| 单词 | clayey |
| 例句 | Most of the area has clayey soil that is hard to till and prone to floods. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was a barbarous thing, a blind clayey hole with folding chairs for the family teetering on one side and raw dirt heaped on the other. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At last, they had to resort to making a Set themselves, from some clayey mud from the Casa Rosada’s dead flower garden. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His art room’s got a clayey smell, for some reason. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Sand-rich rock containing minor amounts of clay is called clayey sandstone. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The ground was black and clayey and riddled with hundreds of slate arrow points, as if from a prehistoric drive-by shooting. As Earth Warms, Human History Is Melting Away 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z “That’s why organic matter is the perfect ingredient, whether your soil is sandy or clayey,” she said. The one gardening mistake you can’t afford to make 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z In a well-understood routine the cross passes into a god through the clayey medium. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z A look of pleasure and intelligence made human Lord Badgery's clayey face of surfeit. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z The soil is in places hard and clayey, and difficult to till; but when sufficiently irrigated it is highly productive. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Very rich clayey soil was found in this place, forced out of the earth as if by geyser action. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z The hornbeam thrives well on stiff, clayey, moist soils, into which its roots penetrate deeply; on chalk or gravel it does not flourish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z At the bottom of pools, collected on clayey soil after a summer shower, an edible fungus grows of a dull greenish colour and resembling gelatine. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z I think they use the clayey mixture for warmth rather than for show, as it stops the pores of the skin, preventing evaporation and keeping out the cold air. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Now the mud through which Fifi and Katherine had come was the yellow clayey kind that sticketh closer than a brother, and Wool Soap was not designed especially to dissolve it. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z A considerable portion of them have a cold clayey soil, the surface of which, under the influence of a warm sun, hardens into a stiff crust. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Being unwilling to get them into trouble, we accepted a horrible camping-ground, a mud-walled "garden," trenched for dates, and lately irrigated, as damp and clayey as it could be. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z It grows upon a twining vine, and vegetates best in a clayey land. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z It was often thrown against the alluvial bank, so that the deck was covered with earth, and the track of our vessel clearly marked along the clayey sand bank. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The houses, which stood on a high, clayey bank, were of quadrangular shape, partly open, like sheds, and partly enclosed with rude, mud walls, forming one or two chambers. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z The land, after you leave Detroit, is, in almost every direction, low, clayey, and wet. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z For sure, in Heaven's wide chambers, there is room For love and pity, and for helpful deeds; Else were our summons thither but a doom To life more vain than this in clayey weeds. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z Yes, it was undeniably evident that the spirit of Fielding Thaneford was striving desperately to rend its clayey envelope, and deliver its message in terms intelligible to mortal senses. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z In the neighborhood of Ratnapoora exist many tracts of clayey and gravelly land, rich in rubies, sapphires, garnets, turquoise, and cat's-eyes. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z But Ali soon scraped away a quantity of the clayey earth, and presently the water began to collect, trickling in from the sides. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Here I was thwarted, for though I took off my hose and shoes and waded over the clayey bottom, not the slightest track could I find on the farther bank. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Where the constitution of the till is sandy, rather than clayey, this firmness and toughness are less developed, or may be altogether wanting, since sand cannot be compressed into coherent masses like clay. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z The soil is clayey and chalky; the streams far from crystal; the hills bare and shapeless; the trees not venerable; the town itself irregular, which is its only beauty. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z The whole vale of Gloucester is occupied by the next formation, the Lias, a warm sea deposit of clays and clayey limestones, characterized by ammonites, belemnites and gigantic saurians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Gone your abbot, rule and order, broken down your altar stones; Nought see I beneath your shelter, save a heap of clayey bones. A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z Here the clean ground ceased, and there was a large patch of wet clayey earth. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z Where its constitution is clayey it is often remarkably tough. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z Farther away to the right is the river between whose clayey banks the foaming mass pours down into the harbour. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z He enters the cottage door; he sees the dampness of the walls; he feels the clayey coldness of the floors, and observes the signs of poverty. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z THE black jack oak is a tree of sandy and clayey barren lands where few other forest trees thrive. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z The lowest layer was one of matted roots and clayey soil and its animal life was meager. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Where limestone instead of sandstone made the leading contribution to it, the till has a more earthy or clayey matrix. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z The roads were rougher than usual and there was a change here in the soil, its black clayey loam being very rich and productive, making Henry County noted for its fine farms. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z The soil is clayey, but produces excellent barley and wheat. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z These truncated mounds are composed mainly of gneiss, sometimes of quartzite, and in the northern portion the chain becomes more fertile and of a clayey, schistose nature. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Very light sandy soils or very light loams with clayey subsoils are usually chosen for these light yellow tobaccos. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z Any sort of rock which may be very generally reduced to a fine state of division under the mechanical action of the ice, will give rise to clayey till. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z The earth regularly cracked beneath it, and the beds of waterpools became dried clayey hummocks. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The soil is of an exceedingly Climate mild. mixed and varied character; but much the greatest portion is of a clayey nature, particularly in parts north of Bedford. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Fullers' Earth, a clayey deposit occurring in the southwestern parts of England, but not in the north. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z But he never noticed the heat, nor the wind, nor his wet feet, nor his clayey hands. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z It is a dangerous beverage as it is made there, in witness thereof are the clayey complexions and dyspeptic noses of the women. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z I knew one such place; it was a gateway where the clayey soil for some way round the approach had been trampled firm by the horses and cattle. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z If our soil is clayey the whole top dressing will be hoed off. Making a Rose Garden 2011-07-29T02:00:21.533Z Much of the soil of England, as I have already stated, rests on a clayey and retentive subsoil. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z There are huge fissures where the water lay in clayey hollows during the winter and spring. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z On both occasions I picked up fresh tracks in the red clayey soil when some distance from the village, and after following them for several miles lost them in distant jungle. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z The soil is a rich clayey loam and well adapted for grass, grain and root crops. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Work through the clayey soil and gravel hard, Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z A strong, stiff, clayey land, well manured, suits it best. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z The soil became more clayey, and at last we emerged from the immense forest. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z And Kökensee would roll back like a curtain, and the world be changed like a garment, like an old stiff clayey garment, like an old shroud, into all that. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z The soil is clayey, and the least rain soaks it. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z "Your soil is a bit clayey," he had said. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z It was an atmosphere in which the solemn and thoughtful grew spiritual, but which offended and angered natures of clayey mold. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Excepting Stratheden and Strathleven, which are mostly rich, fertile loam, the interior is principally cold and stiff clay or thin loam with strong clayey subsoil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The soil is for the most part clayey, resting on a bed of chalk, and is, in general, fertile and well tilled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The rains enlarged this area of flood, and so saturated the clayey soil that it became a vast bog with deep overbrimming pits where thousands of shell-craters had pierced the earth. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z The low clayey or sandy shores are subject to erosion by waves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Across the clayey soil, now almost knee-deep in mud, the daring trio literally floundered, their immediate objective being the endmost of a line of tall trees at a distance of fifty yards from the cross-roads. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z I could now see only the clayey walls that contained the river, and the water that ran unheeding past me. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z We fear we conveyed an impression unfavourable to emigration many years ago, when walking with two or three young English friends across some flat clayey fields between Cambridge and the Gogmagogs. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The soil hereabouts is for the most part clayey. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z They had disappeared, carrying with them their dead and wounded; and the only vestiges of the conflict were numerous red spots in the clayey earth which the storm had not completely washed away. The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life 2010-12-20T17:12:29.603Z Sticks held together with clayey mud, without door or windows, and just a blanket over the entrance. Not welcome 2010-03-09T01:16:00Z The buildings, which are mostly of red brick, are conspicuous against the gray clayey and sandy soil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The eggs are three or five, oval in form, of a clayey greenish ground color, dotted with dull reddish brown and chocolate. Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [January, 1898] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life Click, clack, clack went the whip once more, and as Jane Glyne came along panting and perspiring with the weight of her bundle, a little crowd of clayey savages began to collect. A Double Knot Their poor soils are distinctively sandy, those of the lowlands clayey; but these elements are usually found combined in rich loams characterized by the predominance of one or the other constituent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" It is much better adapted to clayey soils than to sandy soils, but it also succeeds remarkably well on the limestone soils about Miami. Florida: An Ideal Cattle State Upwards it merges into the Grey Chalk, a more massive rock, coloured grey from admixture of clayey matter. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight Other things being equal, preference should be given to a not too tenacious, clayey loam. Cacao Culture in the Philippines A strongly spiritual nature leaves its impress on even the most clayey of those with whom it comes in contact, and all knew Senath to be not quite as they were. Beggars on Horseback After floundering about in the clayey mire for three days, the brave fellows came tramping back, weary and thoroughly disgusted, and again took up their abode in their wretched old quarters. Reminiscences of service with the Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers, and a memorial of Col. George H. Browne The argillaceous slates or clayey slates make a smooth surface, but one which is easily destroyed when wet. The Future of Road-making in America Although it was found lying on the beach, I have no doubt of its having fallen from some of the beds of clayey sandstone, which form the walls of the rapid. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea As a manure, it has been much used as a dressing for clayey land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" On the other hand, if it is heavy, cold, and clayey, sand must be added to make it porous, and thus improve the drainage. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them These are still largely used, and are prepared by burning limestones containing clayey matter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" It should not, however, be made too wet, as any earthy or clayey matter in the gravel is liable to be dissolved. The Future of Road-making in America The soil in this neighbourhood is clayey, and some small streams have pretty lofty and steep clayey banks; the shaly strata appearing only at their base. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea During the campaigns in Flanders, with its multiplicity of fortresses and clayey soil, cavalry rapidly degenerated into mounted infantry, throwing aside sword and lance-proof armour, and adopting long muskets and heavier ammunition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" This great straightness of the stream is ascribed by Mr. Forshey to the superior tenacity of the banks, which are more clayey in this region. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The men saw yellow clayey cliffs, rising almost sheer from intensely blue water, and beyond these a huddle of pointed and desolate hills, to which no access seemed visible. The Irish at the Front A small proportion of argillaceous sand, clayey, or earthy matter contained in some gravel enables it to pack readily and consolidate under traffic or the road roller. The Future of Road-making in America For nearly sixty miles below this place the river continues about eight hundred yards wide, bounded by banks chiefly of clay; but in some places of a clayey shale having a bluish colour. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The first five miles was rocky and stony with plenty of beautiful springs, but after that the country was more level, of red clayey soil. An Artilleryman's Diary Don’t expect to produce satisfactory crops on soils that are extremely heavy or clayey or so sandy as to quickly lose moisture and fertility. A Living from the Land The Rev. Josiah Williams, for all his liver-colored complexion and clayey nose, was to them a celestial ambassador. Carnival His troops, however, suffered greatly in this pursuit from wintry weather, deep, wet, clayey roads, and scarcity of provisions. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools From this place to the commencement of the lignite formation, already described, the banks of the Mackenzie are high and clayey. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea They are like the Hybrid Perpetuals in their love for a rich loamy soil—one inclining to a clayey rather than to a sandy nature. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Usually these conditions exist where the soil is of a clayey nature. A Living from the Land If the ground is rocky, or of clayey mud, the water is retained, instead of being absorbed, in which swarm multitudes of the silurus, or bearded mud-fish. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa All worked like blacks, and soon sank a hole forty feet deep in the soft yet firm clayey sand, and then commenced tunnelling, still, however, tending downwards. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa The soil is clayey, with a very scanty vegetation, and there are many small lakes in the country. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Their bodies are tenantless; we women are the souls that live outside of them, and take up our residence within their clayey precincts only when we have an object to serve. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Lime also benefits soils of a clayey nature through its ability to cement together the fine clay particles and in that way create air spaces so greatly needed in tight clay soils. A Living from the Land One day he came into his little room from a ball game, for he was the pitcher of the nine, and found his mother handling his clayey creatures. Fairfax and His Pride This apparatus is capable of excavating sticky blue clayey mud, and will deliver the material at 500 to 650 yds. distance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The soil is sandy, and in many places clayey, with a pretty close grassy sward. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The earth was washed in troughs of running water to remove the clayey impurity. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place But searching along the bank was no simple matter, for the bank itself was a high clayey wall, perpendicular for the most part, and often overhanging. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley The river, not a wide one, swirled between high, clayey banks fringed with dense bush. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion And now, the swollen cataracts tore madly down the mountain sides, leaping from crag to crag, and rending the clayey soil in deep clefts and gashes. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The vallies through which the small streams that water the country flow, are narrow and deep, resembling ravines, and their sides are clayey. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea In his hand he held a large, wet lump of greenish-blue, clayey mud. Northern Diamonds I set about to seek for some clew to the descent, and by the moonlight, which was now full and strong, I detected foot-tracks in the clayey soil near the verge of the cliff. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Moulds of this kind are easy to make and are specially suitable when the soil is somewhat clayey in its nature. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) It served to show him a passageway that was wide rather than tall, and gouged from the firm, clayey soil by blunt tools that had left uneven marks. Seed of the Arctic Ice No rocks were exposed in any part, and wherever the surface had been torn up, a clayey soil appeared. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea But below them all, and often resting directly on the rock-surface, there are extensive layers of a very tough clayey deposit known as "till." Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras They abounded with deep nullahs, or ravines, with abrupt banks of a clayey nature. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment The material used was not homogeneous, and the mixture consisted of a very clayey loam, a fibrous loam, sand and large stones. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) There had been a heavy shower that morning; Éloise stooped and examined the clayey path that led up from the creek, to see if footprints had lately been set there, and found nothing. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 "We never could bring our guns through a soil like this, colonel," said the aid-de-camp, as he struck his heel into the soft and clayey surface. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 They will examine the face of the country whether it be hilly, stoney, sandy, clayey, etc. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 If the soil be clayey, you will have a sticky mud with every fall of rain unless you put on a covering of gravel, slate, or the like. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 The clayey material gave rise to surface cracks as the blocks dried. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) A clayey loam is the best of all soils for the Pear, yet even that may be much improved by exposure before planting, and the use of the fork or hoe afterwards. The Book of Pears and Plums It shone through the maze of mingled twigs for miles till I finally lost it in topping the plateau, passing from loose sand to clayey bottom and fairer growth in moister and more fertile soil. Old Plymouth Trails With the spurred heel of his riding-boot he drew a deep furrow in the clayey soil. Jena or Sedan? He states that the birds inhabit the shallow lagoons and bays having soft clayey bottoms. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 The foreground is a little clayey, perhaps, but the lagoon is excellent.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) He was gone soms time, for he did not hit on a clayey spot at once. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Mossgiel, to which the brothers now removed, taking with them their widowed mother, was a farm of about one hundred and eighteen acres of cold clayey soil, close to the village of Mauchline. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series The roads were covered to a depth of several inches with slimy, clayey mud. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. When we got out, right off the point, I was surprised to notice the sea suddenly covered with brown, clayey water. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I The clayey matter of ordinary pay-dirt is fully dissolved in a sluice two hundred feet long with a low grade, so the use of the boxes beyond that length is merely to catch the gold. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining Here it was held in place by some of the beavers while others brought masses of clayey turf from the nearest shore to secure it. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories Others were producing sun-dried brick out of the clayey substance, after it had been rewashed by the independent miners. Aztec Land Many times I have got stuck in the clayey slime well above my knees and have required the assistance of two, and sometimes three men to help me out. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. In the middle were large stones and clayey gravel, with a little runnel soaking through them. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Stiff, clayey, or hard, poor land can be made a great deal better for the onion crop by a heavy application of ashes or well rotted bagasse. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Sandy and gravelly soils need drainage nearly as often as loamy and clayey ones. Manual of American Grape-Growing In a clayey or rocky region, on the other hand, contaminating material may travel for a considerable distance under the ground. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 The binder of stone dust or clayey sand is renewed as often as it is swept off by traffic. American Rural Highways It requires a loose porous soil and does not thrive well in heavy clayey ground which holds much water. The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial She saw gross, ugly movements in her mistress, she saw a clayey, inert, unquickened flesh, that reminded her of the great prehistoric lizards. The Rainbow If the soil is clayey, stiff or lumpy, it is necessary to surround the union with loose soil or sand brought from outside the vineyard. Manual of American Grape-Growing The light color of his skin being a betrayal, he rubbed himself with clayey ooze till he was of the same hue as the Bow-legs. In the Morning of Time Either stone dust or clayey sand may be used, but clay if used alone is likely to be sticky when wet and prove to be worse than the condition it was expected to correct. American Rural Highways These ’dobe-holes are occasional wallows in clayey spots, and men and cattle know each one. Red Men and White It was his negative insensitiveness to her that she could not bear, something clayey and ugly. The Rainbow The root system of Labrusca does not penetrate the soil deeply, but the vine is said to succeed better in deep and clayey soils than �stivalis. Manual of American Grape-Growing A hard skeleton of igneous rock, with clayey soil for flesh, riven and seamed and pitted, crumbling and dusty in the sun, ever disintegrating with wind and water and frost. Rimrock Trail By this stranger's side was one of the men who had been working at the allotments, whose hands were not clean, and whose boots were heavy with the clinging, clayey soil. Phoebe, Junior As the cultivation extends, and more land is needed for this crop, much of it is being put upon clayey soil, and when well cultivated, it generally produces heavy peanuts. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses A well in sandy soil is more or less filtered by nature, but rocky or clayey earth may conduct disease germs a considerable distance under ground. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts In spite of its ability to withstand clayey soils, it seems to prefer loose, warm, well-drained sandy lands to all others. Manual of American Grape-Growing Seventeen miles of the ride from Pittsburgh on to Cannonsburg, was chiefly over clayey hills, well adapted for grass; but, in the present circumstances of the country, too stiff for profitable cultivation under the plough. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Even walking through the field when the soil is wet is injurious and should be avoided, in proportion as the soil is a clayey one. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato But clayey land, or such as is dark or tenacious, will impart a stain or dark color to the pods that is objectionable to buyers, and hence soils of this nature are generally avoided. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses It’s like going to a ’orrid death,” faltered the Sergeant, whose face was of a clayey hue. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills Shales are soft and clayey, and grind down to a mass which is dry and powdery, and muddy in wet weather. The Economic Aspect of Geology There is raw green in the tulip yellows; the reds are like a fresh wound, and the whites are either leaden or clayey.... Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation From time to time a crocodile splashed in the water as he slid heavily down the clayey bank at the bow. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines The earth was pretty good material for such a dam, if it was to be built at all, being of a clayey nature, making good puddle. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin In the upper part of the district the soil is sandy, while in the lower part it is clayey and produces finer crops. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" In the decomposition of rocks the potash, like the soda, is readily soluble, but in large part it is absorbed and held by clayey materials and is not carried off. The Economic Aspect of Geology The strata consist mainly of conglomerates and red sandstones, which, at Gamrie and at Tynet, are associated with a band of limestone nodules embedded in a clayey matrix, containing fish remains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The original meaning of Urra was perhaps "clayey soil," but it came to signify "the upper country" or "highlands," kengi being "the lowlands." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" A few yards away flowed the dark, cold river, muttering, dashing against the holes in the clayey banks as it tore along to the distant sea. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Some level land, with a rich, sandy loam, on the streams,—all the high lands very broken; hilly, with a clayey, sterile soil. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West These characteristics of the country rock, however, are likely to be masked at the outcrop by later weathering, which superposes a kaolinic or clayey alteration. The Economic Aspect of Geology From the clayey soil they purposed manufacturing bricks and earthenware. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader They may be described as of all crops the least fastidious, and will flourish on sandy, peaty, or clayey soils. Manures and the principles of manuring In the hollow way in the clayey bank, many had scratched their names as a remembrance. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Surface, gently undulating; soil, in places calcareous and clayey,—in other places a rich loam; limestone. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Farewell, base earth farewell.—My soul is freed: Far from its clayey cell it springs—where music dwells indeed. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 To speak the truth, the approaches to them are not the most practicable; particularly in rainy weather, when, from the clayey nature of the soil, they become extremely slippery. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. In fact, an example of this action of salt when in solution causing the precipitation of fine suspended clayey matter, is afforded by the formation of deltas at the mouths of rivers. Manures and the principles of manuring In the clayey bank the martens built their nest. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Surface various,—bottom lands level, and rich,—then a range of precipitous bluffs, with cliffs of limestone,—the table land rolling with a calcareous and clayey soil. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The plant has never been cultivated in these parts within memory, or the range of the faintest tradition, but the character of the soil is clayey, and perhaps not unsuitable. Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The soil is clayey, and thinly bestrewed with alpine grass, intermingled with syngenesious and cruciferous plants. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests This is especially so in soils whose texture is too close, such as heavy clayey soils. Manures and the principles of manuring Round hills, or huge clayey mounds, often covered with grass and flowers to the very top. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians Surface, generally level, rolling towards the rivers with abrupt bluffs; soil, near the rivers, a mixture of loam and sand; at a distance from them, flat and clayey. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West And so,—the verdict having been pronounced, he was cast into the burying-ground of Shoe Lane work-house—the paupers' burying-ground,—the end, as far as his clayey tabernacle was concerned, of all his dreamy greatness. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 A clay may be made friable, if well drained, by incorporating with it any substance as lime, sand, long manure or muck, which interposing between the clayey particles, prevents their adhering together. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel In a clayey subsoil the principal hindrance to nitrification will be the difficulty of obtaining sufficient aeration. Manures and the principles of manuring The easily pulverized, light, clayey soil around Sandy Hook was raised in huge clouds by the countless wagons and the hoofs of the horses of the squads of cavalry officers, couriers, and wagonmasters. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Surface, undulating; soil, on the high ground, clayey, and a mixture of sand,—on the bottom lands, a rich, sandy loam. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West William FitzJohn and his clayey serfs scowled upon the shivering interlopers, uncertain what injustice might be done to them and to their fathers’ homes, in sacrifices to the ghost of St. Thomas. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England It is greater in loamy and clayey soils; but is still small. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel Thus, in the former sense we say "a gravelly bottom, clayey bottom," &c., and in the latter sense "a British bottom, a Dutch bottom," &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The landscape along the coast is alternately formed of naked hills, of a rocky or clayey soil, and low sandy levels, covered with stunted bushes. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Surface, on the eastern part level,—western, rolling; soil, in the central and northern parts, a black loam,—in the south-west, thin and clayey. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The infant river Avon creeps through its clayey bottom, and there are remains of the old dams which pent it into fish-ponds. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England Acting upon this hint, I rode some four miles south-east from Blair, knowing that there is a piece of marsh field, which the highway crosses, that has a reddish, clayey soil. The Diamond Coterie An anchor is said to be shod when, in breaking it from its bed, a quantity of clayey or oozy soil adheres to the fluke and shank. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The marks of sharp claws, distinctly outlined in the clayey soil, told what kind of animal had made the tracks. The Tiger Hunter Surface, generally rolling,—some parts hilly; soil, calcareous and clayey,—on the bottoms, a rich sandy loam. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Lakes Superior and Huron have a stiff, clayey bottom, mixed with shells. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) Here human beings and their clayey habitations seemed to be melting down together into the earth. A Journal of a Visit of Three Days to Skibbereen, and its Neighbourhood As a rule, the soil is a loose, incoherent, fine sand, with but little clayey matter; and it is, no doubt, to its sandy nature that the disastrous effects of the earthquake were largely due. A Study of Recent Earthquakes The brilliancy of her teeth, which are like ivory, makes her clayey skin look darker. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul Surface rolling; soil, in some places a dark loam,—in others clayey and calcareous. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Heavy, clayey loam is, in one way, excellent, in another, not so good. Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure Deep cuts into the clayey soil sometimes bisect whole galleries of wonderful white ants, causing untold consternation to the occupants. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia In tamping clayey gravel the water flushes the clay to the surface and prevents the best bond. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Here, in much deeper water, about fifteen feet right under the clayey bank, we can see hundreds of fine bream, and now and then some small Jew-fish. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Fifteen feet up the bluff side a fallen dead tree projected its rotted, broken roots, like snaggled teeth, from the clayey bank. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights The most prominent plants of this sandy or clayey region are clusters of cacti and curua palms—a kind of stemless, low palm, with broad leaves springing, vase-like, from the ground. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America If the soil is clayey in texture, mix with it sifted coal ashes or sand, and the coarser part of the ashes may be incorporated with the soil in the lower foot of bed. Making a Garden of Perennials This is apt to be the case with stiff, clayey soil, which, if possible, should be avoided in selecting the tobacco field. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce With a sharp stick I began digging into the red clayey soil, but soon encountered so many roots from near trees that I gave it up, deciding to return next day with a mattock. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers At the washings which I saw, the clayey gravel was taken out of this layer and laid by the side of the hole until three or four cubic metres of it were collected. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The inward senses are exercised about spiritual things, but the burden of this clayey mansion doth much dull and damp them, and proves a great remora205 to the spirit. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning I have seen roots of shallow-rooted plants, Lobelia cardinalis for instance, growing in clayey soil, lying on the surface of the ground in spring—pried out by soil expansion. Making a Garden of Perennials In clayey soils roots penetrate only to short distances. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses Another has worked his clayey farm so wet, because he had not time to wait for it to dry, that it could not be properly tilled. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles I could now see only the clayey walls that contained the river, and the water that ran unheeding by me. The Scalp Hunters It is of a blackish color, but not clayey, and almost like the garden mould I have seen in Holland. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 As in Rio, it is a clayey deposit, containing more or less sand, and reddish in color, though varying from deep ochre to a brownish tint. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 After the long night spent on board the wretched boat in my stiff, clayey dress, and the hours of fasting, the warmth and good cheer of the Independent Hotel could not fail to be acceptable. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands He states, that on this clayey soil, when laid down to grass, "not one square foot of the clover froze out." Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Ever and anon came a dejected, weary squad with slouching gait and clayey complexions. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death If the loam used is clayey, it may take even a larger proportion of sand. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse On our side the men had the greatest difficulty in getting forward through the clayey mud-beds and the worn-out horses could not bring up the field artillery. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Before he had gone far, the horse so floundered in the mud that the saddle-girths broke, and while the pies rolled into the clayey soil in one direction, the fowl flew in another. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Plowing clayey, or even loamy soil, when wet, tends rather to press it together, and render it less pervious to air and water. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles The term "reef" means a bed or stratum of rock, and these Rand reefs are beds of a sort of conglomerate, consisting of sandy and clayey matter containing quartz pebbles. Impressions of South Africa If the soil is clayey or heavy, add enough coarse sand and make it fine and friable, or use a larger proportion of the manure. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse If the garden soil be clayey, and adhesive, put on a covering of sand, three inches thick, and the same depth of well-rotted manure. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School In certain descriptions of rather strong, clayey land, the yield is often remarkably great, and the quality much above medium. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. "The purest soul that ere was sent Into a clayey tenement." Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Rue does well on almost any well-drained soil, but prefers a rather poor clayey loam. Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses “How many are there?” said Bob, as he climbed out upon the grass, after washing his clayey arm. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel We knew that the soil round the bridge was gravelly, whilst up and down the stream it was clayey. Lessons on Soil Sand, in wet, heavy, clayey soil, is of permanent benefit. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. The worst soils for the home garden are light, sandy soils, or stiff, clayey soils; but any soil, by judicious and intelligent culture, can be made suitable. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition At midday the New Cavalry Brigade came to a halt at some mud holes, which furnished sufficient clayey water to allow the sobbing gun-teams and transport animals to moisten their mouths. On the Heels of De Wet Fong Wu, for the first time, looked fully at the white man, marking the sallow, clayey face, with its dry, lined skin, its lusterless eyes and drooping lids. The Spinner's Book of Fiction As a matter of fact the C.O. fell into one of them, getting rather wet and clayey in the process. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 On land of a stiff, clayey texture, or in wet soils, they are not only extremely liable to disease, but the quality is usually very inferior. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Down, slanting far down through the opaline opaqueness, he saw the huge trunk extend itself, to an immemorial root-hold in the clayey, perpendicular walls of the Perdu. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories For example, the famous Prince grove is producing magnificent crops on soil decidedly clayey; but the place is thoroughly cultivated and careful selection has been made of hardy trees, the Mayette being preferred. Walnut Growing in Oregon The soil is a yellow clayey loam, which in its unimproved condition looks about as unpromising for a crop, as the middle of a hard beaten road. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers Imagine then, a bare expanse of clayey soil from which all signs of vegetation—if there ever was any—have been obliterated. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Here you are on sandy, there on clayey soil. Canada and the Canadians Volume I If the soil be a clay, or clayey loam, it should be underdrained two and a half feet, to be perfect, and the draining so planned as to lead off to a lower spot outside. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings Another young grove is proving that walnuts do well on clayey hill land of buckshot nature, where the drainage is good and there is no rock or hardpan. Walnut Growing in Oregon Next sandy loam—then loam proper—then clayey loam or exhausted gravelly soil, and lastly cold stiff clay, or land naturally wet. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers Elevated openings of this kind are closed in the usual manner with a rude, single-paneled door, which is often whitened with a coating of clayey gypsum. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 Tiny rills of water, drainage from the tundra banks above the beachline, flowed down the shallow crevices of the clayey, hard substance. Where the Sun Swings North Clays, or clayey loams, should always be manured and plowed in the fall, just before the setting in of the winter frosts. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings Often there are stoves built into the clayey wall and used for cooking purposes. The Red Horizon I have used also, to good advantage, particularly on clayey lands, at the rate of six to eight barrels per acre. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers They had scrambled to the top of the clayey bluff and sat there in a thicket, looking out over the dimpled water, hot, uncomfortable, self-conscious. One Woman's Life A Rebel battery, with an incurable habit of using the hospital as a target, would scarcely be so dangerous as a low, water-sogged, clayey soil, with its inevitable results of fever, rheumatism, and bowel-complaints. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Another cause of the retention of water by the surface soil, often a very serious one, is the puddling which clayey lands undergo by working them, or feeding cattle upon them, when they are wet. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health The latter proved to have serious defects which were exaggerated by the unstable character of the clayey soil of the hill on which the observatory was situated. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer The soils in this vicinity are heavy loam, sandy loam, sandy, and occasionally some heavy clayey soils. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers The rivers were flooded; the clayey lowlands were one far-stretching quagmire; fogs brooded in the ravines; perpetual tempests shrieked over the frozen summits of the Pyrenees; the iron-bound coast was furious with breakers. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes A section showed about a foot of loose earth mixed with ashes; 3 feet of yellow clayey earth, rather compact; then gravel and sand. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 It is, however, very accommodating, and will be found to do well in ordinary garden soil, especially if it be a stiffish loam; clayey land is well adapted for it. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. The clay mostly used by the Zuñians in the manufacture of pottery is a dark, bluish, carbonaceous, clayey shale found in layers usually near the tops of the mesas. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 It is a flat surface, clayey loam, and badly affected by winter rains, and such freezing and thawing as it had during the last severe winter. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers Under the clayey slope of the northern escarpment and close by the roadside, a dry well rears its light canopy of open ironwork. The Well of Saint Clare By the time the shields had entirely cleared the rock, the material in the face had changed to a fine sand, stratified every few inches by very thin layers of chocolate-colored clayey material. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159 Almost every particle of clothing and equipment was smothered with red, clayey mud, and thin, tired faces were covered with a many days' growth of beard. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 When the clayey dough is ready to be used a sufficient quantity is rolled into a ball. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 The stream was rushing forth a clayey gray. The President A novel Yet if the rocks be compact, or if they have layers of a soft and clayey nature, we may find the construction water, even in very old deposits, remaining near the surface of the ground. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography This Zinder lady had also the end of the tufts of her hair—I cannot call them curls—formed into clayey sticks of macerated indigo. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government This pudding is composed of waterworn pebbles, bedded in a dark clayey soil which crumbles under the touch. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative The substance used in producing the black ware is a clayey brown hematite, or ferruginous indurated clay, quite hard. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 If in summer, the descent is made on a grassy or clayey slope down which the animals swiftly glide, and plunge headlong into deep water. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure These houses are made of coarse grasses, rushes, branches of shrubs, and small pieces of driftwood, closely cemented together with stiff, clayey mud. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The borings had shown a great variety of materials to be passed through, embracing quicksand, coarse sand, gravel, boulders, and bed-rock, as well as some clayey materials. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Division. Paper No. 1152 Very slowly, because the lines had to be large and thick, the letters S.O.S. appeared in dark green on the clayey open space. Operation Terror Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows. The Helpmate But the streams furnish water and this clayey soil when irrigated by canals becomes the most fertile in the world. History Of Ancient Civilization Beneath this lay coarse, clayey earth full of flints, like that in any of the neighboring ploughed fields. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The red clayey place he had taken had neither fence nor flowers. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 Into this open box or trough was rammed clayey earth obtained from the immediate vicinity and mixed with water to a heavy paste. Casa Grande Ruin Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 289-318 On the 24th the wind was E. by S., course held S.S.W. along the land in 2½, 3½ and 4½ fathom, clayey bottom; at noon we were in 17° 8'. The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 For along the passage—not so very far in front of them, from where it seemed to terminate—came the thud of men's feet upon the soft clayey ground. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame Rains continued; and mud and mire from the clayey soil of Manyuema were too awful to be attempted. 24th May, 1870.—I sent to Bambarré for the cloth and beads I left there. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi Hold up, horse!' roared he, as his horse now went starring up to the knees through a long sheet of ice, squirting the clayey water into his rider's face. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour In a peaty or boggy material there is a condition somewhat different, but sufficiently allied to the soft clayey or soupy sands to place it under the same head in ordinary practice. Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, Paper No. 1174, Volume LXX, December 1910 We see also how useful organic matter is in improving sandy and clayey soils. The First Book of Farming Pressing the end against the bank, and afterwards against the clayey bottom, the craft speedily swung several rods from shore. The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring The country generally is of clayey soil, and suitable for building. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi It is clayey, with a fourth or fifth of fine rotten stone; and at two feet depth, it becomes all a rotten stone. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 On the contrary, in 1885, the Canadian Pacific Railroad built a tunnel through clayey material and lined it with ordinary 12 by 12-in. timber framing, about 2 or 3 ft. apart. Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, Paper No. 1174, Volume LXX, December 1910 Consisting of ochre, a kind of earth with a rough and dusty surface, composed of fine, soft, clayey particles, which readily separate in water. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. The trees are about the size of hop-poles with abundance of tall grass; the soil is sometimes a little sandy, at other times that reddish, clayey sort which yields native grain so well. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 The presence of the clayey soils makes them very moist, and we find there fields of beets and grain side by side with extensive tracts of grassland. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. Their soil is clayey and stony, a little reddish, and of southern aspect. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 On chalky hillsides it does not grow so freely as on clayey plains. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 The clayey soil was covered with abundant vegetation, consisting of mossy grasses and lichens. The Waif of the "Cynthia" There are moments in life when souls stand forth from their clayey frames and touch each other, forgetful of time and space. Beth Woodburn The soil had none of the sandy and clayey consistency peculiar to New Jersey, but was deep and rich as an English valley. Idolatry A Romance With one exception, where the soil was clayey, the country we have seen on this river is of the very richest description. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills On a clay land we find a top crust of clayey loam, and on a lime or chalk land a top crust of calcareous loam. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition In both cases there are rail fences to be clambered over, and long grass to wade through, settlements to explore, and a clayey road to travel; but these are minor troubles. The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 If he is on a clayey soil, he must do so and so. Essays on Political Economy "That soil looks pretty clayey," is a good thing to say. Love Conquers All The anchorage is very good, from eleven to five fathoms water, but the bottom is so soft and clayey, that we found great difficulty in weighing our anchors. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time He is very good and kind to this partner, and helps her dig a hole in a clayey bank for the nest, and then takes his turn in sitting upon the eggs. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 It perishes after a while in sandy and clayey ground, but it flourishes in such as combine those two ingredients. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. This ravine runs through a system of sandstone hills, of a blueish muddy aspect, and red clayey earth, often conglomerate. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Two days of merciless rain turned the trenches into lanes of red clayey mud, and the floor of the Gully Ravine into a canal of stagnant brown water. Tell England A Study in a Generation In a clayey or rocky region, on the other hand, contaminating material may travel for considerable distance under ground. Camping For Boys He drew well, he made curious little modellings in clayey mud; he had a capital ear for music and managed in some unknown way of his own to pick out certain tunes on the piano. Vandover and the Brute The soil in the Deyrah Dhoon varies exceedingly from clayey and stiff soil to sand and gravelly soil, or light and free. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. The soil is generally deep, more or less yellow, and somewhat clayey; the hollows having a thin superstratum of black mould. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries The alum appears to unite with the mud, and to form a clayey deposit. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries It is of that sort of stone called, by mineralogists, Saxum conglutinatum, and consists chiefly of pieces of coarse quartz and glimmer, held together by a clayey cement. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Then the clayey hue, so long overshadowing the face, faded away in the warmth of a returning tide of life, as a gray dawn is suffused by sunrise. Lancashire Idylls (1898) Although the soil is naturally moist and clayey, and half bottom land, from the work of gentle acclivities, rising on either hand, yet I have given the plants a liberal watering in the evening. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. The country is a good deal cut up by water: within two and a half miles of Dadur we crossed the Naree, a running stream, with small boulders, and high clayey banks. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries The mountain bog of the south of Ireland—the moory bog—varies in depth from nine inches to three feet, below which there is a clayey or sandy subsoil. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines The N.W. end of it is low, like the islands of Hapaee; but it rises suddenly in the middle, and terminates in reddish clayey cliffs at the S.E. end, about thirty feet high. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time His thin features were drawn, and a clayey hue overspread his face—a hue which, when she saw with her practised eye, she knew was the shadow of the destroyer. Lancashire Idylls (1898) A strong dark loam, a gravelly, sandy, or clayey soil, but one not retentive of moisture, seems that best suited for its successful culture. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Crystals of carbonate of lime are frequent, limestone, or coarse conglomerate with large rounded stones, occurs; together with a curious laminated clayey rock, with white and ochraceous layers intermixed. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries The comparative poverty of their clayey undulations has doubtless awakened them to the opportunities of increasing values in other directions. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Though the earth was so hard in the exposed rick-yard, here the clayey ground was still moist under the shadow of the leaves. The Amateur Poacher There are no wharfs at Montreal, and the ships and steamers lie quietly in pretty deep water, close to the clayey and generally filthy bank of the city. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America The soil is a clayey loam, underlaid with potter's clay. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" On leaving the second Kioukdweng the same scenery occurs, the banks are generally tolerably high, often gravelly or clayey. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries The limy soil holds more water and the clayey an amazing quantity. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. About that time bright yellow flowers appeared suddenly on the clayey banks and waste places, and among the hard clay lumps of fields ploughed but not sown. The Amateur Poacher Many old tracks of reindeer were seen in the clayey soil and some more recent traces of the musk-ox. The Journey to the Polar Sea For days some of the señoras and señoritas have worn a mask of a white clayey mixture to give them an ephemeral whiteness for this occasion. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 One of our party slipped on the clayey soil, and clutched at a big grey cross to save himself from falling. The Schoolmaster If your ground is clayey, mix sand with it. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. For sure, in Heaven's wide chambers, there is room For love and pity, and for helpful deeds; 50 Else were our summons thither but a doom To life more vain than this in clayey weeds. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell The country here was a stiff, clayey flat, covered with grass, and seemed to have been overflowed at spring tides; though the high water of this day did not reach it by five feet. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 Leaving the feathers on the grouse the lad plastered each bird thickly with some clayey mud, and then placed them in the fire to roast, or bake, as he called it. Out with Gun and Camera Our way was over a low plain, where the water appeared frequently to lodge; it was covered with small-bladed grass, but almost destitute of wood, and the soil was clayey and shallow. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Albert opened a small box which was full of soil that looked quite clayey. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The ponds were now united by a stream of beautifully clear water, and were so far different from those we had left that morning in which the water had a clayey or muddy colour. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 Did he owe his pitch-black eyes to the molten jet, his fur to the clayey ooze, his soft ears to the sea-wrack, his ardent blood to the liquid fire? Romance of the Rabbit They stepped on to the firm clayey soil where the sage-bush waved, and had their midday meal. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion Here, in much deeper water, about fifteen feet right under the clayey bank, we can see hundreds of fine bream, and now and then some small jew-fish. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories Clay brings us right to another class of soils—clayey soils. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The land round Prince of Wales's Cove is rather level, and frequently clayey: the worst of it produces excellent food for cattle, even up to the foot of the high mountain lying at its back. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 Give back to me my furrows full of mud, give back to me my clayey paths. Romance of the Rabbit The soil at this spot was of a stiff clayey nature, free from that rock which every where covered the surface at Sydney Cove, well clothed with timber, and unobstructed by underwood. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. For above an hour we glide on over the yellow, clayey, strongly agitated fresh water, until at length the boundary is passed, and we are careering over the salt waves of the sea. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy You will often hear people speaking of a sandy loam or a clayey loam according as there is a greater percentage of sand or clay in the soil. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The waters of the Arve come through a clayey soil and are muddy, gray, and dull. Quiet Talks on Service We encamped on the northern side of it, the soil being a strong clayey loam, well covered with grass two or three feet high, so thick that it was difficult to walk through it. 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 And yet, when the Huguenot was driven from his château and his clayey Norman lands, the man had no distaste, himself, for an account-current, provided the balance was in his own favor. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas We saw no fresh water, but the declivities here and there showed deep furrows in the red clayey soil, the effects of torrents after heavy rains. 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 In wet weather the last question will be, "Is the road clayey or bottomless anywhere?" Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" Beans grow best in stiff clayey soils, and in such they are the most convenient crop. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II In some of the ravines two species of tree-ferns of the genus Cyathea grow luxuriantly in the moist clayey soil. 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 picturesque bell-tower of red painted beams, erected at a distance from the church, rose above the tall trees on the clayey declivity: old willows hung gracefully over the rapid stream. Pictures of Sweden It was apparently of a clayey nature when first brought up, but became hard and dark upon exposure to the air, and ignited quickly when put into the flame of a candle. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea In places near hollows, where water had collected, the soil, which was a dark kind of clayey mould, cracked and curled up with the heat. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. At last, about five o'clock in the evening, the marsh being cleared, the soil regained sufficient firmness, thanks to its clayey nature; but they felt it damp underneath. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen The soil here was rather stiffer than we had found it before, being a light sandy loam, and in places clayey. 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 There is very little clayey matter in any of the soils—not more than about five per cent. A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California We know, however, that the temperature of winds depends much on the nature of the soil over which they sweep, for instance, in a cold clayey soil, the radiation of heat is very rapid. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea The clayey yellow mud of three weeks' exposure in the trenches was plastered on them so thick that I wondered how they managed to mount their horses. On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes It will grow anywhere, but prefers a clayey soil and a boggy situation, and may be increased by dividing the roots in spring. Gardening for the Million In the midst of such ponderous affairs, stood a frail creature in a streaky blouse, exhibiting her clayey hands and smiling pensively. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel The soil is varied; some of it is a good loam, some of a clayey nature, and some stony; there is a shepherd's house, with barn and yard. A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California Thus I pluck thee from thy clayey abode, in which, like some of us mortals, thou wouldst find an early grave. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832 The water has saturated the banks by which our crazy ladder hangs, and every round is damp and slimy with clayey mud. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 It grows best in a moist, clayey soil, and may be increased by pieces of the running root. Gardening for the Million It cannot, like the agouti, subsist on the gravelly and desert plains of Patagonia, but prefers a clayey or sandy soil, which produces a different and more abundant vegetation. The Voyage of the Beagle It was a post-chaise taken off its axletree and wheels, and plumped down on the clayey soil among a ragged growth of vegetables. The Uncommercial Traveller It was clayey here, or of course dam making would have been vain, even for the best-trained beaver. The Wouldbegoods The river has a clayey bottom and is full of holes, so that half a horse is constantly disappearing unexpectedly, and can't be found again for some time. American Notes If the soil is of a clayey nature it should be loosened to a depth of several feet, and fresh loam, coarse sand, and good peat or leaf-mould added, to make it sufficiently light. Gardening for the Million And while he was retiring from that place, he slipped in a clayey place and fell upon his side, and died, it is said, the third day after. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Poor, gravelly, clayey and peaty solis prevail, but tile-draining, bones and guano, and the best methods of modern tillage, have greatly increased the produce. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The dark indicate vegetable decay, while the others point to clayey soil. The Lost World At the same moment, an enormous, bristling, and clayey face made its appearance at the door, with a hideous laugh which exhibited not teeth, but fangs. Les Misérables Should the ground be clayey, fine ashes or coarse sand thrown over the rough clods after trenching will greatly improve it. Gardening for the Million The road-metal grew softer and more clayey as Weatherbury was left behind, and the late rain had wetted its surface to a somewhat plastic, but not muddy state. Far from the Madding Crowd The second district, Formartine, between the lower Don and Ythan, has a sandy coast, which is succeeded inland by a clayey, fertile, tilled tract, and then by low hills, moors, mosses and tilled land. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 This was near the centre of the place, and on it we finally built, as we found it very unpleasant living on clayey land in wet weather. The Bark Covered House An aged and falling apple-tree leans far over to one side, its wound dressed with a bandage of straw and of clayey loam. Les Misérables The first few miles of this day's journey were along a clayey flat or hollow, which enabled me to avoid scrubby and sandy ground on each side. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia For an hour she pored over its pages, names that had blazoned themselves incandescently from the pages of musical reviews and magazines mixed in casually with the clayey ones of mere persons. Star-Dust Before this period it had been a bar at sea-level, covered with a clayey sediment of chalk. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future After the performance of Ghosts I saw the barber, and he had the curious grey clayey look of an Italian who is cold and depressed. Twilight in Italy The soil is prepared by a process called marnage, i.e. dug up to the extent of three feet, the marne or clayey soil being brought to the surface. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" They consist of a fine white clayey sandstone, a white calcareous sandstone, and coarse sandstone or pudding-stone. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources The Lexington Avenue house succumbed to a quick sale, and in attempting to divert the law business out of the clayey rut of quiet old conservatism, the Enterprise Amusement Company was ultimately to be born. Star-Dust The third, a "Jeune Mère," hanging disconsolate over a clayey and puffy baby with a face like an unwholesome full moon. Villette At about five o’clock they were relieved by finding themselves on ground of a more clayey character; it was still soft and porous below, but its surface was hard enough to give a secure foothold. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain He could not bear the smell of the dead, clayey water, and he was mortally afraid for his own health. England, My England Near Bangor, the fence-posts, on account of the frost's heaving them in the clayey soil, were not planted in the ground, but were mortised into a transverse horizontal beam lying on the surface. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 She was preparing to take another roll into the clayey ditch below. A Love Story Of this corporeal frame man himself has done his best to vitiate and dishonour, mere clayey envelope—so theologians tell us—of an immortal soul! East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne We rode forward at a trot, but in the deep clayey soil we sank at each moment to our horses' fetlocks. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 On the south side of the river, opposite to this place, is a large plain of clayey ground, called Toombi Toorila. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa We noticed in a great many places narrow and well-trodden paths by which they had come down to the river, and where they had slid on the steep and clayey bank. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Tommy would stoop down, get an empty "jam tin," take a handful of clayey mud from the parapet, and line the inside of the tin with this substance. Over the Top Much also is found washed out of the clayey cliffs of Holderness. The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus It was covered with small-bladed grass, but almost destitute of wood, and the soil was clayey and shallow. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders In the northern part of the gulf I distinctly saw this clayey formation at the depth of two or three fathoms in the sea. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 From Guildford to the foot of Green Mount, the country presents a vast plain of cold clayey soil, unfit for cultivation, and though covered with scrub, affording very little useful herbage. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Yet nature speaks within the human bosom, And, spite of reason, bids it look beyond His narrow verge of being, and provide A decent residence for its clayey shell, Endear'd to it by time. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas The owner of a clayey garden has one big consolation. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use The Egyptian is the best man in the world for dabbling in mud; and here, by scraping away the surface-sand, he has come upon a clayey soil sufficiently fertile to satisfy his wants. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 The central and western parts of the island contain two formations of compact limestone; one of clayey sandstone and another of gypsum. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Towards that hill, and the Nivelle at its foot, the land slopes down, still wooded and broken, bounded by a long sweep of clayey crumbling cliff. Prose Idylls, New and Old It is a clayey soil, which has been levelled and abandoned by the waters. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 That is a slow process—especially so in clayey or heavy soils. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use The water has a white, clayey hue, and is very swift. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain In dry spots he cultivated the sweet potato; the cotton-tree flourished upon the heights, and the sugar-cane grew in the clayey soil. Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre I could now see only the clayey wall that contained the river, and the water that ran unheeding past me. Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea During the day the shores of the rivers, covered with white sand, reflect the heat in an insupportable degree, even more than the yellowish brown clayey grounds of Calabozo and Tisnao. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Lime and land plaster are also valuable, as they cause chemical changes which tend to break up clayey soils. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use It was not by volition that she walked over the uneven clayey ground, but by instinct. Hilda Lessways Tilling the soil proved too laborious, and he determined to erect a grist mill; but the stream that ran through the clayey channel of the Seine petite was too feeble to turn the ponderous wheels. The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief Turn thee, child of man, turn thee back the way thou camest to thy clayey tabernacle; in pity is it given thee to dwell in dust yet a little while. Bible Stories and Religious Classics Many of the camels, struggling against the clayey soil, could not come up. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. The soil should be well drained, but if a little clayey, so much the better. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use He even made his own bricks, thanks to some deposits of clayey soil which exist near Djenny. Fruitfulness Its waters are muddy, indicating the passage through a clayey district. Klondyke Nuggets A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest The surface of the clayey roads soon became very slippery, then cut into deep ruts, and the moisture was just enough to give the mud the consistency of tenacious putty. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 On the 8th of December, at 8 A.M., we travelled slowly up the Halimalah Valley, whose clayey surface glistened with mica and quartz pebbles from the hills. First Footsteps in East Africa The soil for raspberries should be clayey if possible, and moist, but not wet. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use He turned his eyes toward the clayey roof and gave thanks. The Four Canadian Highwaymen or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp If the garden soil be clayey and adhesive, put on a covering of sand, three inches thick, and the same depth of well-rotted manure. American Woman's Home A clayey subsoil was seen in a few places near Cape Ball on the east coast of Graham island. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia While everything about us partakes of a dusty clayey hue, we must not forget that we see the plains of India in the winter. Round the World A deep, rich and moist soil is the best—approaching a clayey loam. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use To his horror he now discovered that the beams which stretched across to prevent the clayey roof from falling in had been removed. The Four Canadian Highwaymen or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp The men, their feet slipping in the clayey mud, went downhill with long strides, the straps of their packs tugging at their shoulders. Three Soldiers He was young like the undersurgeon, seventeen or eighteen, and much bewildered, the gray, clayey hue upon him, but not at all uncouth. Red Fleece The basalt on which we walked was darkish brown, compact, half-decomposed, and when breathed on, emitted a clayey smell. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 In clayey loams, the surface in the matted rows becomes as hard as a brick. Success with Small Fruits The bicycle lantern was hanging down from my left and showed plainly the clayey gravel of the dam. Over Prairie Trails It was composed of heterogeneous materials,—large and small pebbles and boulders impacted together in a paste of clayey gravel and sand. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence The resinous fragrance mingled with the clayey breath of the pursuing storm. Bricks Without Straw Majestic forests cover this Cordillera of the interior, and they are joined by a woody vale to the open clayey lands and salt marshes of the environs of Cumana. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 And a trig young person who didn't look a bit like an artist, because she was so neatly belted and so smoothly coiffed, waved a clayey thumb tip toward a bench by the fire. Little Miss By-The-Day The descent was a malevoie, over slabs and boulders, loose stones and clayey ground, slippery as ice after rain. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 You will likewise see a new mine of fossil fishes in the clayey schist of the coal formation at Newhaven, on the banks of the Forth, near Edinburgh. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence The mud with which the Indus is loaded, says Burnes, is of a clayey hue, that of the Chenab, on the other hand, is reddish, that of the Sutlej is more pale. The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) It is generally observed that the water is brackish wherever lagoons are formed in clayey ground. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The soil a light red sand, the lower levels being stronger and more clayey. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales The steep ascent of dry, clayey soil was strewed with schist and resplendent silvery gneiss; quartz appeared in every variety, crystallized and amorphous, transparent white, opaque, dusky, and rusty. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Between Mvumi and the nest Sultan's district, that of Matamburu, I counted no less than twenty-five villages, scattered over the clayey, coloured plain. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The rock was composed of quartz pebbles of different colours, imbedded in a red clayey paste. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 We must not confound the salt disseminated in these clayey soils with that contained in the sands of the seashore, on the coasts of Normandy. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 We passed over a large plain, washed by the river; the soil, a stiff red clayey loam, long parched by drought; the sides of the hill light red sandy loam. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales The forests are denser and more varied; the soil, which is alternately sandy, gravelly, clayey, and loamy, is, generally speaking, lighter excepting on the shores of some of the larger lakes. Minnesota and Dacotah We had no longer any difficulty with regard to water, the rain having left frequent puddles where any rocky or clayey ground was crossed. Spinifex and Sand The country along the Mitchell was an immense uninterrupted flat with a very clayey soil, on which the following plants were frequent: viz. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 A clayey soil mixed with spangles of mica covered the rock, to the depth of three feet. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 At fifteen miles we came upon a little firm clayey plain with some salt bushes, and it also had upon it some clay pans, but they had long been dry. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Especially where the soil is poor in lime is the clay worked down to form a somewhat clayey hardpan. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall The town, consisting of about one hundred houses, is built at the base and on the sides of a basaltic mass, which rises abruptly from the hard clayey plain. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 Loose clayey sandstone cropped out in its bed, and also in the gullies which joined it. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Almost constant explosions are felt in a clayey soil, which is affirmed to be impregnated with sulphur. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 We got some pure water for ourselves, and were enabled to dispense with the yellow clayey fluid we had carried. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, In time, the subsoil has become more distinctly clayey than the topsoil. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall There was not a trace of human habitation around us: a few parched shrubs and the granite heaps were the only objects diversifying the hard clayey plain. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 A loose variegated clayey sandstone, with many irregular holes; cropped out in the beds of the creek. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Several ran to the spot, and at the bottom of an old claim full thirty feet deep they discovered on looking intently down the face of a man rising out of the clayey water. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Whole square miles are seen whitened over with quicklime, which during the moist winter months, exercises its beneficial influence upon the stiff, clayey soil, of those counties. Familiar Letters on Chemistry Sandy soils will hold less water than clayey ones. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall January 6.—The march to-day was very trying to the poor horses, being chiefly over rotten melon-hole country, of a yellow clayey soil, timbered with stunted bloodwood and pandanus, the rain pouring down all day. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland We travelled about ten miles north-west by north, and encamped at a small pool of water in a creek, in which the clayey ironstone cropped out. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Except on clayey soils in extraordinarily frosty, high-elevation locations, we usually can till and plant before the soil has had a chance to lose much moisture. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway We climb the street and the hillock of clayey soil where the traveling kitchen is smoking. Under Fire: the story of a squad Thus it has come about that ordinarily a clayey soil is considered "strong" and a sandy soil "weak." Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Alas! the soil is bare and lumpy as a ploughed field, and all the leafage that hangs low is thick with a clayey dust. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy The hill was low, but steep, and the earth, being clayey and wet with the recent rains, was but bad holding ground for our feet. Two Years Before the Mast It might seem logical to conclude that a clayey garden would be the most drought resistant. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Our feet were sinking farther and farther, taking deep root in the stream that flowed along the clayey bottom of the trench. Under Fire: the story of a squad Under conditions of deficient rainfall, soils are naturally less clayey, but as the sand and silt particles are produced from rocks which under humid conditions would yield clay, arid soils are not necessarily less fertile. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall She saw that his boots were all clayey, even his trousers were plastered with clay. Women in Love The soil was, at it appeared at first, loose and clayey, and, except the stalks of the mustard plant, there was no vegetation. Two Years Before the Mast Fortunately, once root development increases at greater depths, the organic matter content and accessibility of this clayey layer can be maintained through intelligent green manuring, postponing for years the need to subsoil again. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway It has a swift current, and, in this part of its course, a clayey bottom, almost no weeds, and comparatively few fishes. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Experiment has shown that the fertility in the sandy soils of arid sections is as large and as available to plants as in the clayey soils of humid regions. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall There is a marked difference between a stiff clayey soil which dries up and cracks in summer, and a loose soil which is always moist a little below the surface. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken On the upper surface we note that the shale has weathered to a clayey soil in which all traces of structure have been destroyed. The Elements of Geology It is not unusual to find a sandy topsoil underlaid with a dense, cement-like, clayey sand subsoil extending down several feet. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway The end of this umbrella sank in the clayey soil; the round of wood which is placed at the end of the silk, was found moulded in the clay. The Widow Lerouge This somewhat clayey and calcareous stone forms strata two feet thick, alternating with quartzose sand. The Student's Elements of Geology The streets were places of death and danger, and the people took refuge in the cellars of the houses, or in caves which they dug out of the clayey soil. This Country of Ours The Kansan drift consists for the most part of a sheet of clayey till carrying smaller bowlders than the later drift. The Elements of Geology A good-sized earthenware pan, some nine inches deep, is filled with a red, clayey earth, rich in pebbles, similar, in short, to that of the places haunted by the Lycosa. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects This is done in the tub by constantly stirring with a shovel, and changing the water as it becomes charged with the floating argillaceous, or clayey, particles. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students In my garden, the well-levelled paths, made of a mixture of tiny pebbles and red clayey earth, suits her to perfection. Bramble-Bees and Others Moreover the fine glacial soil of the prairies is so clayey and compact that the roots of trees cannot easily penetrate it. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America In part it consists of sound rock ground fine; a drop of acid on fresh, clayey till often proves by brisk effervescence that the till contains much undecayed limestone flour. The Elements of Geology Whether Mrs. Proudie had most partaken of the clayey nature or of the flowery nature, Mrs. Baxter did not stop to consider. The Last Chronicle of Barset They watched the undulating corn-lands, monotonous to all their companions; the stony and clayey prospect succeeding those, with its angular and abrupt hills. Desperate Remedies The insect first digs in the clayey earth a recess with an oval curve to it. Bramble-Bees and Others Farther seaward comes a broad band of younger rock which forms a clayey soil or else a yellow sandy loam. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America Others, long held against the northward sloping country by the retreating ice edge, left in their beaches their clayey beds, and their outlet channels permanent evidences of their area and depth. The Elements of Geology Because no man can ever feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if darkness were indeed the proper element of our essences, though light be more congenial to our clayey part. Moby Dick, or, the whale |
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