monstrous grizzly that was striving to tear him out. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada Bucks sitting down on the bowlder, wrapping the tails of his coat between his legs and taking coffee from Young drank while the men talked. The Daughter of a Magnate He watched Slim make a noose in the painter, throw it over a bowlder, wipe the water from his rifle with his shirt sleeve, and start to scramble up the steep mountainside. The Man from the Bitter Roots When he reached the Elephant's top he crossed the broad back to a heap of bowlders and threw himself down in their shelter. Still Jim But a moment later the ridge suddenly narrowed, and just ahead lay a huge, towering bowlder, crowned with pine trees. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger I fought hard for life and held my breath, and when a spar of moss-grown bowlder loomed suddenly in front of me, I caught it with both arms and held it fast. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada He led, a quick, sure climber, and if he meant by rapidly scaling the bowlders to shut off Callahan's talk the intent was effective. The Daughter of a Magnate The axes of the Swiss lake dwellings were made from bowlders of any hard stone. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals How beautiful she was, as she stood there on that bowlder! The Tyranny of the Dark He pushed through a strip of heavy timber and huge, scattered bowlders. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger Escaping the network of bowlders and reefs as by a miracle, we were swept down the remainder of the tumbling rapids. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada Throughout the Alps, on lofty crags, great bowlders were often found, which had no relation to the geology of the region and which were called erratics, because they had evidently come there from a distance. American Men of Mind With a single blow from another stone the bowlder was made to fall in two. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The motor wizard seated himself on a bowlder. Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California The fast-fading light showed a group of figures standing at the base of the towering bowlder. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger Gummidge and his wife were clinging to the bowlders in midstream, and with some difficulty they joined us. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada Scientists explained it in many ways, but it remained for the mountaineer to suggest that the bowlders had been left in their present positions by glaciers. American Men of Mind Leopold sat down on a bowlder, some distance from the cliff, to wait for his companion. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock It is delightful to sit on a big bowlder that dots a great, lovely, sandy waste and watch your hands gradually turn from their customary whiteness to a deep burnt orange. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture An instructive pictograph, different from any which I have elsewhere seen, was discovered on the upturned side of a bowlder not far from Hance's ranch, near the road from Camp Verde to the cavate dwellings. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Then came a sudden crash, the canoe turned over in the twinkling of an eye, and out we went into the raging falls, studded thickly with sunken bowlders and jagged, protruding reefs. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada A narrow strip of gray sand, ribbed with the wave wash to the very foot of the reddish brown bowlders that bounded it. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy In the desert section near Medicine Bow River, Wyoming, he found what seemed to be a number of dark-brown bowlders. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The dawn was breaking in sickly pallor over the jagged scarp of the Mesa, bounding the chaotic labyrinth of bowlders, crag and cañon beneath. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War This I have lettered, beginning at the extreme right inclosure with A. The inclosure has bounding walls, built on a bowlder somewhat more than six feet high. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 From behind every tree, every bowlder, every wall, every hedge, enemies trained in the warfare of the wilderness poured their fire upon the retiring troops. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III All that had passed since they came to the bowlder was strange, bewildering and terrifying to her. Monte-Cristo's Daughter A few seconds later both clambered upon a bowlder in the pool below. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Five hundred yards away, bending double, dodging from bowlder to bowlder, several swarthy Indians could be seen in full flight, apparently. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War The walls are in part built on foundations of large bowlders, one of which formed the greater part of the front wall. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 "Yes, there is," he says; "and, by George; there are two persons sitting on the bowlder—our bowlder!" Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden At last Monte-Cristo and Zuleika came upon the Nubian, who had stopped beside a huge bowlder that seemed to have lain for ages where it had fallen from the cliffs above. Monte-Cristo's Daughter In other cases a natural bridge is formed when bowlders,195 or a mass of rock, tumbling into a deep crevice is wedged and held in place. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The Indians, skipping dry-shod over the bowlders, a dozen yards below, turned their heads at sound of the stumble, and their keen eyes exchanged glances. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War A spur of masonry connects this bowlder with the face of the cliff, indicating all that remains of the former division between rooms i and j. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 He looked down at her—he was sitting on the bowlder now, and she was on the sand at his feet, her head resting against him, his arm round her. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden On the beach, which was composed of large bowlders, lay the bones of an enormous whale, and a couple of whale birds hovered round the boats as they pulled back to the ship.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Then came a landslide that covered the mouth of that cave with tons of earth and bowlders and buried Del Norte and his comrades in a living tomb. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win Once we paused for a few minutes to contemplate the total wreck of a palace car that had recently struck a projecting bowlder—and spattered. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska An offshoot from this bowlder, in the form of a wall 10 feet high, formerly inclosed one side of a room. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 There was a big bowlder just within the cave, and Nell seated herself on it, and he slid down at her side. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden Rocks and bowlders are scattered over many of them, once sacrificial altars of old and cruel gods, now draped with hanging weeds and trailing mosses. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He had seen that a mighty bowlder was blocking the greater part of the former entrance. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win It is five hundred yards to the top--a steep ascent, covered with bowlders and fallen timber. History of the United States, Volume 4 At many places we found graves under and between the huge bowlders, which are numerous in this cemetery. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 "Opposite that big bowlder, on the left hand side," the sheriff replied. Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys She met no human being; she sat for a time on a wayside bowlder, hoping that some straggling tote team would come up from the south and overtake her. Joan of Arc of the North Woods |
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