| 单词 | fording |
| 例句 | A group of mice led by Brother Alf tried fording the ditch and climbing up into the meadow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 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 The prospect of fording this /aife-colored torrent discourages most people from traveling any farther. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 "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 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 I succeeded in fording the Dzakar-chu, which was deep and very swift. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z 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 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 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 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 A dozen savages, naked to the waist, were fording the Ohio between us and the settlement. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 At noon we come suddenly upon the rushing Tongue, and fording, breast deep, cross to the northern shore. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z At eight o’clock, guided by two natives, the detectives and policemen were seen fording the river, on their way to the palace. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z A coach with four passengers was swept away in a moment while fording a swelling river at night, the driver only escaping. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z We had many exciting times fording streams, for many of the streams on the way were noted for quicksand and boggy places. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Before it grew dark we could all see right down there beyond the fording place in the brook, where the road crosses a ploughed field on the other side. The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z Under the peasant's guidance they forthwith set about fording the river; the current was wild and strong, the deep darkness of the night adding to the danger; but they crossed in safety. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The bridge having been rendered passable for the men, the division crossed on the following morning, the horses and mules fording the river. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z It first follows river bottoms, then mountains, ridges and river bottoms again, while an occasional fording of the glacial stream, lends interest to the ever-changing scenes. The Mountains of Oregon 2011-07-17T02:00:38.297Z The creek, running sluggishly around the loop, was deep enough to foil any attempt at fording; while the narrow, isthmus-like neck could be defended with advantage. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z On the second day, after fording a river he crossed the plains until he came to a stone of a peculiar kind that was lying on the ground. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z It was with difficulty, that he kept his track, fording a swift streamlet, and descending into a terrible ravine. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Sometimes they drive their teams through unsettled country, without roads, swimming and fording streams, clearing away obstructions, and camping where night overtakes them. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Daylight found us fording the river, which had risen during the night about ten inches, making it quite exciting as the foaming water splashed the horses' sides, and wet our feet and ankles. The Mountains of Oregon 2011-07-17T02:00:38.297Z We continued our way after fording a stream about one hundred and twenty feet wide, called the Louvendji, carrying our gorilla's head with us, and toward dusk built our camp. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z Here he describes himself "climbing mountains, fording rivers, crossing bays, tramping along roads" with such assiduity, that pen and ink were out of the question. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z And, at worst, it is but fording the river higher up, which would be safer a thousand times than passing here. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z But the flood was high over it, and the fording must be done cautiously, entailing loss of time. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z All day long Yvonne followed after, now wading shallow mountain brooks, now fording rivers wide as any sea. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z I couldn't pass a bridge without screeching; and as to fording a stream, it was an attack of hysterics. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Next morning we arose early—more weary than when we had lain down; and, after fording the stream, we kept on to Fryer’s Creek—which we reached in a couple of hours. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z After fording a stream the survivors reached the trench, both untouched, but with their clothes shot through and through by bullets. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z A couple of rafts were built, and the sands packing down more firmly as the horses continued fording, the passage was finally effected without accident or loss. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z Perpendicular walls of rock surrounded us on all sides except where we had entered by constantly fording the stream, or skirting along its edge. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z After fording a river, he began the main ascent of the mountains. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The streams are therefore usually forded; and as their beds are of the finest sand, and abound in quicksands, carriages and horses are often swallowed up in fording them, and lives are not unfrequently lost. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Paralleling the left fork of the cloven creek, looping the point and fording the right fork, was a mountain road. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The task of fording the Coosa occupied the hours until the dawn of day, the horses of the cavalrymen being used for the transportation of the infantry across the stream. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z The fording had been effected without serious accident, though accompanied by one of a comical character, in which Andries Blom was the conspicuous figure. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Greater in fact, for the new danger he was about to undergo—a combat with an enraged lioness—was accounted still greater than that of fording the Gareep, and the interest was in proportion. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z When they train with the West Point cadets—climbing mountains, fording rivers—the students are learning from people who are not only physically strong, but also morally strong. Beijing International MBA 2010-12-17T09:54:49Z The operation was further complicated by the challenge of fording irrigation canals that ring the area and traversing a landscape covered in knee-deep mud. 2010-02-14T05:00:00Z I have leaned against the identical tree to which a poor Highlander clung, when, on fording the river by night, he was seized by the goblin. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 These sagacious animals know all the waters within any district frequented by them—the springs, vleys, and streams, with their fording places. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z It was a continual fording of the creek, climbing over fallen timber, through undergrowth and what not. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. The British then left the road and approached from another direction by fording the creek then very low. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The river is too deep for fording, and the French have blown up the bridge! The Guns of Europe We had regular communications with the hacienda by means of Francisco, who brought thence every morning a large waccal of milk, carrying it a distance of three miles and fording the river twice. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 The whole country was a network of deep irrigation channels and water-cuts, in the fording and crossing of which the troops got wet to the skin. The Unveiling of Lhasa In order to avoid fording the Salinas river, which is very high, we make our journey by way of Indian Valley, through hilly, rather lonely country. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway The infantry, artillery and baggage train crossed the Blue Ridge at the various gaps, fording the Shenandoah river, and moved down the valley of Virginia toward the Potomac. From Bull Run to Appomattox Pretty cold business fording large rivers in midwinter with the temperature down to 15 degrees above zero. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts We crossed the Big Blue River, by fording, this morning, and halted there an hour for rest and to water the mules. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 Beyond the bridge the road turned to the right, following the stream in a friendly way, and terminating at a fording place opposite a large sand bar known as "The Island." Clover and Blue Grass I suppose the home papers will tell all about it; he was shot fording the crick. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 The Confederate army began fording the Potomac at a point nearly opposite the Monocacy, and by the 5th of September all of it was on Maryland soil. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Above, the river flowed round an abrupt bend of red rock wall, sweeping silently and majestically down to the drift which our two adventurers were fording. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt As the river was too deep for fording at the lower crossing, we continued to the upper one, where we managed to get safely across, the men holding on behind the wagons. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 By-and-by, we saw the three ferry-boats returning, filled with Mandarins and their attendants; the horses were fording the river in another direction, under the guidance of one of the boatmen. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] But, after fording torrents swollen by the rain, crossing narrow, treacherous bridges, sliding down inclined planes, and whole flights of stairs, the guides informed us that we should reach a dangerous place presently! An American Girl Abroad At sunrise, old Tomas aroused me with a verse and song, and fording the remaining fork of the river, we entered Rosario. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia But it is not safe for fording by those who do not know the way, for the bed of it abounds in treacherous quicksands. When the Cock Crows The fording of the river next morning was a great delight. Dusty Star So to avoid frequent fordings they followed the high ground, going devious, confusing miles. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Breakfast was soon dispatched, and on crossing the river, which was done by fording, we were met by messengers with orders to hurry forward, as the battle had already begun. Our Battery The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A. He faced a man on a shabby horse, whose mount likewise stood in the stream and who had been fording the river from the opposite direction. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Ladykirk Church was built by James IV. in gratitude for his escape from drowning while fording the Tweed. In the Border Country They were hungry, for the last crumb of food had been lost in fording a boisterous stream in their road, and in the darkness they had been unable to recover it. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch This was much swollen, and here a number of the soldiers came to a halt, fearing that fording was out of the question. The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon We had no difficulty in fording the stream, owing to the low stage of water. Our Battery The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A. These little rushing mountain streams were much swollen and too deep for any kind of fording. History of Morgan's Cavalry The bridge was supposed to have been destroyed, and they were trying to find a place for fording the river. Jena or Sedan? Jock would have as soon thought of fording the German Ocean. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. They floundered on, wading through mud and fording streams, until eleven o'clock, when they stopped to breakfast, having come but eight miles in four hours. Records of Later Life But, upon the other hand, floating masses of ice speedily covered the rivers, rendering the work of fording them painful and difficult in the extreme. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow Week after week the little band of Frenchmen struggled on, now through a sea of prairie grass, now wading through deep savannahs, and presently swimming or fording streams which blocked their progress. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France One of the party called these fording places, "Irish bridges." Under the Maples When fording the river Conon in one of her wilder moods, she was swept away by the stream and drowned, and her body cast upon the bank a day or two after. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. The troops rushed forward, fording the stream under a heavy fire, and attacking the enemy, who was greatly superior in numbers, with the bayonet, drove him from his position. The History of the First West India Regiment A bridle-path lay before her, leading from the fording place through a deep wood. Hidden Hand The water being much above the fording mark and very rapid, we had an exciting time. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry He survived the war and returned to civil life, only to be drowned several years later while fording a river in the South. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Following the rivers, clearing the forests, fording the streams, braving the dangers, living the wild life--brave men and women! Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 On the Plains, oxen were better than horses for getting their feed and fording streams. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail Rejoicing in her freedom, Cap galloped down to the water's edge, and then walked her horse up and down along the course of the stream until she found a good fording place. Hidden Hand The recent rains have raised the river above the fording mark. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry They traveled as fast as they could all day, fording icy brooks, until late in the afternoon they came to the borders of a gloomy swamp, where they again encamped. King Philip Makers of History His topographical information included fording places for men and guns, and quicksands. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources De Soto and his horsemen, without a moment's hesitation, plunged into the stream, and some by swimming and some by fording, soon crossed the foaming waters. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots In crossing the streams he helped her find the shallowest fording, and in other ways was singularly considerate. They of the High Trails Jack went out with the lantern upon the ruined abutment of the bridge, and showed a space beside the drift-wood, in the turbid and whirling current, where fording seemed practicable. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies The most dangerous part of the river had yet to be passed—a section close to the shore, where the water was deep and the rocks for fording few. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall Once again the faithful pony entered the water, the mare so close behind that husband and wife could have touched each other, and the fording of the current began. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux There was no possibility of crossing this river by fording it. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Now we were labouring in deep roads,—now fording impetuous torrents,—and now jolting along on the hard pavement of the Via Aurelia. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The river had gone down almost as rapidly as it had risen, and fording it now by daylight was no such difficult matter. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies As they scrambled on, fording was attempted at many points, but in every case the deep water, and the almost equally deep mud at the bottom of the stream, proved impassable. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government "I don't view another fording with much pleasure, but we can soon find out how it is." The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux Everything went well until they unexpectedly came to the banks of a considerable stream, and, after a careful search, failed to discover any practicable means of crossing it, except by fording. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier After fording a narrow arm of the sea, grandma's horse gave himself so violent a shake that the girth of the saddle broke, throwing both her and the saddle to the ground. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California A cavalcade of six army wagons, men, women, children, horses, cattle, dogs, hens, pushed their weary way eleven days through wild woods, cutting their own roads, and fording creeks and rivers. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Now that there is no bridge, it is once more, as it had been for ages upon ages, a case of ferrying across by the big ferry-boat, or of fording. In the Tail of the Peacock Ossaroo proposed fording the river, but how was that to be done? The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Worse than that, it means fording the Rocky River on beyond, and she’s a wild one. The Young Alaskans in the Rockies We had hardships climbing mountains, fording rivers, frost and cold of winter, the burning heat of summer—my bones ache to-day from the exposure, but it was all for love of my home. The Vanishing Race As Charles was fording the stream on horseback, one man was swept away from the rest and was being rapidly carried down. The Red True Story Book Since ferrying means money, and fording only a wetting, most of the market-goers ford. In the Tail of the Peacock Asher pointed to a carcass lying half out of the water on a pile of drift where the stream was narrow, but too deep for fording. Winning the Wilderness He mentions the Roche Miette, which we dodged by fording the river, and he himself forded in order to escape climbing it. The Young Alaskans in the Rockies To be sure, not more than a hundred yards below the river was so shallow as to ripple over the rocks, where he might easily make the fording all but dry-shod. Burl We had no firearms, nor even a pinch of salt, and coming shortly to a ditch, too wide for leaping and too deep for cold-weather fording, we were obliged to content ourselves with opera-glass inspection. The Foot-path Way He had been overtaken by a band of stockriders when fording the creek with his daughter, and one who loitered behind them reined his horse in and spoke to the girl. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter But the time for fording had passed; the river was running swiftly, and waves were leaping hungrily about the usual track of passage. The Cornwall Coast The boys found it right cold sitting about in this high mountain air with their clothing still wet from their fording of the stream. The Young Alaskans in the Rockies When it came to fording a stream, climbing a precipice, or fairly wading through the slush, he was quite as willing and energetic as the other two members of his party. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War We were informed that the bottom was of quicksand, and fording, therefore, dangerous. Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method If shallow, the difficulty of fording may be increased by irregular holes or ditches dug before the water comes up or by driving stakes or making entanglements. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition No sooner, however, did the Saracens perceive that the Crusaders were fording the canal safely than they gave way, and fled towards the camp of the Emir Fakreddin at Djedilé. The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX. I found a fording and carried her across to the east shore and soon located a trader’s trace. A Virginia Scout Inside of half an hour they reached the fording place he had mentioned, and there crossed the stream, coming out on the side of a small hill. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up Farther up, the wagons were fording the stream. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy In fording a deep stream with a swift current, the men cross on as broad a front as possible, marching abreast and holding hands. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Loose rock fragments were strewn about in increasing numbers, and the valley was narrowing to an extent that necessitated frequent fording of the shallow creek. The Gold Girl The reinforcements did not come; but Bayard and his little company held the bridge with sword and lance till they saw a large division of German troops fording the stream in their rear. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds The party had just gained the water’s 305 edge and were looking for a good fording place when Brassy suddenly uttered an exclamation. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up After fording Venter's Spruit the battalion halted about 2 p.m. on some rising ground, whence a good view of the surrounding country was obtained. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland They were hotly pursued by the second and the third battalions, but the high water in the creek made fording out of the question, and the Confederates escaped on boats, rafts, and floating logs. An Undivided Union Following watercourses, fording swollen streams, picking their way over rocks and loose boulders, through mud and sand. Blue Ridge Country It was so dangerous at times for the horses to attempt to swim across, and so hard and disagreeable for the youths, that hours were spent in hunting for a fording place. Deerfoot in The Mountains The old ranchman made a swift mental calculation and then directed the boys to follow him to a fording place a little further down the river. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up The places where danger is to be apprehended are the fordings of the several rivers or watercourses, which, even when the sands are bare, still pour forth a considerable stream to the ocean. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The man saluted and in five minutes his men were fording the stream with O'Connor and Mason close in their rear. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite This river was so swollen by the recent rains that no fording was possible, and we were only able to cross by making our horses swim. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War This path I followed until it lead to a fording place in the river, where I paused, dreading the effect of fresh water on my sores, some of which had begun to scab over. Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, Maine, and murder of five of her crew, by pirates, on the coast of Cuba, Dec. 1824. I can see millions of Germans marching along the roads from Warsaw, dragging their cannon through the mud, fording streams, with their field kitchens and ambulances, moving onward irresistibly toward the golden domes of Kiev. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 Kate again removed her shoes and stockings and puddled about that creek until she found a safe fording place. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 We pursued and killed about a dozen of them; but they escaped by fording a swift-running stream, and some of them were drowned there. A Lieutenant at Eighteen Even human beings, when bathing, or fording rivers, are attacked by these terrible little cannibals;—for cannibals they are, as, whenever any of their own race are killed, they instantly attack and devour them. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America They came up with us as we were fording a small slough, and unable to ford it with their horses, they were delayed somewhat by having to go around it. The Story of Cole Younger, by Himself General Robinson advanced with the view of fording the Saranac, and attacking the works in front, and General Brisbane had made a circuit for the purpose of attacking the enemy in the rear. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 The cavalry, however, fording the overflow, went to the front of Donelson on the 7th, skirmished with the pickets, and felt the outposts. From Fort Henry to Corinth The next day, the 19th, they made but a short journey, and experienced great fatigue in fording streams and cutting their way through cane-brakes. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago Bonaparte could not well afford another direct attack, with its attendant losses, and strove to turn the position by fording the Alpon where it flows into the Adige. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) The King's brother, the Comte d'Artois, was killed in a desperate struggle when fording the Nile. Chatterbox, 1906 Once, after fording Red Pine Creek, Kiddie dropped a glove, apparently by accident, and dismounted to pick it up. Kiddie the Scout Captain Pendleton, sighing, and Joe, weeping, bent their steps up the banks of the river towards the fording place, where they would have to cross to find their horses on the other side. Cruel As The Grave That by which they approached is covered beyond fording depth, with a current so swift as to sweep the strongest animal from its feet, even were it an elephant. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Just before fording the Keiskamma River we encountered a most terrible thunderstorm. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer He had traveled three times across the continent with the Bishop, and always carried him in his arms when fording the swollen streams. Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies' Near the fording place they came to a halt. Kiddie the Scout Lyon and Sybil rode on together in silence, bending their heads before the driving mist, and keeping close to the banks of the river until they should reach the fording place. Cruel As The Grave We allowed nothing for the numerous delays, caused by marshes and the fording of flooded streams. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Over hill and dale, fording rivers, pushing through dense forests, threading mountain passes, wading across trackless swamps. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time We crossed many rivers, fording some, and floating our waggons over others that were deeper and wider. The Scalp Hunters But they were not making for the fording place by which they had previously crossed the creek. Kiddie the Scout The river, when not above a fording stage, can be forded at almost any point, and good camps can be found at short intervals. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions While fording a shallow stream, the doctor’s scraggy, ill-tempered horse took a fit of kicking quite frantical. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire A day's ride brought us to the Madison Fork, a broad, shallow stream, difficult of fording on account of its large boulders, and flowing through a narrow strip of arable land. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 We as stoutly declared our resolution to attempt fording the dividing current, and requested our host to point out the best probable place for this purpose. Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. The bank of the river once gained, the Americans halted to rest for a few minutes, and then, fording the stream, pushed forward straight for the nearest village. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Now he was nearly drowned in fording a river, from which he was saved at the moment he was expressing a desire to be born again. Personality in Literature The trail crosses and recrosses the torrent until the water becomes too deep for fording, and then it leads one to a rude bridge made of two logs with split planks laid across them. The Western United States A Geographical Reader Somewhat clumsily manoeuvred by their chiefs, the line, three or four miles in length, dips; down towards the river and crowds at a few chosen fording places. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea The heroine made her way six miles through the woods, fording Black Water River to the log cabin of Enoch Little, on Little Hill, in the present town of Webster. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman When Amos Radbury, Stover, and the two boys gained the other whites, they found Bowie's party fording one of the creeks running into the Guadalupe. For the Liberty of Texas We made the trip in four weeks, fording all rivers and streams on the way. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Nelson reached this river, and by fording crossed his division on the 29th, and was then given the advance. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 The middle part of the river was still too deep for mere fording. Byeways in Palestine Rain during the afternoon and night made the river past fording, catching Early's brigade, which had crossed further up-stream, on the enemy's side. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Tom, I wish you could have seen us fording the Potomac. The Long Roll We were four miles from Shelbyville, and to get our mail we must go this distance, and cross the Blue Earth river, either in a canoe or by fording. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History The prince rode and rode, sometimes taking up Pepper on his saddle; passing through forests, sleeping at lonely inns, fording rivers, till one day he saw that the air was becoming p. 131Yellow. Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son A merry gallop across three miles of delightful country, through pleasant groves and over rolling meadows, fording clear sparkling streams and leaping fences, brought the party to the former Saratoga of the south. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 And yet a number of the squaws, wives and daughters of men of character and station attended to the business of fording the stream with the silence and gravity of the most dignified white matrons. The Talking Leaves An Indian Story Then it dipped into a wooded ravine, turned aside to follow a barely perceptible path through a heavy forest, and finally ended at a fording on the edge of the Conodoguinet. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters There was no foot-bridge and but one way to get to the island, that of fording the river. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History A rapid at the river at Arnold's mills affords the only fording to be met with for a very considerable distance; but, upon examination, it was found too deep for the infantry. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 There had been an old broad-bottomed craft, used for fording in spate times, on a pool a mile or so up the glen, and the flood had brought it down and thrown it ashore. The Black Colonel They often appeared opportunely to our trappers, and saved them the trouble and danger of fording rivers. The Dog Crusoe and his Master It was clear to the most ignorant eye that fording the stream was impossible. Six Months at the Cape George Dally, knowing the way best, was set in advance to take the responsibility of guide as well as the risk of being swept away while fording the torrents. The Settler and the Savage After getting our breakfast, we continued north, and all went well with us until we struck the Wakeeny river, near Junction City, when in fording the stream. The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick" Instantly rushing down the bank, the four officers plunged into the canal and swam across, thus proving the impracticability of fording it. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign Eager to ascertain the worst, we rode forward, and, fording the stream, made our way over a mass of ruins which filled the ditch, into the interior. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots It is of no use to a boy who will be journeying through the primeval forest, plunging through thorny undergrowth or bog, or fording rivers and letting his clothes dry on him afterwards.” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas A traveller in Burmah, after fording a certain river, found his body covered all over by a swarm of small leeches, busily sucking his blood. The Parables of Our Lord A camel; one of a troop fording the river. Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East I remember a lad of ours in my regiment was swept with his horse down the torrent below where we were fording a river away yonder in India. Burr Junior After a march of several miles, fording numerous streams, and working our way through tangled thickets of nopal and wild maguey, an opening suddenly appeared through the trees. The Rifle Rangers The hearts of both are sad, their bosoms racked with anguish, as they sit in their saddles with eyes bent on the turbid stream, which cruelly forbids fording it. The Lone Ranche The shallow ones they forded, while those that were too deep for fording, they swam over upon their horses. The Boy Hunters After days of strenuous tramping and effort, climbing hills, fording streams, cutting through impenetrable brushwood, they finally reached the region of which the Indian had given a fairly accurate description. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life Above Oxford, however, the possibilities of fording were fewer, because the soil is clay and there is less rock; the roads and therefore the villages grew up away from the river. Lessons on Soil Again, after a short interval, as we felt ourselves fording a stream, Raoul said: “Yes, the San Juan—I know the stony bottom—just the depth, too, at this season.” The Rifle Rangers After experiencing some difficulty in fording a dangerous stream and spending another night in the woods they saw the houses on the outskirts; of Sandusky. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 Scarcity of rains had considerably lowered the stream, and they discussed the advisability of fording the team across. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island They proceeded along the lumber road for fully ten miles, fording two streams, then halting at a sawmill on the banks of a river. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods At no time during the fording did the ponies sink above their knees. Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) But we were fording a stream fed by the snows of Orizava. The Rifle Rangers So, fording the river, we took our way north. Orrain A Romance As the air cleared, two thousand men were seen wading and fording below the falls. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom The banks on each side were high and steep, making it far from an ideal fording place. The Pony Rider Boys in Texas Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains There was no fording the torrent, but the travellers ventured across on two single string pieces, bending under them at every step. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. Lieutenant Conder was swept off his horse while fording the stream, and was in imminent danger of drowning, when Kitchener sprang to his aid and towed him ashore. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers Although not difficult, guide and mule are advisable, if for nothing else than to assist in fording the streams. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads Bridges had been cut, and in the darkness the loyalists had to diverge to fording places, which lengthened out the march twenty-four miles. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom Two of the cowmen who had forded the stream further down, now appeared opposite the main fording place, to take charge of the cattle. The Pony Rider Boys in Texas Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains On the night of the 20th/21st December, 1917, crossings, partly by fording and partly by rafts, were effected over the Wadi Auja, a few miles to the north of Jaffa. With the British Army in The Holy Land He laughed at the idea of fording the Potomac, declaring that no living man or horse could stand, much less swim, in the stream. Border and Bastille They crossed other rivers of various degrees of depth and swiftness, swimming some and fording others. North of Fifty-Three It was an easy journey, except when they came to rivers, some of which were too deep for fording, but Ross had made provision for them. The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky Pretty little piece of wading, but unless I miss my guess it will be miles before we find another fording place through that mud. The Plunderer Lame as he was, he kept up with his mates all that day, fording rivers "several times," and crossing country which would tax the strongest man, in good condition. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. As a rule, too, Angela and Punch contented themselves with a swift scurry round the reservation, with frequent fordings of the stream for the joy it gave them both. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier They are fording just as that old man said they could. The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained Their sandals were wet from fording the river, but they hardly noticed it, so relieved were they to be once again in open country. Men Called Him Master A cloud of dust moved with them, showed their coming far away as they wheeled downward at Grand Island, hid their departure as they doubled up for the fording of the Platte. The Emigrant Trail In fording a rivulet, however, the application of cold water gave me immediate relief, and I walked with ease the remainder of the day. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 When Annie got a peep of the water, writhing and tumbling in the passage, it looked so ugly, that she shrunk from fording it, especially if she must go in with her bare feet. Alec Forbes of Howglen I will ride on your back when we are fording the river, and you can protect me from strange animals. A Chinese Wonder Book Orders were at the same time dispatched to Townshend and Murray to be in readiness for fording the river. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Coming home I spotted the sneaks fording the river. The Second Latchkey As they were lifting the elastic raft into the water they heard the voices of men on the river, accompanied by the splashing of water, and knew that the horse-thieves were fording the stream. Captured by the Navajos The stream was deep and rapid, too much so for easy fording by Fuzzies; they’d follow it back into the foothills. Little Fuzzy The River had swollen too turbulent for fording and she had crossed the white bridge—she remembered she had crossed at a gallop contrary to the little notice tacked on the board railing. The Freebooters of the Wilderness The troops crossed the Gjatz as they could, on planks, in a few boats, and by fording. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 While seeking a fording place I unluckily got into a quicksand, and in an instant I was under the mare, while she was plunging on her side in deep water. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 Not thinking it politic to cross at the toll-bridge, they went up to the ford, near Fort Meigs, and found the river not in a fording state. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. The sun was yet below the eastern horizon when we came to the fording of a larger stream than any we had crossed in the night. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady The thing to do in fording a deep stream is to keep watch o' your horse's ears. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy From that moment he took charge, and led them along the Greenwich Road through the woods, skirting the swamps, fording the rivers, to Harlem, to safety and to eventual victory. Greenwich Village On reaching the river it was so swollen as to be unsafe to attempt fording, and so, lighting my pipe, I sat down under the shelter of a large boulder, and presently fell asleep. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 There Castruccio waited; nor could he have chosen better, for the Florentines could not attack him 412without fording the river from S. Miniato, which they had taken, and dividing their forces. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Trying one drift after the other he succeeded at last in fording the river between Norval's Pont and Zanddrift; and so after seventeen days he was back in the Free State. In the Shadow of Death We had no difficulty in fording the Guaynopa Creek near its junction with the Aros River, and selected a camping place on a terrace 200 feet above it. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan When Ned thought of this he felt as he did when fording a strange creek, running a banker. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel The fording of the Arkansas River had been reached. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself Then came the fording of the river—the tramp along the other side—the return ford—and the small home-going party was reunited again. Prince Fortunatus Much of the way we followed the stream-bed, fording repeatedly; the remainder was through deep sand and over rolling pebbles. In Indian Mexico (1908) Where the depth of the stream is not great, the current slight, and the bottom smooth and hard, the passage may be effected by fording. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. Cheerfully fording miles of mud and water, his discomforts not a few, came Philip, greatly disturbed by the incomprehensible whims of his lady. Diane of the Green Van To facilitate this fording, Kit Carson crossed and recrossed the stream at least twenty times. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself The Australian mounted troops did not halt at the Steelpoort, but, fording the river, pushed on to Magnet Heights, which they occupied the same night. The Record of a Regiment of the Line Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902 These frequent fordings were rendered necessary by abrupt and steep rocks or bluffs, which it was impossible to get over without plunging into the wood for a great distance. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific We invited Mr. Schreiner to spend the night with us, and this he did after fording with some difficulty the swift-running river. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island But there are fordings and a salt marsh; and with Madame and the women—” “It would be longer?” Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France During the early part of summer, the fording of streams which have their source in the Rocky Mountains is no safe or easy task. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself "Perchance the waters of the Don have again risen, so as to prevent the army from fording the stream," observed Father Haydocke; "or it may be that some disaster hath befallen our leader." The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest A heavy fog rested upon the river and they could not find the safe fording. Pixy's Holiday Journey Aided by a dense fog, which concealed their operations from the view of the enemy, the army crossed the Don, the cavalry fording the stream, while the infantry passed over by a hastily-constructed bridge. The Empire of Russia "Then we must find some place for the fording where the trees lean over from either side and the shadow is deep." The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain Sir Thomas immediately, on Sight of it, issued his Orders for our fording the River, and falling upon them as soon after as possible. Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton Ferry-boats for crossing the river, fords wherever the canals were shallow enough, and embanked dams thrown up here and there where the water was too deep for fordings, completed the system of internal communication. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt They stretched in an unbroken line from the hills to the river, and fording the river passed on to the other side. Christopher Carson Hard fare at miserable country taverns, sleeping on the floor, and fording streams, were every-day occurrences. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him All the afternoon they continued their great journey to save those at the fort, fording another river and a half dozen creeks and leaping across many brooks. The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain And this was true enough, for in fording a little brook "Betty Burke" had to be severely reprimanded by her chaperon for her impropriety in lifting her skirts! Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. When at its height, the stream has a current of about seven miles an hour, and at the fording place the water is over the back of an ordinary pony. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Mile after mile is devoted to the unhappy task of trundling the bicycle ahead, rear wheel aloft, through mud and slush varying from ankle-deep to worse, occasionally varying the programme by fording a stream. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama In fording swollen streams, Lincoln was frequently sent forward as a scout or pioneer. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him In answer to our shouts, no vestige of a ferryman appeared; and behold the boat-chain was locked, and the current too deep and strong for fording. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Oh, should I be swept away in fording that impetuous and unclean torrent, the coroner will have a job with an unfortunate gentleman who would fain end his troubles anywhere but in a mud-puddle. Twice Told Tales In fording a rivulet however the application of cold water gave me immediate relief and I walked with ease the remainder of the day. The Journey to the Polar Sea While engaged in fording this branch the khan ferrets out the purse and extracts something from it, which he deftly slips into the folds of his kammerbund. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording. The Covered Wagon In half an hour we were jolting, bag and baggage, body and soul, over roads wherein the ruts were filled with dust as fine as flour, fording trout-streams, and winding through wood and brake. In the Footprints of the Padres It was overhung with mimosa-bushes; and it was not until after considerable search that I could find a convenient place for fording it. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 There being no trail for our guidance, we experienced some difficulty in shaping our course so as to strike the San Joaquin River at the usual fording place. What I Saw in California While engaged in fording a stream on the stony plain between road. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Once started, the resourceful pioneer found a dozen ways to skin his cat, as one man phrased it, and presently the falling waters permitted swimming and fording the stock. The Covered Wagon We soon found a fording place, and encamped at night a few miles from the east bank. California Four Months among the Gold-Finders, being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts Our herbarium had suffered from the continued wet weather, especially in fording deep rivers; and this was the more to be regretted as it contained many remarkable specimens. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 But, fortunately, nothing happened, and we at last got down to the level of the river again, only to find it half in flood and fording out of the question. The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon After fording the stream at the further point—-under protest from Keno, who picked his way very carefully and grudgingly over the treacherous rocky bed—-Ralph dismounted and tied the horse to a tree. The Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey Perhaps the first plow furrow west of the Kaw was cast when some plows eased down the precipitous bank which fronted one of the fording places. The Covered Wagon We cut them into small bunches, and in fording and refording a whole afternoon was spent in the water. Reed Anthony, Cowman I had sufficient daylight left to conduct the party over part of this hill to a portion of the riverbank accessible then to carts by fording only one lagoon. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 But any cow brute that halted in fording the Canadian that day was doomed to sink into quicksands from which escape was doubtful. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days In this road, Bounding Brook was crossed by fording. Tiger and Tom and Other Stories for Boys They could see that every stream they crossed was far above its normal mark, and the last hope that they might find the Potomac low enough for fording disappeared. The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand I was all day and half the night going and coming, and fording the Grasse took me stirrups under. D'Ri and I He had not even thrown off his slicker in the fording of the stream—there had been no time for even that small delay if he wished to save Strann. The Night Horseman One of the wheel oxen, a black steer which we called "Pop-eye," could be ridden, and I straddled him in fording, laving my sunburned feet in the cool water. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days Their advance was much delayed, resulting in frequent halts, presumably to drop their blanket rolls and due to the natural delay in fording a stream. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient The next day they reached the Potomac near Williamsport, where their pontoon bridge had been destroyed, and looked upon the wide stream of the Potomac, far too deep for fording. The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand If the bottom of the little stream had been soft and sticky, or filled with boulders, fording would have been out of the question. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" There were tales of men fording rivers who were suddenly overwhelmed by terrific walls of water which rushed down from the higher mountains in masses four and eight feet high. The Night Horseman You can hardly imagine what a difference there is, in fording this herd, between a cool, cloudy day and a clear, hot one. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days Kneeling upon our saddles we succeeded in fording the shallow stream without getting wet, but in a moment we came to another of about the same size. Tent Life in Siberia The river may run down enough in two or three days to permit of fording. The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand The whistle was answered, and shortly the splash of quite a cavalcade could be heard fording the river. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories We went west, and northwest, and north, fording streams, taking short cuts across fields, hurrying on and on. Who Goes There? It was an ideal drive through many miles of fragrant, towering pine trees, fording beautiful lakes, catching fish, shooting game, camping for refreshment on the banks of crystal clear brooks. The Gentleman from Everywhere The river was low, so that it was necessary to watch several places where fording was possible. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation Word had come that a part of the army was already fording the river, near Williamsport, but this bridge near Falling Waters was the most important point. The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand When things took this turn, Arthoces crossed the Pelorus and fled, burning the bridge over that stream too: of the rest some were killed in hand-to-hand fights, and some while fording the river on foot. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). We crossed Bull Run on a bridge, some of the men fording; here we got better water, but not good water. Who Goes There? Once Old Man was fording a river, when the current carried him down stream, and he lost his weapons. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People In fording streams, it is well, if the water be deep and swift, to carry heavy stones in the hands, in order to resist being borne away by the current. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 As he raised his face, one could see then that he was blind, and the accident that had happened to him, in fording the street. Balcony Stories At Fort Laramie we crossed the Platte river by fording. Reminiscences of a Pioneer He had chosen this spot for his little cabin because the river ran wild here among the rocks, and because pack-outfits going into the southward mountains could not disturb him by fording at this point. The Hunted Woman We advanced along the lake shore some distance, fording the mouth of the little Rio Lajas, whose waters had lost much depth since I first, passed over this road, crossing the stream in a bungo. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 After fording the stream, however, I found that the trail I had followed continued forward in the same direction, leaving this rude settlement on the left. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Driftwood and good sized logs were floating by on a current so strong that all hope of fording it vanished even before its depth was measured. The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate Soon after fording the river we discovered some evidence that trappers had long ago visited this region. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park At such times they crossed the fields, avoiding groups of trees and fording the streams and rivulets whenever they came to them. Glinda of Oz The enemy were presently in sight, and formed in close column, began to push through the fording place, though full waist deep. The Life of General Francis Marion After fording the Thames, the army divided, some taking possession of the valley, and others occupying the high ground. Four Arthurian Romances After fording Sweetwater River several times to throw pursuit off the track, Buck McKee and Bud Lane entered an arroyo to rest their mounts and hold council as to their future movements. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama So we've been driving cattle all day, riding about twenty miles, and fording the Big Thompson about as many times. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains But the Fleet was so deep that there was no fording it for a long way up or down. The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor But even as I hesitated he appeared again, fording the stream, his face set on the road we had come. Mr. Standfast For example, in the beginning of his career, during a journey in Europe with an ambassador, one of the servants in fording a stream got into deep water and was in danger of drowning. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom One native fell into a swiftly running stream as they were fording it and lost a box containing some much-needed things. Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold Clay rose from the table and stood in the light of the open door, stretching himself gingerly, for his joints were sore and stiff with fording streams and climbing the surfaces of rocks. Soldiers of Fortune During the heavy and fatiguing marches, the long-legged fifer often waded through the mud with the little drummer mounted on his back, and in the same fashion he carried Eddie when fording streams. Good Stories for Holidays He wound up the coast towards the west: then, fording some torrents, he gained the high plain that was bordered with admirable forests. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Then she piloted them North, traveling by night, hiding by day, scaling the mountains, fording the rivers, threading the forests, lying concealed as the pursuers passed them. Harriet, the Moses of Her People We skirted Clochonne by a wide détour, fording the Creuse at a secluded place, and ascended the wooded hills in single file. An Enemy to the King Menendez now took advantage of the storm to march overland to Fort Caroline, wading through swamps and fording streams amid a fearful rain and gale. Introductory American History The streams must usually be crossed either by fording or by ferry, and not infrequently the horse must swim part of the distance across. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Then we had eighty miles to go before we struck the foothills of the Raton mountains, fording the Picketwaire river at the little town of Trinidad, Colorado, over the Raton mountains. The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail This journey probably was the first that ever circled the Grand Canyon, for return was by the Ute Crossing, where fording was difficult and dangerous, for the water was deep and ice was running. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert We succeeded in fording it, and toiled about three thousand feet up the opposite hill. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources There had been no fording for six weeks, nor would there be again until late summer. In Exile and Other Stories The Arkansas River at the fording of the Old Trail is not more than knee-deep at an ordinary stage of water, and its bottom is well paved with rounded pebbles of the primitive rock. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway Everything went well until they approached the fording of the Arkansas, when they came upon a large village of Cheyenne Indians. The Life of Kit Carson Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. Strangely picturesque suspension bridges with rough stairways at their ends spanned waters too deep for fording. The Call of the Cumberlands On our arrival, the horsemen were sent in and scattered about the river to search for the best fording- places, and the carts followed immediately. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources When the fording party had arrived at the top, Ruth Mary was nowhere to be seen. In Exile and Other Stories To fly or go slowly at will, to pass unshaken over rough and smooth alike, fording rivers without being wet, and mounting hills without climbing, this is indeed unmixed delight. The Naturalist in La Plata It was the duty of Captain Cook and his soldiers to guard it as far as the fording of the Arkansas, at that time the boundary line between the two countries. The Life of Kit Carson Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. The boy who was with me, feared that the river was too high for fording, and asked what we should do. Trials and Triumphs of Faith The following days we continued our march westward over comparative plains, and, fording the Cache-à-la-Poudre on the morning of the 28th, entered the Black hills, and nooned on this stream in the mountains beyond them. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources There was not a boat left on the river; fording was impossible. In Exile and Other Stories The only difficulty we met was a network of icy streams, at the largest of which we halted, not willing to get wet in fording. Travels in Alaska A swinging St. Christopher, fording a brook with a child on his shoulders, cannot fail of attracting your attention. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents We had to cross the Rio Cari in a boat, and the Rio de agua clara, by fording, or, it may almost be said, by swimming. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 There at the fording in the little boat the unknown man plays upon his lute. Gitanjali Even when they are fording rivers they do not allow those dying of thirst to drink. Crescent and Iron Cross This was named McIntyre's Brook, and Cunningham writes that they had some difficulty in fording it on account of its extreme rapidity. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work All day we rode over rocky mesas or through dense chapparal,—here fording a stream, now thundering over a barren plain, or picking our way through gloomy cañons or up steep bluffs. The Young Trail Hunters Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West Passing this and fording little streams, we went along a very narrow path, across steep slopes, on which maize had been planted. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru Some of these roads may cross streams too deep for fording, so bridges must be provided. Studies in Civics We had our ponies brought up and rode across the stream, the men fording, then we scrambled up the high slope of the opposite bank and shouted for the remainder to follow. With Kelly to Chitral They had reached the end of the glade and were contemplating fording the brook when like a bolt from the blue discovery came upon them. The Bars of Iron At 7.25 a.m. left the camp and steered east to the Victoria River, but as we could not find a fording place, turned north to the Wickham, and encamped on its banks at 12.25. Journals of Australian Explorations We circled well to leeward, fording the many rapid streams with great difficulty. American Big Game in Its Haunts But after rain or the fording of a river their protecting coats get parted by the moisture, and the fly can find his mark in the skin. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign And here is a tombstone engraved with an anchor, for one who, very early in the war, was hit while fording the Isonzo in face of the enemy's fire. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement One of their old fording places was completely submerged, and at last Kazan plunged in and swam across, leaving Gray Wolf to wait for him on the windfall side of the stream. Kazan But here, instead of fording the mouth and marching along the beach, they entered boats and joined the first brigade, which was hovering in front of the French lines. The Passing of New France : a Chronicle of Montcalm There were no bridges save over the narrower streams, fording being the custom, till ferries were established at various points. Anne Bradstreet and Her Time We mounted again, and rode as far as we could up the valley, fording the river in deep water several times, and coming down the other side. The Hawaiian Archipelago Another time I fell off the waggon while fording a stream; my back got so sore that I could not walk much. Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear Fortunately there was now a good fording place at hand, so the entire party crossed without difficulty. On the Trail of Pontiac He drowned his motor finally in fording a roily stream and abandoned the car. Flowing Gold Frequently the merchant had to risk spoiling his bales of silk in fording a stream, for bridges were few and usually in urgent need of repair. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. I think we came through eleven, fording the streams in all but two. The Hawaiian Archipelago When the cornice was so narrow that we could find no place for our feet, we descended into the torrent, crossed it by fording, and then climbed the opposite wall. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 However, the lad had overlooked the fact, as had the others, that in order to find a suitable fording place, they had followed the hanks of the East Fork for several miles. The Pony Rider Boys in Montana Or, the Mystery of the Old Custer Trail All were starving, and after the second day of hiding in swamps and fording mountain-streams, half of our little band was sick with fever. Captain Macklin But the task which seems easy at a distance, proves as difficult, upon a nearer approach, as the fording of a river, which from afar appeared only a brook. Peveril of the Peak In the Black Hills region, the pioneers were delayed a week at the Platte, a stream, which, though usually fordable at this point was now so swollen as to make fording impossible. The Story of "Mormonism" At this very moment, no doubt, Mr. Merwyn is enjoying his sumptuous dinner, while my friends may be fording a dark, cold river to meet their death. An Original Belle The water was not deep, however, the chief having chosen a spot for fording where the stream was not above the ponies' hips. The Pony Rider Boys in Montana Or, the Mystery of the Old Custer Trail I went with Charley to examine the river, in order to find a fording place, in which we succeeded at about four miles south-west from our camp, in lat. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 The next thing was to find a fording place. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail And what I saw astounded me; the enemy's baggage wagons were fording the river; his cattle-drove had just been herded across, and the open space was already full of his gaunt cows and oxen. The Hidden Children Letters were wrapped in oil silk to protect them from moisture, either from stormy weather, fording streams, or perspiring animals. The Story of the Pony Express Tad made careful note of the fording place in case he should have occasion to cross the river on his own hook later on. The Pony Rider Boys in Montana Or, the Mystery of the Old Custer Trail The trail through the water at the low stage, when, only, fording is possible, is marked by piles of large stones. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons This was done while fording the Arkansas River, near Fort Dodge. Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales After a pleasant ride of a couple of miles, we saw the white walls of the Mission, and, fording a small stream, we came directly before it. Two Years Before the Mast —But there's some work for us to do here yet: The dawn must find us fording the Nivelle! The Dynasts While fording the river, I was carried off my feet by the current and nearly swept over the fall with a pack around my neck. The Lure of the Labrador Wild Not a word was spoken as the great column crept onward, climbing up and down steep hillsides, fording streams, pushing through thickly growing brushwood. This Country of Ours No one spoke until the sound came up to them of a horse fording the creek. The Valiant Runaways Tish called back something about the beauties of nature and riding over a carpet of flowers, but my horse was fording a small stream at the time and I was too occupied to reply. Tish No Indian ever allows his colt to drink buffalo's milk, the idea being that a horse so fed will lie down in instead of fording or swimming a stream. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 This made necessary the fording of a small stream. The Lure of the Labrador Wild After fording the stream, we sat down to rest, and were visited by all the inhabitants, who were more naked than any people we had yet seen. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile A few mouthfuls of water in the fording of a running stream, a pause to recover breath before plunging into an icy river, or on the taking of a steep coulee side, but no more. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail We had, however, lost some time in fording the stream, and we had but the one glimpse of him as the trail curved. Tish She tells her children now of the strange, long days and months in the ox-team, passing through the heat and dust of alkali deserts, fording rivers, and toiling over steep mountains. A Summer in a Canyon On the broader streams, where fording was impossible and traffic was perforce carried by ferry, the canoe and the keel boat of the earliest days gave way in time to the ordinary "flat" or barge. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway It was sunk where I crossed it, like a canal, 14 feet below the plain; and what with mire and water combined, so deep, I was obliged to take off my trousers whilst fording it. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile But Mirkwood-water ran deep swift and narrow between high clean-cloven banks, so that none could dream of fording, and not so many of swimming its dark green dangerous waters. The House of the Wolfings "I have seen this river so high that there was no fording it for many days," said Alessandro; "but that was in spring." Ramona The valley was nothing but river bed, a mass of boulders of all sizes, through the midst of which the stream plunged with deafening roar, and so deep that fording was out of the question. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan A party of tobacco inspectors having searched his curate's house, he pursues them so energetically on horseback that they hardly escape him by fording the Durance. The Ancient Regime Spurring his mount into an easy canter he swept down to and across the river, fording it where he had crossed it when pursuing Tamale Jose. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up Ned Land went westward up the coast; then, fording some stream beds, he reached open plains that were bordered by wonderful forests. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The two following days took them across this Fork several times, but, although fording was not always comfortable, the stream added salmon trout to their menu. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 On the following morning we started, several times fording the river to avoid the bends: our course was due east. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs The symbol of the state is an elephant fording a river. A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline Early the next morning they broke camp and the evening of the same day found them fording Sulphur Spring Creek, and their quarry lay only an hour beyond, according to Pie. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up "I suppose there is no other way of fording the river?" said Glenarvan to the quartermaster. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant This route was a rough one, requiring frequent fordings of the stream, and they did well to advance thirteen miles that day. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 We left behind us the fortress and Chinese dugun, swung round the shoulder of a ridge and, after fording several times an open stream, began the ascent of the mountain. Beasts, Men and Gods This is the reason why in fording the northern rivers, no fishes are seen, as in England, wandering in the water. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland After a pleasant ride of a couple of miles, we saw the white walls of the mission, and fording a small river, we came directly before it. Two Years Before the Mast There was no chance of fording the stream, and there was then no bridge. Adventures Among Books On June 21 they reached the Sweet Water, and, fording it, encamped within sight of Independence Rock, near the upper end of Devil's Gate. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 Lovell and his attorneys joined the cavalcade which returned to the post, while we continued on south, fording the Missouri above Forrest's camp. The Outlet We plodded on sadly up hill and down hill, now fording brooks, already stained with flood-water, now crossing barren heaths. Under the Red Robe Then the pack train, fording the stream, attacked the sudden ascent, and bade adieu to such civilization as the coast afforded. Whirligigs She said, "Is there a track to show where the best fording is?" Dreams The river being much swollen, Captain Bonneville halted at its mouth, and sent out scouts to look for a fording place. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West The lead cattle were then nearly a mile away, and galloping off to overtake the point, I left the party watching the saddle horses, which were then fording in our rear. The Outlet 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. Under the Red Robe In three days more they made about seventy miles; fording two small rivers, the waters of which were very cold. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains In crossing this amphitheater he went by the mouths of five canyons, fording little streams that flowed into the larger one. Riders of the Purple Sage Finding it impossible, from quicksands and other dangerous impediments, to cross the river in this neighborhood, he kept up along the south fork for two days, merely seeking a safe fording place. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West In fording the river to breakfast, my outfit agreed that there had been no perceptible change in the stage of water overnight, which quickened our desire to move at once. The Outlet For no part of the river allowed of fording. The Danish History, Books I-IX Not the least part of their weary task was the fording of the numerous windings and branchings of the mountain rivers, all boisterous in their currents, and icy cold. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains But there is no ground for mystic speculation on this circumstance of a group of organisms fording the earth for a few million years, and then perishing or dwindling into insignificance. The Story of Evolution In a few moments the plain was swarming with the moving multitude, some just visible, like specks in the distance, others still passing on, pressing down, and fording the stream with bustle and confusion. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life There was a moment's consultation held, when the posse entered the water and began fording the stream, the vehicle and its occupants remaining on the other side. The Outlet On the 8th of June, at eleven o'clock, we reached the South Fork of the Platte, at the usual fording place. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life |
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