| 单词 | ford |
| 例句 | North of the compound, the brook was in full spate, choked with leaves and bits of wood, but the scouts had found where the ford lay and the column was able to splash across. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z William Beck- ford, for example, came from a family that owned twenty-four sugar plantations in Jamaica. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z A sandy road led down to the ford and beyond into the woods. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Few went to rest, for small hope had any now that even Faramir could hold the fords for long. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Mycah and I are going to ride upstream and look for rubies at the ford." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Over the stream there was a ford between low banks much trampled by the passage of horses. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was only a short way to the ford of the river, near the priory, and from there across fields covered with grazing sheep to the forest. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The weeds they forded fell to dust about them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I go through the town and by the drovers’ road and across the ford beyond.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z When they had been riding for some time, they came to a ford like the one at which he had fought the first fight with King Arthur. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of mice led by Brother Alf tried fording the ditch and climbing up into the meadow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There was a ford here and the stream ran tinkling over the dean stones, only a few inches deep. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The path crossed the stream on another foot-log below the ford, and joined the road, and we went into the woods. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z There were three lines of flat stepping-stones across the stream, and between them fords for horses, that went from either brink to a bare eyot in the midst. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Why, come August, didn’t he try once more to cross the Teklanika, when it would have been running significantly lower, when it would have been safe to ford? Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "Close to the ford and ringed by pits and spikes. If they are coming south, I say let them come, and break themselves against us." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Controller! What an unexpected pleasure! Boys, what are you thinking of? This is the Controller; this is his ford- ship, Mustapha Mond.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z "We've planted iron spikes under the water, y'see, and there's caltrops scattered among them rocks there. It's the same on all the fords, by your brother's command." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They followed the sounds around a lazy bend of the road and saw them; a column of armed men noisily fording a swollen stream. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After a while he got up to the car and when I finally got it through his head if two people in a ford had passed him, he said yes. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Tywin had tried to force a crossing at a dozen different fords, her brother wrote, but every thrust had been thrown back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Like he had forded a raging river and come to the other side. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z If I forded the river, I’d hit a tributary that would lead me to Ikwa, the village nearest my mother’s site. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I love him and I hope his time at Oxford was a rich experience. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We did fourteen miles, an exceedingly worthy distance in the circumstances, and might have gone farther, but at half past six we came to a broad ford called Wilber Brook and stopped. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Here the Snowbourn flowed near to the western walls of the dale, and soon the path led them to a ford where the shallow waters murmured loudly on the stones. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The men were hovering near the fording place, thinking I’d try a crossing there. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z When we was disembarked, we marched along the eastern Shore of Hog Island, making for its far End, where we would ford a few feet of Water to Noddle’s. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So I always go as far as the ford, where the river spills across the path, and then I head back. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘My lord,’ he said to the king, ‘there are horsemen behind us. As we crossed the fords I thought that I heard them. Now we are sure. They are overtaking us, riding hard.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They agreed to travel east to search for a better place to ford the Kell, and when they came to a shallow beach in the early afternoon, Con stopped. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z This followed the line of the river, which ran straight from almost as far away as they could see, flowing smoothly without fords, gravel shallows or plank bridges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There he found the remaining strength of his people already assembled; for as soon as his coming was known captains rode to meet him at the ford, bearing messages from Gandalf. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But as soon as they were in the middle of the ford it turned upstream and waded till they were about a hundred yards further inland than the cottage. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z "There is nothing I would not do for your kiss, no mountain I would not scale, no river I would not ford, no desert I would not cross." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I think too much of my car; I’m not going to hammer it to pieces like it was a ford. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the Pick- fords, Mr. and Mrs. Winterbottom spoke quietly, in short sentences, and sat straight up as they ate their food. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The prospect of fording this /aife-colored torrent discourages most people from traveling any farther. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "They must have found a ford by now well to the east of us. From there they will try to ride straight to Anvard." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Ab Russell was in his lot, but I didn’t bother to ask him and I hadn’t got out of sight of his barn hardly when I saw the ford. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘He will let no man handle him. There he goes, away down by the ford, like a shadow among the willows.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Forty leagues and more it was, as a bird flies, from Edoras to the fords of the Isen, where they hoped to find the king’s men that held back the hosts of Saruman. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There was a beaten way, north-westward along the foot-hills of the White Mountains, and this they followed, up and down in a green country, crossing small swift streams by many fords. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There was a ford in front of the drugstore, but I didn’t even look at it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Such maps focused on roads, passes and fords, ignoring everything to left or right of the main route. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He probably understood that if he was patient and waited, the river would eventually drop to a level where it could be safely forded. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "My fords," he said formally, "I am sorry to have kept yon waiting." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He held a staff and forded a rushing river. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They had come together at the ford of the Trident while the battle crashed around them, Robert with his warhammer and his great antlered helm, the Targaryen prince armored all in black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even so, only the nearest ford was visible. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jaime called his hostage forward and asked him where to find the nearest ford, and the boy led them there. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Today the water looks considerably lower than it looks in the photographs McCandless took twelve months ago, but to try to ford the river here, in thundering midsummer flood, is nevertheless unthinkable. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they all heard the sound of hoofs, and at the same moment they saw dark shapes coming swiftly on the path from the fords. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They forded the Red Fork late the next day, upstream of Riverrun where the river made a wide loop and the waters grew muddy and shallow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A great white cow was fording through the river of traffic, vehicles parting to let it through. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Many carry small Bibles, wrapped in plastic bags to keep them dry when they ford rivers or when it rains. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “That is for the prince to decide, Hunger- ford. Your part is to do as you are told.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘When you crossed the fords yonder you entered it. But it is the realm of Théoden the King. None ride here save by his leave. Who are you? And what is your haste?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Above and below this ford, depending on the season, the water ran quite deep. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They were drinking at midday from a shallow ford crossing an overgrown track to a worked-out silver mine when a cottontail started up in the bracken across the water. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning we came very early to the first of several rivers we would have to ford. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z There are steep ascents and descents and streams that have to be forded. 10 epic long-distance walks around the world 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Baumbach, working on a larger scale than he has before, pulls off a few fine cinematic coups, one of them involving that station wagon fording a swollen stream. ‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Prevailing myth: Everyone wears dirndls and lederhosen, and they climb every mountain and ford every stream. Why Austria should be your next dream vacation 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Gordon and her party had to cross a shallow ford because a footbridge was blocked. 'Like cycling through history': 220-mile King Alfred’s Way launched 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Over the May holiday celebrating Montenegro’s 12-year independence, we hiked lightly traveled but well-signed paths, forded streams, crossed under waterfalls and picnicked on lakeside boulders in fragrant pine groves. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The bridge gave way, and fleeing soldiers forded the river by trampling over corpses. Shakespeare on the battlefield: the Globe theatre step out 2013-07-09T19:00:00Z Yup, the actors in this troupe are still climbing every mountain and fording every stream, in their annual staging of "The Sound Music" at Leavenworth Ski Hill. Theatrical shows for all ages move outside for summer nights 2010-07-08T22:41:00Z The trail crossed the Wassataquoik at a knee-deep ford, meandered through mixed woods and skirted a massive glacial erratic before turning steeply uphill for a mile toward the summit of Deasey. Touring Maine’s Newest — and Largest — Parcel of Federal Land 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Many of the narrow lanes of the Surrey countryside were transformed into rivers, with riders fording "puddles" 40cm deep. Hurricane turns Surrey sportive into epic challenge 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Soon we were fording a brisk river, clambering up and down hills of mud not that far from the color of Ms. Angulo’s seafood. Once Colombia’s ‘Deadliest City,’ Buenaventura Is Coming Back 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Having forded a river they push on across uncharted territory to find themselves traversing a wilderness of waterless brush and rocky outcrops. Review: A Rich Field of In-Competition Films at Venice 2010-09-07T15:30:00Z For one paintinglike piece, made on canvas-covered plywood, Mr. Dial had used branches, metal, clothing, paint and a pair of work boots to create a lean figure fording through a tall jungle. Art: Letting His Life?s Work Do the Talking 2011-02-20T02:02:00Z How her dad had fled the Cultural Revolution, literally fording rivers to get his family here, to America, only to find his medical license didn't transfer, so he had to do schooling again. What grandma's sponge cake taught me about being Asian in America 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z I forded streams in the ungrateful, thin, stony soil, all the way back up to the Temple of Love. Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers Is Being Tended Once Again 2012-07-19T21:45:31Z Historians believe it was about here in 54 B.C. that Julius Caesar’s army found a place to ford the river on their way north. Favorite Place: Wintry Wanderings Among Chelsea’s Ghosts 2013-12-26T22:18:07Z They climbed every mountain, forded every stream as the Universe smiled on their Higher Love. Digested classic: Ann Veronica by HG Wells 2010-03-26T14:06:00Z So as we walked beaches, forded creeks and even bushwhacked through alders, we were as quiet and unobtrusive as possible. U.S. Issue: It?s a Bear?s World in Kodiak, Alaska 2011-05-13T20:16:28Z Will the misdirected Håkan ford the Mississippi and pass Huck Finn lighting out the other way? A Debut Novel. A Tiny Press. A Pulitzer Finalist. 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Her flight forces her to ford a fast-moving river with another woman’s baby in her arms. Weaponized white feminism in "The Handmaid's Tale" and "When They See Us" 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Bychkov and his players climbed every mountain and forded every stream with due flair. BBC Proms 1 to 7 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z And from trying and failing to ford the deceptively deep and swift-running Hayle estuary, I know that occasionally three miles have to be walked to travel one. Simon Armitage: a poetic pilgrimage around Devon and Cornwall 2013-03-29T16:00:04Z The other half depicts a band of travelers and shepherds at a ford in a river, according to the Art Newspaper. Germany gets back 18th century Austrian painting looted during World War II 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The two paintings together form a panoramic scene featuring shepherds and travelers with their goats, cows, donkeys and sheep at a ford in a river. 300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Some had their belongings stolen or damaged while fording rivers. In an L.A. suburb, Chinese 'border crossers' seek a new life after harrowing journey 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z It cost about £7,700 to build and replaced a "perilous ford" slightly downstream. Union Chain Bridge recognised as international landmark 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z The four attempted to reach a rock as they forded the river, only for the children to get swept away. Bodies of 2 young siblings found in fast-moving Kings River 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z They must hike over steep mountains, endure torrential rain and ford swift-running rivers. Migrants crossing dense Darien jungle at Colombia-Panama border find increasingly organized route 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Police formed a human chain as they tried to free a woman from her car after it was washed down a river when she tried to cross a flooded ford. Human chain formed to rescue driver from flood trap 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Before long, a community once known as a place to ford the river was a key stop on a growing railroad network. Homeless in the City Where He Was Once Mayor 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z It cost about £7,700 to construct and replaced a "perilous ford" slightly downstream. Union Chain Bridge linking Scotland and England reopens 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Ragnar, the kind of fellow for whom riding a horse and fording a river are second nature, despises Lucas from the moment they meet, and the antipathy proves more than mutual. Review: The stunning drama 'Godland' is an epic tale of ice and men 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z To continue on the trail, which leads to a waterfall, hikers needed to ford the 20-foot wide stream on slippery boulders. Frustrated by waiting, some hikers return to potentially hazardous trails 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z I did research other options but they all seemed to involve fording rivers and oxen dying. Opinion | Yes, that is my baby crying on the plane, and I am so sorry 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z “Even though they didn’t understand that the enemy was held off here, when the Ukrainians kept the Russians from fording the river.” A Gray Area of Loyalties Splinters a Liberated Ukrainian Town 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z During the civil war, tens of thousands of desperate people forded that river and crossed into Afghanistan. The Tajik Artisans Guarding the Country’s Cultural Legacy 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z He described fording knee-deep mud in the jungles of the Darién Gap linking Colombia and Panama. Mysteries, legal challenges follow Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis’s migrant flights 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z They explored the property, hiking its trails, fording the stream that ran through it. Perspective | In 1979, area Girl Scouts fought to save one of their favorite camps 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The reroute required building a small bridge and establishing new creek fords. Hiking the freshly reworked Lower South Fork Skokomish in the Olympics? Thank a trail crew 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z We forded creeks 2 to 3 feet deep. When Reagan hosted Queen Elizabeth and Jerry Brown met with 'cool' Prince Charles in California 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Over the course of several weeks, thousands of migrants, mostly from Haiti, forded the Rio Grande, camping under a border bridge and building makeshift shelters out of brush. Border Patrol agents did not strike Del Rio migrants, report finds 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z A few miles from the border junction of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia, the dogs once again confront and ford the Luangwa River. The Incredible Journey of Three African Wild Dogs 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z A handful of snowmobile passengers stranded in slush had to be rescued by helicopter, adventure guides said, and some skiers returning to Longyearbyen forded water up to their waists. Snowmobiles in Slush: Sports Are on Thin Ice in the Warming Arctic 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z This year, a Venezuelan girl died while trying to ford the river. In Nicaragua, would-be migrants learn to swim to brave deadly Rio Grande 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Videos of cars getting stuck in a ford in Nottinghamshire have been watched by millions around the world. 'I've seen cars and vans floating in here' 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Many migrants have died while crossing Mexico to its northern border with the United States, including both adults and children who have drowned while trying to ford the river that divides the two countries. Venezuelan migrant girl dies crossing river between Mexico and US 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Or, perhaps, the intended phrase was “fording rivers.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Carve out space for this artist’s credit 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Jeep says the Grand Cherokee 4xe is capable of water fording up to 24 inches. The first plug-in hybrid Jeep Grand Cherokee is here 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z They carried ice, plates of food and other supplies; one man forded the river with a rolled-up mattress on his shoulders. Thousands of Haitian migrants wait under bridge in South Texas after mass border crossing 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The ford has been described by the AA as its "number one flood accident hotspot". 'I've seen cars and vans floating in here' 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z In the unforgiving terrain of the east, such as in the Korengal Valley, the boots broke down quickly as soldiers made strenuous climbs and forded ice-cold streams. The Relics of America’s War in Afghanistan 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z However, researchers found that at least 85 percent of barriers on European rivers are actually smaller structures such as weirs, culverts, fords, sluices, and ramps. European rivers are littered with barricades, but a movement grows to remove them 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Barring heavy rain, Hamlet should remain accessible by fording Glade Creek, Watts said. New River Gorge National River trail bridge being repaired 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The group forded a thigh-high stream and traversed slippery rocks in the dark. This Urban Safari Comes With a Warning: Watch Out for Snakes 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Ben Gregory, 19, of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, said he often spends up to 13 hours filming at the ford for his YouTube channel, which has racked up about 40 million views in the past year. 'I've seen cars and vans floating in here' 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z The U.S.-Mexican border, or la frontera, is an 1,800-mile-long, virtually imaginary line of barbed wire fencing, an undergrowth of mesquite or chaparral and an easily forded river. A Mexican-American Hyphen 1970-02-13T05:00:00Z When Adelman tells the story of a Union officer shot while trying to ford Antietam Creek, and how his body was left floating in the water, you can, uncomfortably, visualize it. The region’s history comes alive in these immersive guided tours 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Colorful National Geographic-style images include a swimming turtle, pink coral polyps, a woman and child fording floodwaters, and a green frog. Review: Miss seeing art? 100 artists come to the rescue with work in public view across L.A. 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Temporarily stable fords are also a feature of that part of the river Tagus, according to researchers. Ancient battlefield, site of Hannibal's first major victory, discovered in Spain, researchers say 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Sam will topple over in the middle of fording a river if his fast-draining stamina gauge runs out. Hideo Kojima’s Strange, Unforgettable Video-Game Worlds 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The version for the 2020 Wrangler took a little longer to plumb for anticipated Jeep-like duties like fording streams, bashing boulders, hauling toys and, of course, being tarted-up with thousands of combinations of accessories. For Moving Mountains, or Climbing Them, Jeep’s Wrangler Goes Diesel 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z French media reported that one was a shepherd whose 4x4 vehicle was carried away by a flashflood as he crossed a ford. Five dead in French helicopter crash, floods 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z In the Var region, a shepherd was swept away as he was trying to cross a ford in his 4x4 while tending to his flock. French floods: five dead after three rescue workers killed in helicopter crash 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z Researchers also identified the remains of a square or quadrangular structure at the site, believed to be part of a palisade designed to force the tribes through two of the fords over the Tagus. Ancient battlefield, site of Hannibal's first major victory, discovered in Spain, researchers say 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The tents belong to some 250 African nationals who crossed jungles, forded rivers, sneaked across borders and dodged militias and thieves to get here in hopes of eventually reaching the United States. African migrants stuck in southern Mexico, their American dream on hold 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The perch is high, sitting on 18-inch wheels that buy 8.9 inches of ground clearance and 27 inches of “fording depth.” The 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser: All the comforts of home, and big as a house 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Do you ford the river with your oxen? The real way to make YouTube Kids childproof is to ask about Van Halen 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z “Just a little bump with a ford bumper.” A border agent’s hateful career and the crime that finally ended it 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z He added, “just a little push with a ford bumper.” Border Patrol Agent Who Hit Migrant With Truck Pleads Guilty 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z He hikes across the Andean highlands and fords streams to track down Peruvian herbs. Review | With ‘Uncharted,’ Gordon Ramsay proves he’s indeed no Anthony Bourdain. At least not yet. 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Two men, one carrying a machete, arrived soon after to ford the waters to safety in this village, the first populated place on the Panamanian side of the unforgiving Darien Gap. Migrants traverse the deadly last stretch of Darien jungle 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Mr Law was first on the scene and saw the car reversing near the ford on Friday, before it was swept away. Elderly couple rescued from submerged car 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z One sent to her @dee_ford handle read: “You ruined my whole year.” Chiefs linebacker’s name-twin inundated with tweets 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Hundreds of Central American immigrants Monday forded the fast-moving Suchiate River to cross illegally into Mexico a day after violent clashes at the Guatemala-Mexico border left one man dead and dozens of people injured. Melee at the Mexico-Guatemala border leaves dozens injured and a young migrant dead - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Migrants organized a rope brigade to ford its muddy waters, and some floated across on rafts operated by local residents who usually charge a dollar or two to make the crossing. ‘We are hungry!” Migrants wail at Mexico-Guatemala border 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Migrants organized a rope brigade to ford its muddy waters, and some floated across on rafts operated by local residents who charged a dollar or two to make the crossing. Caravan migrants, defying Trump warnings, smash through border fence en route to Mexican territory 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The rescuers said it was common for cars to be swept away in the ford. Elderly couple rescued from submerged car 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z On the charity’s website, you can see photos of volunteers, their faces rapt with grim determination, walking down a steep mountain path or fording a river, holding tiny babies wrapped in blankets. The business of voluntourism: do western do-gooders actually do harm? 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Once they forded a stream and almost submerged their four-wheel drive vehicle. Treasure Hunter Searches Rhine River—for a Steam Engine 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Nature disciplined us, and sometimes frightened us, by making us ford high rivers, cross steep snow banks — or by getting us lost. Opinion | Six Years, Four Sore Feet, 2,650 Miles 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z In one of them, he wrote of coming upon a man named Salek who was trying unsuccessfully to ford a swollen river with his donkey. A Moroccan Retreat with a French Minimalist Spin 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Hikers used to have to ford a stream at that spot. New foot bridge for 358-mile Long Path 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z When they forded the river between Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and El Paso, Claudino tried to tell the US officials who intercepted them that turning back would mean death. Family separations: the parents fighting in court to get their children back 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Why did she travel more than a thousand miles by bus and then ford the Rio Grande with a small band of desperate voyagers? Having being deported to Central America after fleeing gangs 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Then you must ford a stream and drive, for several minutes, on a rutted, rocky pathway until you reach a modest turf-roofed farmhouse that was built in 1741. Koks, the World’s Most Remote Foodie Destination 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Witnesses said the militants, all of whom were masked and wearing army uniforms, sneaked into the village after Tuesday evening prayers, apparently by fording a nearby river. These Iraqi Farmers Said No to ISIS. When Night Came They Paid the Price. 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z But, seriously, fording streams in your leased luxury crossover is never a good idea. 2018 Jaguar E-Pace: A Compact Crossover That Doubles as a Profit Grab 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Every day, I find myself cursing its existence or praying for my survival as I bravely ford the multiple lanes of speeding traffic filled with drivers who don’t always pay attention to its confusing signage. Opinion | Please fix the quagmire that is ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Walker certainly welcomed the work done at his campground located at the gateway to the Rappahannock River fords in eastern Culpeper, a topic about which he wrote a book. Restoration on the Rappahannock River 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Columns of trucks fording lagoons where roads used to be, leaving contrails in their wake. 'I think he's barbecuing': A helicopter view of the Texas flood with the California National Guard 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Smith runs a steel company, and his sons are students at Texas A&M University, where they study agriculture and construction, so they had no trouble fording high water. Armed with a boat, a dump truck and a school bus, this crew rescued dozens of Houston families 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Many forded rivers on their way back to Colombia. Venezuelans sell sex in Colombia to survive 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The contrast between the toned thighs, sculpted arms and washboard abs on-screen and my soft preteen figure felt like too large a gulf to ford. Finding a More Inclusive Vision of Fitness in Our Feeds 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Unable to swim, he forded the Rio Grande on an inflatable tire. A teen in MS-13 was detained at the border and held for years. A judge just set him free. 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Then, a fiery plane crash, survived by running five miles through the savanna and fording a river known for its population of nasty crocodiles, all with burns over 45 percent of his body. Burned bush pilot raising money to bring IU doctors to Kenya 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The fleeing entourage forded rivers and headed through mountain passes as they sought safety at Jefferson’s property near Lynchburg, at a plantation he called Poplar Forest. Jefferson fled Monticello to avoid being captured by the British. And he was mocked for it. 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Those from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala ride atop trains, dodge bandits and ford rivers just to reach Sonora. At Mexico's border, President Trump is just the latest unfunny gringo joke 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Residents can saddle up borrowed horses for catered ride-and-dine evenings, ford rivers on rugged trail rides—and even ride to hounds in simulated fox hunts. Horse Lovers Pony Up for Equestrian-Friendly Communities 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The smugglers, often holding drugs in secret compartments in vehicles, would take backcountry routes, including through the Imperial Sand Dunes and at least once using sandbags to ford the Colorado River outside Yuma, Ariz. San Diego judge gives Mexican cocaine kingpin 15-year prison term 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z In Petit Goave, Haiti, a crucial bridge across La Digue River that connects the southwestern peninsula to the capital, Port-au-Prince, collapsed, forcing residents, like those below, to try to ford the river on foot. Hurricane Matthew: Photos of the Destruction in Haiti 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Stories circulate of people being swept away as they forded fast-moving rivers. Haitians, After Perilous Journey, Find Door to U.S. Abruptly Shut 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Ponceano speculated that the rain had flooded the rivers that demarcated their territory, and the Mashco, who didn’t know how to swim, had been unable to ford them. An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z They would go on night training exercises in the mountains, fording rivers, crossing passes, and sleeping outside for weeks on end. Inside the Daring Mission That Thwarted a Nazi Atomic Bomb It is unclear why the soldiers were attempting to ford an area that had been subject to earlier flash flooding. Five soldiers dead after truck overturns near Fort Hood, three still missing 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z He forded all the major rivers of the East, navigated highways and an international boundary. A Cougar's Thousand-Mile Quest to Find a Mate On Monday morning, hundreds of disillusioned refugees marched out of Idomeni — some of them shouting, “Going to Germany!” — and forded a river to enter Macedonia. A Journey Across Greece, a Bankrupt Land at Risk of Becoming a Refugee Prison 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z At least 1,000 people entered Macedonia after fording a swollen stream Monday, and up to 700 were detained by Macedonian authorities. Greek authorities say scores of refugees and migrants are returning from a previously unguarded stretch of the country's northern border with Macedonia, a day after over a thousand people left a waterlogged tent city to trek across 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z On South Africa’s border with Zimbabwe migrants must ford crocodile-infested rivers. To the land of good hope 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z “We are taking this time to support Pat’s family and the Harford County Sheriff’s Office,” a statement from the fire department said. Witness describes chaotic Panera shooting that left two deputies dead 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z I did not, just as I did not want to ford a deep stream to test the car's promised "wading distance" of 33.5 inches. Range Rover Sport HSE Td6: a posh drive through El Niño's wickedness 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Then, while fording a deep section of the Rio Grande, they were separated by a swift current. The Deported 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z They came upon a car with a flat, another with a family nervous about fording a river. The Civilian Saviors of Iceland 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z The phenomenon was explained by the driver of an ice wagon who said he forgot to put up his tailgate while his horse team forded the river. Today in Arizona History 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z They tried to ford the river Monday to avoid Macedonian border guards. The Latest: EU dairy overproduction to be given to refugees 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z But at that time, I didn’t really care if Mary-Sue got dysentery or if the river was too high to ford. I played 'Slave Tetris' so your kids don't have to 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z The incident involved three vehicles, a white heavy good lorry, a white ford transit van and a Citroen Picasso. Man dies and 80-year-old woman in hospital after A55 crash - BBC News 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z They’d had no intention even of staying in the campground, so there’d been no reason to try to ford the river. The Civilian Saviors of Iceland 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Most of them forded the Rio Grande – wading if it was shallow, or paddling across in inflatable boats – and arrived in Texas. The Texas border town where undocumented migrants are greeted with applause 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z But Bojack was a Trojan horse that forded the moat to my heart with cute animal puns, and then unleashed its depressive soul all over my feelings. Review: Bojack Horseman Season 2 quits beating a depressed horse 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z You have to ford numerous rivers, and the Shoshones, Pawnees and Sioux, were extremely adept at helping the pioneers make these fords. How a 2,000-Mile Trail Helped Define The American Mindset 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z As they forded the Rio Grande, they stopped and sank their faded banners midstream in an act of symbolic defiance. The Right Way to Remember the Confederacy 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z To reach Landmannalaugar, you either park and cross the river on a crude footbridge or, if you have the right car, you ford it. The Civilian Saviors of Iceland 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Native Americans knew the ford at Percival’s Island was a great place to cross the river. Current slows for business on James River near Lynchburg 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z He is accomplished at making the passing reference to the chartered jets he has traveled in, the exotic streams he has forded and the mountains he has scaled. When cancer levels life’s playing field 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z For decades, horse and camel caravans have gathered in Sudan at the beginning of the dry season, when the rivers can be forded, and then crossed into the Central African Republic. The Elephant Watcher 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z But before Burnside could lay siege to the city, he first had to ford the Rappahannock River. American Civil War Battlefields: Then and Now 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z "That was kind of a low point. I had tried to do this . . . just like Grandpa Joshua did. Sleeping under the stars, fording the rivers, carrying all my own food." Man retraces Daniel Boone's nearly 240-mile trek to Kentucky 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The convenience of the ford and ferry outweighed the need for a town on level land. Current slows for business on James River near Lynchburg 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z The police officers forded through deep swamps before dawn to reach a hut where, they later told investigators, they found Mr. Zulkifli, who shot at them. Philippine President Accepts Police Chief’s Resignation After Deadly Raid 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z They ford the border ditch with tree trunks, don't like to be photographed, and are reluctant to talk to reporters. Non-EU migrants cross Hungary's 'widen open' border 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z In the far east of Tonkolili, we drove down a road so ravaged and seldom used that we had to ford creeks and stop several times to pry boulders out of the way. Surviving Ebola 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z For all the congressional fire-breathing about building border fences, new arrivals are more likely to arrive on an aeroplane than to have forded the Rio Grande. Both relieved and worried 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z “Without the ford in the river in Lynchburg, it really is an unusual place to put a town. We’re all perched up here on a hill,” Harvey said. Current slows for business on James River near Lynchburg 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z After trying to ford the river, their four-wheel drive got stuck. 3 men rescued after being stranded in SE Arizona 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z When they need to cross a river that is too deep to ford safely, some orangutans bend saplings into bridges and twist several tree-anchored vines into a rope for extra support. An Orangutan Learns to Fish 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Hand-chopping a route through the jungle, they forded hundreds of rivers and streams, improvising bridges from palm trunks that didn't always hold up. The gap in the world's longest road 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z To avoid the sweltering Texas heat, the border-crossers are fording the Rio Grande in large groups in the early evening, wading through shallow crossings or floating over in cheap dinghies. Young migrants stuck in limbo on Mexican border The homeless don’t mind fording the traffic, ensconcing themselves, as they often do, on the curving, marble seats on the south side. D.C.’s Historical Society celebrates its birthday as clock ticks down on renovation of Mount Vernon Square He ran into another party stranded at another swollen ford. 3 men rescued after being stranded in SE Arizona 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Roads throughout the region were closed by flooding, and several drivers had to be rescued from stranded vehicles after they attempted to ford pools of standing water. Heavy rain creates morning commuter headaches, road closures “They forded a stream. It’s a modest, incremental step.” You’re the Boss Blog: It’s Official: No Deductible Caps in Small-Business Health Plans 2014-04-10T11:00:07Z He then forded the Sauer River into Luxembourg and found his way to Belgium. Leo Bretholz, 93, Dies; Escaped Train to Auschwitz 2014-03-30T00:25:15Z Finally, we scramble around a headland and ford an icy river to meet our ferry. Adventures in Europe's Wild West: Diving, Trekking and Driving in Iceland 2014-01-16T23:34:57Z As the two cross snowfields and ford streams in the dark, their commitment to adventure quickly becomes evident. Higher Unplugged: Video: Snowboarders Hike All Night for Descent 2013-12-04T21:01:01Z Painted in garish colours, Wayne fords a river in a stagecoach pulled by a team of wild-eyed horses. The hunt for a long-lost John Wayne film 2013-10-10T01:20:54Z Coroner Maria Voisin concluded that Mr McNair was unlikely to be crossing the ford, but had tried to go around it. Flood car death 'was an accident' 2013-05-22T16:09:13Z The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation sometimes requires loggers to use temporary bridges instead of culverts or fords to cross protected streams, and some loggers install bridges in keeping with sustainable forestry practices. Shorter Winters Chips Away at New York Logging Towns Future 2013-03-28T15:15:00.373Z Monday saw rail services affected in Powys and Carmarthenshire while a man was trapped in his van in a flooded ford on Gower. Weather improving after flooding 2013-01-01T08:52:46Z The woman was driving through the village, which has a ford through the river, when her black Mini ended up in the swollen waterway. Homes evacuated after landslide 2012-12-23T09:09:21Z The woman was driving through the village, which has a ford through the river, when her black mini ended up in the swollen waterway. Warning issued over more flooding 2012-12-22T18:30:29Z Flax Bourton Coroner's Court heard that Mr McNair, who was described as a cautious driver, was trying to drive around the flooded ford when the force of the water floated the car. Flood car death 'was an accident' 2013-05-22T16:09:13Z In effect Apprenda creates a bridge over an existing application river that would otherwise be expensive and time-consuming to ford. Best Way to Get Great Talent: Train or Hire? 2012-09-27T13:15:00Z They could not ford a passel of children any more than could my folks -- and they had them. America and Europe: Virility symbols 2012-08-03T16:23:53Z In his travels, he forded flooding rivers on horseback and coped with altitude sickness, coughing fits and blinding headaches. Lonnie Thompson, Climate Scientist 2012-07-03T01:49:28Z "None of the villagers would have driven through the ford with the river like that, especially not in a mini." Warning issued over more flooding 2012-12-22T18:30:29Z He wasn't driving across the ford, which would have been madness, the car actually floated off. Flood car death 'was an accident' 2013-05-22T16:09:13Z The cartel makes sandbag bridges to ford the Colorado River and sends buggies loaded with weed bouncing over the Imperial Sand Dunes into California. How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions 2012-06-15T14:46:08Z It came from the inch at the other side of the ford, and he saw, through the mist that hung over the river, a whole crowd of people dancing on the inch. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z Near North Carolina’s Cold Mountain, a gravel ford was built over a protected trout stream to simplify access to a neighboring property. Insurance Company Approved for Land Trusts 2012-05-20T06:20:05Z To make it look as if it could ford the Little Bighorn river if it had to. On the road: Peugeot Bipper Tepee Outdoor HDi 75 ? review 2012-05-18T21:59:02Z The trail had guided them, and they could miss neither the way nor the ford. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z I must not omit to remind you that in crossing a ford your horse will be very apt to lose his footing. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z After about 2 or 3 miles, we had to ford the river, which was about 80 yards wide and not quite 3 feet deep. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z "I will go straight round by the ford and turn him," replied his young lord. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z Southward, Lee’s army stretched over thirty-three miles, from the fords of the Rappahannock, where the hard riding cavalrymen of Stuart and W. H. F. Lee watched, to Port Royal, Jackson’s right. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z Has he missed a step on the bank in the darkness, or stumbled or slipped on the slippery stones of the ford? The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Unfortunately we could not get to the Schmadri Bach, as bridges, paths, and fords, were all gone; but it was a walk I can never forget. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z I succeeded in fording the Dzakar-chu, which was deep and very swift. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z The servant whom he had despatched to his brother reached the ford and crossed it, without any attempt on the part of the reiters to interrupt him. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z I distributed what little food and clothing I had, and we started for the Umatilla, the guide leading the way to a ford. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Then take out the horses, and carry the carts over the gravel to the ford, so that no wheel-marks be seen. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Only two places where they can ford it—Double Drift and Cornetjies Drift, one hour's walk apart. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z We forded it at a point where it was about 90 yards wide and 3� feet deep, and we then sat down and waited for our transport to come up. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Moving his army from the little town of Champlain, he forded the La Cole, and attacked and captured an English block-house. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Remembering also what an excellent place there was for a surprise at the ford of Enotochopeo, he sent men in advance to reconnoitre, who discovered another ford some six hundred yards farther down the stream. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z You then take the ford, and cross the river. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z In the town, bomb-proof cellars were vacated, and the people, discarding their shoes and stockings, made their way from point to point by paddling and fording the footpaths across the streets. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z One picture represents a band of blind shampooers on their travels, who, in the midst of a ford, are disputing what direction they shall take when they reach the opposite bank. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The effect of wind, in both raising large masses of water and in driving them back, is well known, while there are narrow parts of the Red Sea which have been forded. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The rains of the night had swelled the ford so that the stepping-stones were almost impracticable—indeed, entirely so for the short brown legs of Sir Toady Lion. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Without more ado I stepped forward to keep the ford. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Mr. T. Hankinson arrived in the middle of the evening, having stopped to climb up Box Hill and ford a rivulet. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z And you, great sculptor—so you gave A score of years to art, her slave, And that's your Venus—whence we turn To yonder girl that fords the burn! In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z Since the path led straight into the water and was visible in continuation upon the other bank, it was evident that there was a ford. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z A river… apt to be forded by a lamb. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z And her despair when she heard in the church porch that I had killed Clarence at the ford! The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Over and over again he lived those scenes of his strange life in the desert,—those days of his preparation,—the preaching to the multitudes, the baptizing at the ford of the Jordan. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z He has ta'en the ford at that stream tail; I wot he swam both strong and steady; But the stream was broad, and his strength did fail, And he never saw his bonny ladye! In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z What with a gentleman who shall be nameless, who has bartered a ford and a castle for the favor of Mlle. de Luynes, and yourself, I am blest with some faithful followers! The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z An English gentleman, travelling through the county of Kilkenny, came to a ford, and hired a boat to take him across. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z Turn to the left there--you will have to ford the water--and you will soon be clear of the town. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z I was attacked in my carriage on the other side of the ford. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z They followed the course of the stream for about a mile; then forded it, and made across a stretch of grassland, in which, as the morning advanced, they started large numbers of game. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z And the other women talked and giggled, screamed when they came to fords, and made much of steep places, where the men must help them. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z The current is fair, and although there are three fording places along its route, large steamers drawing 2-1/2 feet of water could navigate it to the forks the year round. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Following the banks for miles, no ford could be found despite the closest search. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z I fear, my lady, the ford on this side of Chayley is like to be deep. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The scouts stood for a moment as if rooted to the ground with amazement; then they flung down their rifles and fled like hares to the spot where Juma was indicating the ford. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Her brother, who had scrupulously kept his place by the ford from the beginning of the fight to the end, met me with raised eyebrows and a peculiar smile. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Trusting to the experienced animal to keep the ford, and giving a slack rein, without realizing the danger, the courageous woman plunged into the black stream. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z The carriages plunged into holes and lurched out of them; they jolted across bits of corduroy; now and then, when the track followed a gorge, they forded a brook. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z "Does this lane lead to a better ford, my man?" she asked. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Coja explained that about midday, as they were fording the river, a number of leeches fastened on their legs. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Unfortunately, the rain of the day before had swollen the brooks which crossed our path, and we more than once had a difficulty in fording them. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z It had but one convenient and safe fording place in that vicinity, and that one only when the river was low. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z Molly and you, Mr. Wheedler, must either ford the stream like ordinary persons, or stay where you are. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z "Aye, there's a ford," he answered, the rain dripping off his nose. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Coja did not venture to recross the stream at that spot: he sought a ford higher up, but was long in finding one. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z We plodded on sadly, up hill and down hill; now fording brooks already stained with flood-water, now crossing barren heaths. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Missing the ford, and striking a forefoot on a rock in the bed of the stream, the animal was raised momentarily half way out of the water. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z There were two burns to ford, some curious kind of grips to jump, and several boggy places to circumnavigate. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z This late mention of a second ford disturbed her, and she looked ahead with increasing anxiety. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Then, descending the western slope of the hill, invisible to the enemy, they worked their way through the belt of trees on the river-bank until they arrived within a furlong of the ford. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Down stream about five hundred feet a human figure stood, faced away from the ford, bent at work over some kind of a frame structure partly in the water. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z Every journey had to be made on horses or behind them, roads were rough and miry, fords were plenty, bridges scarce. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Doubtless she had had a comfortless time on the journey from Heritzburg, jogging through fords and over ruts, and along steep places, wet, tired, and scared, deprived of her books and all her home pleasures. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z "They will be back soon, with the horses," Sophia said, gazing with hopeful eyes into the darkness beyond the ford. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The two white men had just forded the river when they met the porters marching to the farm to fetch the loads laid there in readiness for them. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z The sun was just going down when they forded the creek. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z "Plague on your pistols!" shouted Sir William, as I waited at a ford for the wagon. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z As we drew near the ford, I dropped back to see that all crossed safely. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The only salient object was the carriage stranded beside the ford, a huge dark blot, betraying their presence to eyes a furlong away. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The "battle" must therefore have been fought on the north bank while a fragment of Canute's army was on the retreat, perhaps on the point of fording the stream. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z Some rode across the ford without any enticing, and others inclined to take the wrong path; such I would entice to take the right path. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z "There's no ford for twenty miles where a horse could live to-night." Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z You must have dropped it coming through the ford?' My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z And she heard the splashing of a horse as it crossed the ford, and the thud of its hoofs as it dashed up the road. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Already the pursuers were splashing through the ford and scattering on the trail, some running up the stream, some down, some stooping cunningly to listen. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z There I mounted my mule, and forded the river to the opposite bank. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z Then there won't be a ford for twenty miles," muttered Mount, "and I'm glad of it. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z That moment in the ford, one moment only, a moment of folly, had wrecked me. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Sophia asked nervously, as they drew towards the ford, and saw a brown line of water swirling athwart the road. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z She knew then that the footmen had crossed by the stepping-stones, a hundred yards short of the ford. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z I found that, at a few paces from the river, there was a path that turned down the stream and crossed at a ford below where the Major had set his trap. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z Here I forded, and made more tracks in the mud, entering the Fort Pitt trail. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The ford had previously been deepened, and was considered dangerous enough to act as its own defence. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Well, my lady, the gentleman says if we keep down the water this side, there's a paved ford a mile lower that should be passable. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The repulse of Vlaye's men and the Lieutenant's decision to quit the ch�teau, that and the night retreat up to the arrival of the party at the ford--all were told. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z I allude to the possibility of a horse in crossing a ford, where the stream is rapid and the bottom uneven, losing his footing. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z A dozen savages, naked to the waist, were fording the Ohio between us and the settlement. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z They hid their horses in a clump of trees and went to a cabin near the ford to wait for his arrival. The Aventures of Buffalo Bill 2012-02-13T03:00:13.357Z "It was only to tell me, my lady, that there was a second ford we should have to pass," he explained. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z "Why, the rabble to be sure, who seized them, took them as far as the ford." The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z I repeat, then, Be always on your guard in crossing deep water with a horse, or in fording a stream where the current is rapid. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z We crossed the Karasu by a deep and devious ford up to the girths, and had an exhilarating six miles' ride by moonlight in keen frost, the powdery snow crackling under the horses' feet. 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 The only thing to do was to ride on as quietly as possible and try to make the ford. The Aventures of Buffalo Bill 2012-02-13T03:00:13.357Z Later, fording the Kashgan, I got upon the Burujird caravan road, along which are telegraph poles, and on which there was much caravan traffic. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The pursuers were no more than thirty yards away, and but for the deep shadow which lay on the ford must have seen them. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The Estrella River forms the highway for several miles, and its rocky torrent must be forded a score of times. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z While fording the Devon on horseback, the horse stumbled and immersed him in the stream, a circumstance which greatly aggravated his consumptive tendency. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z When the scout returned with answers to the dispatches he became very wary as he approached the ford. The Aventures of Buffalo Bill 2012-02-13T03:00:13.357Z We were fording a stream one hot day, and seeing him scooping up water with difficulty in his hands, I took out my mug for him. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z She departed towards the pool below the ford, and, disappearing behind a clump of low willows, made, using the still water for a mirror, some further changes in her toilet. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Till the eighteenth century the bridge was a ford, known as Trumpington Ford. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The sole escape for the insurgents was to ford the Helmand River and disappear into Zamindawar, an ungoverned desert extending from the dam to the foothills of a towering mountain range several miles north. The Hard Way Out of Afghanistan 2012-02-01T22:05:17Z For he chose that point of the bank at which the river shallows and makes a ford, and without hesitation waded across. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Later, taking Mirza and two guides, I forded and followed up the Ab-i-Arjanak for two miles by a most remarkable cañon. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z As he spoke he turned his horse to the ford. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Enquiring how he could do this, he was told to devote himself to deeds of charity, which he did by carrying pilgrims over a dangerous ford. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z On the following day the shrunken host forded the river, which at this point turned sharply westward across the path of the migration. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z When the bearers reached this brook they had no other way to proceed but to ford it; the others got over as well as they could, on logs and stones. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z "The river of massacre" near Samana was so called from thirty Buccaneers who were slain there while fording the river laden with hides. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z "Wait until we are through the ford and I'll talk," her captor answered. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The right points for fording the river channels must be found, the numerous quicksands must be avoided, while the localities of both fords and quicksands are constantly changing. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The nimblest escaped by swimming, and two or three adventurers, who waded after them, were pierced with arrows at the ford. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z The Buccaneers forded the river, the water up to their middles, and after an hour's fighting forced the Spaniards from their entrenchment. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z He had streams to ford, dark with caymans, and he had to traverse woods where the jaguars howled. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Who was it I picked up at the ford? The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z When they get near the ford the troopers are scarcely likely to hear anything else through that, and they would naturally not expect the man they're after to double back for the cañon. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z They had frequently to ford the rivers twenty or thirty times in twelve hours. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z But few were wounded on either side, though, in the struggle to gain the ford and bushes contiguous, there was swift running and close shooting, which continued till dark. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z As the channel by which these knowledges were being restored to the world, she was the kings' ford implied. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z M. de Vlaye has bidden the men who have taken him--on the farther side of the river--to convey him along that bank to the ford, and so by the road to Vlaye. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The few strips of natural prairie in the valleys had turned to treacherous swamps, where he sank to the knee, and every few miles there was a furious torrent to be forded perilously. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z On another occasion, the Templars marched forth at the head of the christian army, to make trial of a ford across the Tanitic branch of the Nile. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z The men were wont to use the women as cattle, compelling them to draw boats like horses, and, among other things, to carry men across the deep and dangerous fords on their backs. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z With reference to the long-accepted reading 'silver-forded,' the epithet is loosely used not for in the state of being forded, but for in a state to be forded, or fordable, and hence shallow. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z But not until the water of the ford rippled about their horses' hoofs, and the tiny spark of light that through the open door beaconed the shallows shone in their eyes. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z It commands the fords of the Helmund and the road to Seistan, from which it is about 190 m. distant; and it is the centre of a rich agricultural district. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The ford was in possession of the federal troops, and a reconstruction of the bridge was immediately commenced. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z Over these roads, climbing, dropping, crossing water-courses sometimes by a dozen fords to the mile, he did not hurry. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Then also came the ford, and through the wall there was a little passage formed of stones. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z On their right, below the ford--which was formed by the passage of the stream from one side of the narrow valley to the other--a lofty bluff overhung a black pool. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z “Blood on Thunder fording the Red Sea” represents Lord Thurlow carrying Warren Hastings through a sea of gore: Hastings looks very comfortable, and is carrying two large bags of money. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Harper’s Ferry was again occupied, every weak point strengthened, and all the fords were strongly guarded. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z Sometimes she came to places where the road ran down into the waters of shallow fords, and then she stopped and took off her shoes and stockings and waded to the other bank. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z There were, of course, no bridges, and the party were consequently driven to ford the streams, unless by a circuitous route they could avoid them. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Its light, he knew, would, in case of need, direct him to the ford. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z In summer, on the contrary, the stream is readily forded on horseback, and is indeed dry at several points. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z When we were about twelve miles from our lines we changed our course and struck through the woods, fording creeks and crossing swamps, which was anything but pleasant. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z There were fords where a horse, with its less steady footing, would have probably hurled her to death. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z It was swollen by the heavy rains and the ford was washed out. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The four troopers paused at the ford, and letting their horses drink, permitted the prisoner and his guard to come up. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Across the narrow straits were the planting lands of the subject tribes, who might be seen at every low tide, wading across the ford with contributions of food. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z He decided to make his march by the most direct route from Chantilly, where he had last fought, to the Potomac, and so crossed by the fords near Leesburg. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z We crossed the frozen marsh, and forded the river, and, after going about two miles, stopped for repose. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Instantly there came to me the recollection of the sudden deaths of my friends at the ford of the Masuto River. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The result justified his course; the ford, that in daylight was a terror to the timid, was passed without demur. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He had forded rivers, with the storm of lead and iron falling pitilessly around him. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z On the 5th and 6th the columns crossed the Potomac by the fords near Leesburg. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z They had hardly got under way when they came upon another stream, so deep that it could not be forded, over which they had to swim, and float across their baggage. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z By the time we reached this dividing line several indunas had come to meet us, and we forded the water and pitched camp on the royal ground. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z But it is not two hundred paces to the chapel by the ford that you remarked this morning. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The river was forded and the cattle, sheep and horses were now on the right bank of the river. A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer 2011-12-21T03:00:30.213Z General Pendleton reported the result to general head-quarters, and General Lee ordered General Jackson to send his nearest division back to the ford early in the morning. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z He climbed into his rig, and Harding, knowing there was a twenty-mile journey before him with a dangerous ford on the way, watched him drive off into the dark with a feeling of admiration. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z The river had gone down and we were able to ford it without much trouble, although Snyman had hard luck and fell out of the wagonette into the only deep spot. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z "We were hard pressed at the ford," she answered with feigned reluctance. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He placed part of his army where the river flows into the city, and part where it flows out, and bade them enter the city by the river as soon as it could be forded. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z Cocke’s detachments were recalled from the fords between Mitchell’s and Stone Bridge, and Evans was left to hold the bridge. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z She did not think she could get down to it, and she knew there was only one safe ford. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z As the Men galloped up they stopped, and spoke evil words at the flood, rushing up and down looking for a ford. The Sa'-Zada Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:18.457Z She was sure that the Abbess had been at her side when she crossed the ford, and for a short time afterwards. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z By leading the river through the opening into this basin, which was a marsh, he made the old bed so that it could be forded. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z Other farm roads turned to the fords above and below Mitchell’s. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z "I want to get across, and the fire has driven me from the ford," she said. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z He forded the Some where it was crossed by the telegraph-line, and the water was but breast-deep. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z He hoped to take shelter here, but passed the entrance in the darkness and walked into the midst of a party of men encamped at the ford. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The Euphrates was to be led off into this basin till its bed could be forded at Babylon. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z The pass at the ford was narrow, unused, and boggy. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z When she reached the river, the stream was turbid and running fast, but a narrow trail through the poplars on its bank led to the ford, and she urged her horse into it fearlessly. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Farther down the stream they would doubtless find a ford, and once across the river they were safe. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Things were in this position when the party arrived at a brook, bordered on either side by willow beds and rushes, and passable at a tiny ford. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Save for a rather sloppy passage of the main ford, the journey was without incident. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Meanwhile, Tyler’s batteries maintained their position at and below the Stone Bridge, as did those near the lower fords. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z So once more descending the hill on which Bucine is situated, we forded the river and continued our journey. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z When they reached the half-way point between the ford and the ranch houses the storm slackened, evolving into an ordinary rain, which Hopalong remarked would last all day. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z My horse fell and cut its knees on the hill about a mile beyond the ford. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Except that the latter’s spinal column must have suffered some pretty severe snakings when the camera-carrier went through corduroy bridges or lost his footings in fords, the arrangement worked most successfully. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z On the 20th of August the march was made, the right wing to the vicinity of Kelly’s Ford on the Rappahannock River, the left to the railroad bridge and fords above. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z We avoided the regular ford of the Resa on the Montespertoli road, crossing higher up in the direction of Montelupo, and here got a good wetting, for the water was deeper than we anticipated. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z Mebby we better take th' hill trail—we won't have no cinch fording at th' Bend if that lets loose before we get there. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z She passed through the ford and in her deep thinking saw it not. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z It was a good natural ford at low water, but quite out of the question to attempt at high. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z By a rapid march Jackson crossed the fords of the upper streams and made his bivouac near Salem. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z If he had been drunk, sir, he could not have crossed the Rhonda ford.' The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z "A wetting will do us good—an' as for th' ford, I feel like having a swim." Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z But in the valley about the river and the ford evening was beginning to fall, grey, peaceful, silent. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He would thus strike the river, and keeping on by its banks, ford wherever he could. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z On the 6th and 7th the commands were up, and deployed their lines from Falling Waters to cover the bridge and ford at Williamsport. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z He soon became keenly alive to the necessity for better communication with his property on the other side of the Taff than that of ferry, or ford, or coracle. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Crossing the Guadalete by the ford of Barca Florida, our route led through leagues of lovely park-like land—here straggling natural woods or ferny glades, anon opening out upon stretches of heath and palmetto. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z At the ford, or where you will, Vlaye would encounter them, rescue her, and while he gained a hold on her gratitude, would effect that which he had shrunk from doing openly. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He determined to take the shortest cut to Dugald’s house, though there would be the stream to ford, and it must be big and swollen. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z But the river was full, past fording at Williamsport, and a raiding party from Harper’s Ferry had partially destroyed the bridge at Falling Waters. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z I narrowly escaped being swept away at the ford this morning.' The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z But in January, February, and March they are generally in deep and rapid flood, and difficult, and, except to experienced riders, impossible to ford. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z He glanced over his shoulder and saw the sun shining on the flat rushy plat beyond the ford, which the horses' feet had fouled while their riders debated. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He must cross it now, but where is the ford? Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The march was made quite up to the bluff overlooking the ford, when both sides opened fire. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z This night," replied the servant, "master, about six miles from here, wanted to cross a ford on a route covered by the overflow. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z At one end of this, as the reader has heard, was situated the ford of Rorke’s Drift, to which the occurrence of that day has given a world-wide celebrity. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Be that as it may, her company passed our ford in the afternoon, and an hour later reached the ascent a league this side of Vlaye. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z But stay; what cares he for the ford? Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The Second and Third Divisions followed his column till its rear cleared the road leading up to the ford at Sudley Springs, when they filed off on that route. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Each represented an alternative route the fugitive might take, and the places where the hard forefinger paused marked a risky ford or lake on which the ice was yielding. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z See the baggage-waggons, and the horses and men on either side the ford. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z When fords and ferries failed, the mounted traveller swam his horse across, leaving the wayfarer on foot to such more precarious adventure as conditions and his courage offered. Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck 2011-11-26T03:00:16.703Z A river ran there both dark and deep, but the horse went directly to the ford, and passed through as quickly as he was able. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z I sent it up to head-quarters, suggesting that the brigades at the lower fords be put across the Run, and advance against the reserves as designed by the order of the morning. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z When, however, they reached the ford on the River Mulita, five of the Christians refused to proceed into slavery. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z And when they had come to the ford, Dermat said, "Finn will doubtless pursue us, and it will be all the easier for him to follow our track, that we have the horses." Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z With such a vast number to put across the river, it is probable that all the ferries and fords in the Leesburg neighborhood were used. Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck 2011-11-26T03:00:16.703Z He who muddied most the ford Bore the prize in that award. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z The brigade of cavalry under General Hampton kept careful watch of the fords of the upper Rappahannock. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Here and there in its course are deep pools, while in other places it runs swiftly along, and is so shallow that it can readily be forded. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z There, indeed, on our way to the palace, to slay Finn the son of Cumal, we were met by a young champion, who defended the ford and slew my knights. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Obviously the depth of the water at White's Ferry would preclude its use as a ford. Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck 2011-11-26T03:00:16.703Z They rode for a long time from one mountain to another, and forded a river, and came out on a path, where they rode through a ravine. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z The First Corps was withdrawn from the Blue Ridge on the 20th, forded the Shenandoah, and camped on its left bank. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z At Cheyenne, I remember, we had to ford a river to keep our engagement. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z So Ficna went and sat on the brink of the ford. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Jo, suppose we follow this creek a ways until we find a shallow place where we can ford. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Where there was a ford, the water was now eight feet deep, and stones were borne down. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z The First and Third Corps were to cross by the bridge, the Second by the ford. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Our journey occupied nearly three weeks; and we had to traverse plains and mountains, and to ford rivers, and go along bypaths. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Then Midac ordered forward his knights, and they ran eagerly across the ford. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The scouts rode their horses without a tremor, although at times they went on narrow ledges, forded roaring streams, or plunged down through gulches, and over down-timber. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Suddenly the harmless shrieks and laughter rose into a tremendous uproar, and so unusual was this tumult to mine ears I started hurriedly for the ford, fearing some awful calamity had befallen the children. A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico 2011-11-11T03:00:32.153Z Wilson’s cavalry crossed at Germania ford, drove off the Confederate outpost, and began the construction of a bridge at daylight. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Several wagons foolishly had tried to ford; and there they were, abandoned, some of them even only a few rods out. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z This they did with much ease as far as Ath-Luan, while Finn and the others followed after; but when they had come to the ford, they lost the track. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z As they followed the trail that skirted the lake, they came to a rippling stream that had to be forded. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z I cannot describe to you what I felt in the first moment when, fording this river, I felt the water splash about our wheels. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z As high up as Front Royal the river was found past fording, but part of a pontoon bridge was at hand. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z "Nary ford, this time o' year, strangers," reproved a red-shirted miner. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z Stay thou here to guard the ford for a little time, while I go to the Palace of the Island to see how the foreigners might be attacked. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The river had to be forded and they were forced to repeat the labors that Custer had performed on the former occasion and as the ice was not thick enough to bear a heavy weight. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z The morning of the 23d was warm and cloudy, and the party soon after leaving their camp forded the river "on a ripple, with a depth of eighteen inches." Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi 2011-11-02T02:00:10.087Z On the 26th we were advised of the advance of the enemy’s cavalry up the south side of the French Broad to some of the fords above Dandridge. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z It was easily defensible by any power with command of the sea, as the encircling rivers could only be forded at one spot, and had been deliberately stocked with crocodiles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z That, indeed," replied Innsa, "would be a strange way for a champion to act who has been sent hither by Finn to guard this ford. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Next morning after taking a survey of the situation he found himself confronted with a great and dangerous undertaking through having to ford the river. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z The traveller then leaves the sea on the right, and by a very uneven track, and after fording several rivers of little importance comes to Mukawa, a dirty little village fourteen miles from Yuhuts. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z I reminded him that there were fords over which his cavalry could cross, and that they knew of or would surely find them. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Again in other years the drought was so intense that the same rivers, the Danube, Rhine, and others, nearly dried up, and the Rhine could be forded at Cologne. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z So they alighted from the chariot; and Dermat, leading one of the horses across, left them both some distance above the ford, one at each side of the river. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The season was not far enough advanced to thaw the snow on the mountains and consequently, the river being almost dry, was easily forded. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z It was an old familiar way, thence, north once more, fording a hundred mountain brooks that fed the river of the Holy Land. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Above and near the bridge was a fording-place for infantry; a thousand yards below was a practicable ford for infantry and artillery, by a country road. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z We first made a descent of 2000 feet to the Lainer, which we forded, the water being knee deep; there were the remains of a suspension bridge for use in the rainy season. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z Whereupon Finn, being now indeed easily kindled to wrath, told them that unless they took up the track again speedily, he would hang every man of the Clann Navin on the edge of the ford. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z It was an immaculate setup for a tragedy: sketchy information, a river too deep to ford, not enough boats, and soldiers who couldn’t swim. Battle of Ball?s Bluff revealed a truth: The Civil War was a river war 2011-10-09T05:36:41Z Through marshes and sedge, with the waters of the Jordan in the heart of it, he forded the south arm of Lake Huleh and entered Itrurea. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Upon receipt of the first order General Burnside advanced his troops, General Crook’s brigade, supported by General Sturgis’s division, to the bridge and ford just above it. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z We stopped to drink water at the Mao river, which we forded, and to prevent men wasting time, I drew my revolver and threatened to shoot any one who dawdled. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z Then did I take thee, Finn, and those who were with thee, under the protection of my knighthood and valour; and I went to the ford to defend it against the foreigners. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Besides, there's the ford: I doubt you could get over it dry-shod, and I shall have to go a couple of miles round. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z We started out in the early morning, crossed the railway line, forded a river—which each elephant carefully sounded with its trunk—and reached the nullah in which the tiger was reported to be lurking. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z These were preceded by the Eleventh Connecticut Regiment as skirmishers under Colonel Kingsbury, who essayed crossing by the upper ford, but after severe skirmish Colonel Kingsbury was killed and the effort failed. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z "I understand the ford is not very safe, and the Indian has contrived to leave our tents behind," said the older man. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z In ancient times the river had to be crossed by a ford, where the bridge is now built. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z She crossed the ford by the white stepping-stones, dislodging a colony of ducks preening themselves upon the biggest stone, and followed the willow-edged stream to the mill. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z At one broad stream villagers bade me beware of crocodiles; and fording a river in which these brutes lurk is not a pleasant task. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The crossing by Rodman’s division at the lower ford made our position at the bridge untenable, and General Toombs was prepared to retire the moment the west bank was gained in his rear. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Jake and Tom will go on, and when you have crossed the ford that will be two mules for each of you. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z I come," replied the Irla, "from the ford of the Palace of the Quicken Trees. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z We'll soon reach the clearing, and just beyond that, the ford; and just beyond that, the ranch house. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z However, I forded all the streams I came to without mishap. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The Arabs met them at the fords of the Hieromax, an Eastern tributary of the Jordan, and a fierce battle raged all day. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z He was, however, tolerably accustomed to a ford, and though the mule he led objected strenuously to entering the water, it proceeded with that beast's usual sagacity once it was in. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z And he went, bringing a company of knights well armed; and when they had come to the ford, they saw Ficna at the far side. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The horses know the ford, and are used to crossing. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z In the morning, we were early on the road, marching rapidly to the ford of the Monocacy, and crossing without trouble. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z In fording the Irwell, which, from its devious course, they were again compelled to cross, about a quarter of a mile below Barton, her horse missed its footing, and precipitated her into the rapid current. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Then he went out into the deepening shadows, and floundering waist-deep through the ford, plodded up the climbing trail with his face towards the snow. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z I am one of the household champions of Finn the son of Cumal, and he has sent me here to guard this ford. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z You'll have to ford a river, and stay all night at a ranch beyond the ford. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Once across we pushed rapidly for the hill overlooking the ford, where we took a strong position and threw out our pickets. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z On arriving at the ford across the Avon, near Bishopston, they found the stream so swollen that it was impossible to get across it. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z But at last a ford was discovered and the bridge, cleared by a turning movement, was repaired. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z So the two heroes set out for the Palace of the Quicken Trees; and when they were yet a good way off from the ford they heard the clash of arms. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Then Edith told of the peril of the ford, and of the pursuit of the wolves, dwelling on Kenneth's opportune assistance. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z My first military duty was to guard the ford at Harpers Ferry and the bridges across the canal. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z It was quite dark when they again ventured forth, and at the peril of their lives they forded the Stour, which was swollen more than it had been in the morning by the long-continued rain. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z He has ta'en the ford at that stream tail;45 I wot he swam both strong and steady; But the stream was broad, and his strength did fail, And he never saw his bonny ladye! English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z Dermat shouted to him to hold his hand and not slay the king's son; and as he spoke he rushed down the slope and across the ford, to save the young hero. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z On approaching the ford, it was found to be guarded by a strong force of the enemy on the other side. Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review 2011-10-11T02:01:07.053Z We arrived at the ford in about four hours, without alarming the enemy. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z Before this transfer could be effected, the pursuivant and his attendants had begun to ford the stream. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z After a long rest, we followed the old supply road most of the way, forded the Wassataquoik, and came out opposite Mr. Hunt's, whence the bateaux took us across the East Branch. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z When he reached the ford, he found Fatha lying fast asleep on the bank. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Over an hour passes without another forward movement, although long columns continue arriving from the direction of the fords just above Bull Run, the fords discovered by General Sherman. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z It appeared that when the cavalry had emerged from the woods they had found a brigade of Confederate infantry posted as a rear guard, on a ridge overlooking the ford at Falling Waters. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z |
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