| 单词 | gum tree |
| 例句 | In the stories, Anansi covered the doll in the sap of gum trees. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And he was hearing it in the Blue Ridge Mountains under a sweet gum tree. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Though she was very old, she could still switch a small child with vigor, using a tough young shoot from a black gum tree, to enforce obedience. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The shacks were made of plastic, tin and cardboard and stood near clumps of blue gum trees, whose branches screamed like ghosts in the icy Cape wind. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Gene and the sergeant parked under a sweet- gum tree by the low brick building and went in through the front door. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the shade of two gum trees that graced the doorway of the front of the main house sat a group of about twenty tribal elders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As usual, we found a line of truck drivers, market women, farmers, and traders waiting outside under the blue gum trees to share their concerns and grievances. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Soon it wasn’t possible for him to walk longer than five minutes at a time without pausing to lean against a sweet gum tree. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked over to my right at a big black gum tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the window, C.P. could make out the branches of a nearby sweet gum tree covered with several inches of snow. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I noticed how, nearby, the roots to a big sweet gum tree, exposed by erosion in the riverbank, suddenly looked like a swarm of snakes slithering into the water. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Off to one side of the camp, under a large black gum tree, we set up our tent. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat on a bench in one of the picnic areas, in the shade of a gum tree. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z This gum tree grows on a hill in the lowlands. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z On the taxi ride back to the hotel, Sohrab rested his head on the window, kept staring at the passing buildings, the rows of gum trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was rush hour, and crowds flowed on foot under the gum trees, past an endless line of small shops. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt a sudden rush of affection for them all, and out there under the sweet gum tree, within the sound of men tracking a bobcat, he thought he understood Guitar now. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The highway is lined with towering blue- gum trees. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1930s and 40s he was the first white artist to impress his vision on its salt lakes, parched mountain ranges and gum trees, rendering them with impressionistic washes of house paint on hardboard. This week's new exhibitions 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z The eventual home of the Jade Buddha, purportedly the largest Buddha statue carved from gem-quality jade, the $20-million, 160-foot-tall, unadorned temple, just outside town in a gum tree forest, already offers tours. A Cultural Escape North of Melbourne 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The series “exploded the stereotypical view of the landscape as a placid ensemble of sheep and gum trees,” John McDonald of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote in 2007. John Olsen, Who Helped Revolutionize Australian Art, Dies at 95 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z I don't mean to talk to you about kookaburras and gum trees and then start pouring bile on EL James, but Fifty Shades is obviously quite a conventional book. Chloe Hooper: 'I see this as an anti-erotic novel' 2013-01-19T18:00:01Z We came across a row of five stout stumps of 130-year-old blue gum trees that are known as “the Burghers of Prince Albert.” An Artist Colony Thrives in the South African Desert 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z One afternoon, as Mr. Minter recalls, he headed outside, gathered the windblown trunks of a gum tree and started carving African totems. House Proud: Joe Minter’s African Village in America 2013-04-24T22:17:36Z A shady spot under a circle of gum trees, Ndlumbini said, is still used for that purpose. Tracing Nelson Mandela’s footsteps 100 years after his birth 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z As I gain altitude, the views get better and more rays of sun pierce the gum trees. Crossing the Acheron: cycling Australia's Seven Peaks Ride 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Today, the L-shaped lane is home to a string of Beaux-Arts mansions shaded by sweet gum trees and glossy spikes of holly bushes pushing through iron gates. Footsteps: Following Dickens Through Switzerland 2012-07-06T16:19:17Z There are oaks, olive trees, gum trees and something my father calls an ironwood tree. In my father’s Iraq, his garden was a sanctuary 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z An Australian student shared a gum tree blooming after the wildfires there. How a College Final Became a Lesson in Survival 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z The victims: Banksias, wattles, gum trees, and more. After Mass Killing of Trees on a Wealthy Waterfront, a Theory Takes Hold 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z In the quiet Australian town of Leongatha, a woman hosted her in-laws and another couple for lunch at her home, nestled amid the gum trees. 3 Deaths, and a Host of Questions, After a Family Lunch in Australia 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Thousands of the birds are afflicted every year in the region, where they are a fixture in backyards, chattering away as they feast on Moreton Bay figs, gum tree blossoms and countless other plants. The Mystery of Australia’s Paralyzed Parrots 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z A recent military video showed troops from a mounted infantry unit known as the Light Horse Regiment winding through gum trees on the bikes. Ukrainian fighters take to electric bikes in the war against Russia 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z But years of studying koalas had taught her that the animals are adept at blending into gray gum trees. Koalas are getting harder to find. Scientists in Australia are on a quest to uncover a hidden population. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Blue gum trees - an important koala habitat - were harvested from the plantation, leaving only a few isolated pockets. Koalas: Mass deaths in Victoria bring animal cruelty charges 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z One man was flung high into a massive gum tree and remained there until rescue arrived. Climate Change Is Destroying My Country. The Nations Causing It Must Help. 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z The smell of gum trees, the sight of the huge Moreton Bay figs and the sound of laughing kookaburras perched on them are the things that enticed Ms Kramer back to Sydney. The dancer aged 106 who bans the word 'old' 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z The temperature is around 30C, kept in check by a gentle breeze rustling the leaves in the stately gum trees beside court 5. Australian Open 2021 day 11, semi-finals: Naomi Osaka v Serena Williams – live! 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z But as Marsh and Davies walked separately through the forest, their flashlights found only empty gum trees. Koalas are getting harder to find. Scientists in Australia are on a quest to uncover a hidden population. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z They waited outside for hours, under the shade of a gum tree, for a chance to enroll in a clinical trial of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. For Covid-19 Vaccines, Some Are Too Rich — and Too Poor 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Yet the roots of the trees - wide and prominent like those of the flowering red gum trees near her family’s townhome - represent “possibilities,” says the bubbly girl, known as “Snickers” to some of her friends. Global pandemic: Through the eyes of the world’s children 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Yet the roots of the trees — wide and prominent like those of the flowering red gum trees near her family’s townhome — represent “possibilities,” says the bubbly girl, known as “Snickers” to some of her friends. Global pandemic: Through the eyes of the world’s children 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z From the verandah of his home, nestled on a 400-hectare property of rolling hills, gum trees and Merino sheep, he watched a giant orange plume crest over the hill and rain down fiery embers. In fire-hit rural Australia, climate debate burns deep 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Dried-out gum trees are slowly consumed by remnants of fire. Terror on all sides: inside a firestorm tearing through the Australian bush 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Also known as the gum tree, these forests are some of the most flammable in the world. Have Australia's trees made the fires worse? 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z The tragic thing is that near all the stripped manna gum trees, there was plenty of another kind of eucalyptus. Koalas might need fecal transplants to survive on our planet 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Rebecca Jakobi, 30, said that for most of her life, she knew nothing of the 800-year-old river red gum tree beside the highway she drove along near her home in rural Victoria. This Land Is a Sanctuary for Aboriginal Women. Bulldozers May Soon Come. 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The woman died after a gum tree fell on her moving car in the southeastern state of Victoria. Wild winds ground flights in Australia, falling tree kills woman 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z When I arrived, last fall, I drove twenty miles to Silver Dollar Road, where Melvin and Licurtis’s family lives in dozens of trailers and wood-panelled houses, scattered under pine and gum trees. Kicked Off the Land 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Townsend had walked outside and seen flames twice as high as the tallest gum trees on the hills, west of his house. On the arsonist’s trail: inside Australia’s worst bushfire catastrophe 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Large numbers of white Tupelo gum trees were felled in the Apalachicola and Chipola river basin areas of Gulf and Liberty counties, removing vital food sources the bees need to survive. Florida: seafood industry struggles to recover after Hurricane Michael 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Although Florida also produces honey from orange blossoms, gallberries and wildflowers, the honey from white tupelo gum trees ranks highest in price and flavor. Hurricane Michael could sour Florida’s tupelo honey harvest 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z They drove along Huff Creek Road, an isolated path lined thick with pine and sweet gum trees, for three miles as Mr. Byrd was helplessly flung side to side. In Texas, a Decades-Old Hate Crime, Forgiven but Never Forgotten 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Older gum trees are not uncommon in the thick, rich-soiled woodlands of several parks in New York City. The Mean Seed of the Sweet Gum 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The sprawling park is just down the road from the group home, rimmed by a grove of sweet gum trees. The Girl in the Window, 10 years later 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Below him a four-inch white pipe ran from his house, across the yard just a few feet away from a basketball hoop, and into a copse of pine and sweet gum trees. Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why? 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z “It’s a gum tree. It grows in the swamp. It’s got to be in the swamp just like a cypress tree.” 85-year-old Hemingway man still has passion for woodworking 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Mr Latter said the koala then crossed shallow floodwaters found his way up a gum tree to rest where it "looked quite happy". Koala bares Australia's wild weather - BBC News 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Hookina's flood plain is littered with gum trees torn up by raging waters. Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on 'sacred land' 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Slipping back into English, he spoke over the whirring of cicadas in the river red gum trees that line the sandy banks: “It is smaller than a kookaburra. Its mate will be nearby.” An Heir to a Tribe’s Culture Ensures Its Language Is Not Forgotten 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z For one thing, they planned to pause in the vicinity of an old gum tree no longer there. Horror Drove Her From South. 100 Years Later, She Returned. 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Tupelo, named for the Tupelo gum trees that inhabited the surrounding swamps, grew up around a railroad crossing just before the Civil War, when it was burned to the ground by Union troops. Gay rights supporters prepare for fight in Mississippi beyond marriage 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The bank below the excavation is a steep slope of exposed sandy soil where the trunks of toppled cypress and gum trees protrude from the silt at the water’s edge. Artifacts at risk as Black Warrior River erodes soil 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z They are leaning up against the back gate, propped up against a stump in the middle of a suburban park or resting against a gum tree with a well-worn club cap dangling over the handle. Australia united in grief after Hughes death 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Mainly in the fall this sweet gum tree dropped its fruit, sharp and pointy gumballs that worked wonders on mower blades and bare feet. How Waiting To Invest Kills You 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Hartfield was dragged to a big gum tree and strung up. Horror Drove Her From South. 100 Years Later, She Returned. 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z The next time you walk past a poplar or a black gum tree on a busy city street, think twice before taking a long, deep breath. The Paradox of Pollution-Producing Trees: Why Some Greenery Can Make Smog Worse 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Two ghost gum trees made famous by the work of Australian Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira have been found burnt. Landmark Australia trees 'torched' 2013-01-04T12:42:58Z The following morning we resumed our journey through lofty, dense, and magnificent forests, in which the vast trunks of gum trees imparted their special character to the scenery. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z They talked about the massacre, as they sat under the shadow of a gum tree, almost in whispers; and at the slightest unusual noise the men grasped their revolvers and listened. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z The wild gum tree is tall with smooth greenish white bark. Guatemala, the country of the future 2011-12-12T03:00:29.630Z The Indian banyan and bamboo, the mimosa, the aloe, and the prickly pear of Southern Africa, were to be found side by side with Australian gum trees, and the mulberries of Southern Europe. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z The chirrup of a cricket was the only sound that broke the quivering silence, save when every now and again the warm wind swept lazily through the gum trees and made music with their leaves. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Near the house and on the left are thirteen flourishing gum trees, said to have been left by Hamilton himself when clearing the spot, as an emblem of the thirteen original States. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z He could talk aloud now, as he walked rapidly up and down past the weird grey trunks of the gum trees. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Southern people talk more about "gum trees" than people in the North. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z "Do you know that I have a young gum tree?" said Lady Dromard amusingly, as though it were a young opossum. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z Tall straggling gum trees, with their bare untidy trunks and ill-shaped limbs, towered above the one-storied building and shaded the Dutch stoep built on to the front of the house. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z His home was in the midst of well-kept grounds, laid out like a park, in which were planted many Australian gum trees. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z Then away rode the Winslows, and presently the grey-stemmed gum trees swallowed them up. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z To the New Englander this is the "pepperidge"; the Indians called it "tupelo"; but the woodsman, North and South, calls it the gum tree, as a rule. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z "Very few of them—there are hardly any gum trees up there." Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z I was just wondering how long you would be satisfied to sit here staring at the gum trees... The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z The volcano was heavily forested all the way up with mahogany and gum trees, and a dense undergrowth of vines and ferns entangled our feet. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z The cows of this herd stood quietly by chewing their cuds, under the shade of a huge gum tree, while two red-eyed giant bulls struggled for mastery in the open. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z One recognizes the gum tree in winter by these swinging seed-balls, an inch in diameter, like the balls of the buttonwood, except that those are smooth. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The gum tree proved to be a sapling of no great promise or pretensions. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z “There are blue gum trees, and palms, and banyans.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The National Park Service calls the gift of 40 sweet gum trees a symbol of the ties between the memorials for victims of the Sept. Trees planted in ceremony at Flight 93 crash site in Pa., a gift from NY memorial organizers 2011-07-31T07:06:34Z The young Syrian in the white undershirt cradled a toddler in his arms as he sat beneath a line of laundry strung up between two stout gum trees. Desperately Fleeing Syria: Refugees Cross into Turkey 2011-06-10T20:05:00Z Wherever these gum trees grow, the autumn landscape is painted with the changeful splendor of the most gorgeous sunset. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z This evening I went out shooting amongst the palms and gum trees. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z In the Australian colonies they are known by the name of gum trees, from the gum which exudes from their trunks; individual species are known as 'stringy bark', 'iron bark', karri, or jarrah. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The decision in question is the return of cattle to portions of the 646,000-hectare park, a landscape of deep ravines, high plateaux and snow gum trees. Australian grazing trial ignites debate 2011-03-23T18:51:07.250Z E. globulus, so called from the rounded form of its cap-like corolla, is the blue gum tree of Victoria and Tasmania. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Often along a country road the rail fence is hidden by an undergrowth of young gum trees. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z My first boss sold my mother and I can remember her climbin' upon de stile block made from de trunk of a gum tree. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z Maybe looking at all the big gum trees around this golf course makes us feel like we're at home. Australians flourish in opening round at Riviera 2011-02-17T23:52:18Z Suddenly he became aware of a man seated beneath a giant gum tree near the water's edge. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z They went to sleep, and in their dreams saw Africa with its forests of gum trees, its thatched huts, and its baobabs, whose foliage shaded whole villages. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z In proceeding up the country they found gum trees, the gum upon which existed only to very small quantities. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z Even now, the beauty of the gum tree is not sufficiently appreciated by Australians, and we see all too few specimens in our suburban gardens. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z Then we skirted the Mornington Peninsula national park, the largest remaining slice of indigenous bush on the Peninsula with its eucalyptus forest and gum trees. Ashes fans' guide: beyond Melbourne 2010-12-29T18:51:00Z Of the gum tree there are found upwards of 150 species, many of which are of great value. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis There were many large gum trees growing in this swamp. Bee Hunting A Book of Valuable Information for Bee Hunters - Tell How to Line Bees to Trees, Etc. Upon another species of the gum trees, was found a small black ant, which perforated all the twigs, and, having worked out the pith, occupied the pipe in which it had been contained. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z I leaped behind a gum tree, giving no heed to Paul's movements, and had but just gained this shelter when a bullet cut the bark within an inch of my face. On the Kentucky Frontier A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West There were acres and acres of sage brush, sometimes a field of wild buckwheat and once in a while a small grove of live oak shrubs or of red and blue gum trees. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines A number of the gum trees have deciduous bark. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Leaving the bait I went into the swamp and found them going into a large gum tree about twenty feet from the ground. Bee Hunting A Book of Valuable Information for Bee Hunters - Tell How to Line Bees to Trees, Etc. It had certainly been built in a favourable situation, at the back of a little hill, sheltered by five or six magnificent gum trees. Abandoned Paul was of the same opinion, even going so far as to declare that he had noted on coming ashore the gum tree which we were standing near while holding the consultation. On the Kentucky Frontier A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West The woodman now turned into the thickets, and opening his way through the bushes, in a few moments conducted the two soldiers to the foot of a large gum tree. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency As the belated traveller makes his way through the monotonous plains of Australia, through the Bush, with its level expanses and clumps of grey-blue gum trees, he occasionally hears a singular sound. Custom and Myth New Edition They had Old World names with characters wholly different: cedars which were not conifers, almonds which were no relations to peaches, and gum trees as unlike eucalypti as one tree can be unlike another. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses On the outskirts of the village was a small grove of sycamore and gum trees, by a little stream, where it was the custom for the mountain people to camp with their canvas-covered wagons. The Mountain Girl "That I do, for the gum tree is as familiar to my eyes as anything can be on so dark a night as this." On the Kentucky Frontier A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West Could she now have seen, she would have recognized the giant gum trees and cypress, garnished with festoons of Spanish moss that swayed gently under the impact of the lessening breeze. When the Cock Crows You should see the weather I have—cloudless, clear as crystal, with just a punkah-draft of the most aromatic air, all pine and gum tree. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) Almonds, cedars, mangoes, gum trees spread their shade over the road. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The country was full of color; the sassafras and gum trees and oaks were all ablaze with red and yellow. The Life of Nancy The burning pine has one speech, the gum tree another. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. He lives in the gum trees, feeds upon gum leaves, and loves his mother who carries him on her back and is very fond of him. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 The Lory seldom descends to the ground, but passes the greater part of its life among the gum trees upon the pollen and nectar on which it mainly subsists. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 2 February, 1897 The torches of gum tree knots lighted his banquet, and the faces of the two girls, rosy in the blaze and mysterious in the shadow, were piquant inspiration. The Missourian The work of boring was to commence on the following morning, and the camp was made close to the water hole beneath some tall gum trees. Daddy's Girl When we wanted a nest, we found a hole in a gum tree. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 1 January, 1897 There are hundreds of millions of gum trees growing in Australia. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Nest in a bunch of seed pods in a gum tree, ten feet from the ground. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. The ride soon becomes monotonous, by reason of the interminable gum trees. Six Letters From the Colonies The large magnolia of our Southern States, the Japanese camellia and the Australian gum tree have made themselves at home there, and grow as if their roots were in their native soil. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 The Finke is a wide river of soft white sand, bordered on each side by gnarled and ancient gum trees. In the Musgrave Ranges Once at their destination Ephraim and his men felled a large black gum tree from which two logs were cut. Dorothy's Triumph "Why, den run like a possum up a gum tree." Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives From the verandah of my friend's house could be seen a vast extent of rolling upland, dotted pretty thickly with dead gum trees. Six Letters From the Colonies I sought shelter behind a large gum tree, but the blasts of heat were so terrific that I wondered the very grass did not take fire. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia A row of blue gum trees marks the front of each, and, for the most part, a clothes-line, bearing some articles of washing, indicates the back. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies I went with one of the troopers down the river, where the soil at the roots of a large gum tree had been hollowed out by the water. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 And, mind you, no holocausts, or you're up a gum tree. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley The gum tree is the principal tree on the Australian continent, the Kauri pine in New Zealand. Six Letters From the Colonies The blue gum trees in the neighbourhood were extremely fine, whilst that species of Eucalyptus, which is vulgarly called the apple-tree . . . again made its appearance. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia A patch of gum trees to the right, beyond the garden, stood out black against the sky. Antony Gray,—Gardener The stations, which occur every four or five miles, are hamlets consisting of half-a-dozen corrugated iron houses, and perhaps a score of blue gum trees. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 The soil was barren and sandy, and the trees, which were numerous, were eucalyptus or gum trees, which do not require a rich soil, but grow with great rapidity on sterile soil. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia Lowlands which may be found well adapted to the growth of willow and gum trees, may be too wet and sour for the growth of nut trees. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 It isn’t “disgusting” to hold a chop in your fingers as you eat it, or to stir your tea with a nice clean stick from a gum tree. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Nothing was to be seen, however, but the waving tops of gum trees rising ridge after ridge away to the south. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 He was even more distressed when he sighted the clump of gum trees near by which he and Bill had purloined the pirogue. Blackbeard: Buccaneer The loveliest place I found at all was a footpath passing for about fifty feet through a fringe of low cedar, sweet gum trees, and shrubs loaded with pink lily-of-the-valley shaped blossoms. In Nesting Time One day they felled a big gum tree to split for fencing rails. The Call Of The South 1908 You look down hundreds of feet and see like sprouting seedlings the tops of gum trees,—gum trees two hundred feet high. In the Mist of the Mountains In the cool air of the morning the scent of the spreading gum trees braced up his frame as he plunged deeper and deeper among those lonely hollows and wood-clad hills. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 Wherever his hunters came upon a red gum tree they cut it down. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country She had come home as soon as school was out, come home leaving Cyril and Nancy behind her, flung herself beneath the shade of one of her favourite old gum trees, and begun to write. An Australian Lassie The greater number form large trees, known in Australia as gum trees. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture As they rode along, Tommy's eyes scanned the ground, which was strewn with a thick carpet of dead leaves and bark from the forest gum trees. Tom Gerrard We drove on between massive hedges of fragrant hawthorn, and up huge avenues of stately blue gum trees, scattering the rabbits before us. Mushrooms on the Moor "You shall have canoes at the place of the young gum trees and shall row to a place beyond them," Sanders had said. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country Only they stopped before they came to Betty's home, stopped at the great iron gates of her grandfather's dwelling, drove through them and up the dark gum tree shaded path. An Australian Lassie After passing this open stretch we entered 237a forest principally of gum trees, whose white stems extended up a long distance into the air before throwing out any limbs. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent I'm fit for anything—from fishing to riding bull calves, or cutting out a wild bees' nest from a gum tree a mile high. Tom Gerrard There are forests of eucalyptus, or "gum tree," tree ferns, beech, and acacia—just about the same kinds that one finds in Australia. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania On Thunder Run Mountain faint reds and yellows were beginning to show in the maple leaves, while the gum trees dwelling in the hollows had a deeper tinge of crimson. The Long Roll As his own shadow and that of his steed were lengthened out on the grass, the smoke of his friend’s hut, curling up among the gum trees, appeared before him. The Gilpins and their Fortunes A Story of Early Days in Australia I have heard of giant gum trees five hundred feet high, but their location has always been given very vaguely, and nobody knew by whom they had been measured. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent The Devonshire shepherd will weep over the recollections which a little daisy will bring back to him of the old country of his childhood, when standing beneath an Australian gum tree. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. Suppose you had a half mile of sweet gum trees. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twelfth Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 6 and 7, 1921 They made it, beneath a beautiful, tall, crimson gum tree, where on a floor of fallen leaves Lieutenant-General T. J. Jackson's tent was pitched. The Long Roll He was a large creature, full five feet in height as he sat upright under the scant shade of a venerable gum tree, contemplating apparently the scene before him. The Gilpins and their Fortunes A Story of Early Days in Australia There is one giant gum tree on Mount Baw-Baw, in Gippsland, that has been officially measured by a surveyor and found to be four hundred and seventy-one feet high. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent I have a clear memory of him standing under a gum tree at Lilydale, near Melbourne, holding a conference after a manœuvre, when it had been even hotter than it is here now. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I And when Wilbur ventured to express doubt, he was confronted with the example of the eucalyptus, commonly called gum tree, once a native of Australia, now becoming an important American tree. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters Our course lies exactly in a line from me through that big gum tree over there to the dead sycamore beyond. Captain Sam The Boy Scouts of 1814 Way down yonder In a hollow gum tree. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 He threw a little light upon the subject by picking up a leaf of the gum tree, holding it at arm’s length, and then letting it fall to the ground. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent At first they showed merely in dim outlines standing a little apart, with the sunlit branch of a sweet gum tree dropping between them. The Miller Of Old Church Along the banks of the Yarrow were lovely gardens and extensive parks, and many a pleasant row I had under the shade of the huge pine and gum trees. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 On the fading end of a superior suburb, where the streets of fine villas and mansions thinned off and dwindled, and were lost among the gum trees of the original wilderness, Nickie found his billet. The Missing Link Miles and miles of pasture stretched around her, broken here and there by thick scrub and occasional groups of blue gum trees. The Odds And Other Stories It is probable that the idea of the boomerang may have been taken from the motions of a falling leaf, and especially a leaf of the gum tree. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent The gum trees of New Holland are extremely hard, and their wood is so heavy that it sinks in water like iron. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Under this tree," said our host, pointing to a gum tree of gigantic proportions, "I killed one of the largest diamond snakes that I ever saw in the country. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia At the gorges, where they issue from the hills, its banks were clothed with the pandanus, lofty gum trees, and a very luxuriant vegetation. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 It is very rugged and mountainous, having no true forests, but a scanty vegetation of gum trees with a few thickets in moist places. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 If we had to deal with unknown laws as well as unknown conditions we should, indeed, be up a gum tree. The Law and the Word But the kauri, with a leaf like that of the gum tree, is the toughest of pines, though soft and easily worked--suitable for shipbuilding, and for masts and spars. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The ravine, as I said before, led between two high hills, and each bank was perpendicular, and covered, at the edges, with small gum trees. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia These rising grounds were thinly wooded with a small sort of gum tree, called in the Isle of France the Bois noir. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 The five gum trees stretched up to the cloudless night sky; a few hundred yards away the lake glimmered, star-reflecting and still. Captivity January 1788 Removal from Botany Bay--Arrival of two French ships--Account of them--Preparations for encampment--Difficulties--Scurvy breaks out--Account of the red and yellow gum trees. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) He was sitting with his back against a gum tree, and his feet towards the fire. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Do you suppose that he lost sight of us for a moment, from the time we passed the gum trees until we went into ambush to watch his movements? The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia But it was warm beneath the gum tree where the fire leaped and roared. Lewis Rand The noise had made Andrew cross and tired, and she put him to bed in the hammock under the gum trees, and hitched up her own hammock in the bedroom next to Louis's. Captivity Removal from Botany Bay--Arrival of two French ships--Account of them--Preparations for encampment--Difficulties--Scurvy breaks out--Account of the red and yellow gum trees. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) Next morning he was sitting with his back against the gum tree. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Before we got fairly to work the sun had set, and the shades of night began to be thrown upon the dark forest of gum trees by which we were surrounded. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia The tobacco-roller and his son pitched their camp beneath a gum tree upon the edge of the wood. Lewis Rand We proceeded however up the country, where we found gum trees like those that we had seen before, and observed that here also the gum was in very small quantities. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 The stations, which occur every four or five miles, are hamlets consisting of half a dozen corrugated iron houses, and perhaps a score of blue gum trees. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria The audience was very numerous, standing in close order to the distance of twenty-five or thirty yards under a large gum tree. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned One of the men brought a lighted limb of a gum tree, and by it Murden examined the wound, which seemed quite severe, although he did not say so. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia There is a little promontory in the river, thickly covered with large gum trees. Atlantida As the belated traveller makes his way through the monotonous plains of Australia, through the Bush, with its level expanses and clumps of grey-blue gum trees, he occasionally hears a singular sound. Custom and Myth Pine-apples and jasmine, strawberries and honeysuckle, grew side by side with bordering orange trees, feathery bamboos and sheltering gum trees. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Mr. McLaggan, the minister, once found six of them sitting at the foot of a gum tree, drinking a bottle of rum. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned "Throw a tackle over the branch of yonder tree," he said, pointing to a sturdy gum tree which grew near; "we will save the courts of Melbourne the trouble of trying the fellow." The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia I want to see Gâo, the village on the bank of the river, and the blue gum trees, and the green water. Atlantida We are encamped by a large gum tree, as the river takes an east by south course for some distance. McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia The garden and the woods were the one hobby of his life, and with his own hands he had planted thirteen gum trees to commemorate the thirteen original States of the Union. The Conqueror The big gum tree in front of the church tent soon became a kind of trysting place on Sundays, at which men could meet with old acquaintances and shipmates, and convicts could find old pals. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned "Explain your meaning," said Fred, "or I will hang you on a gum tree, and use you as a scarecrow." The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia At Gâo, when I was just a child, I used to climb almost as high as this in the gum trees to take the little toucans out of their nests. Atlantida A few extensive plantations of trees have been made, notably by Captain Makee on Maui, who has set out a large number of Australian gum trees. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands It was not long before they discovered the hidden "Yank" perched in the top of a tall gum tree, his rifle resting in the fork of a limb. History of Kershaw's Brigade Any horse of good speed could round up a heavy old man, and then he made for the nearest gum tree, and stood at bay with his back to it. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned At noon, on the day that Steel Spring joined the party, a halt was proposed, under the shade of a gum tree that stood near the road. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia He told me that the shade of the gum trees of Gâo would be fatal to your chief in the coming night!...' Atlantida It was surrounded by lofty gum trees and had a wood on the south and east. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Above the cliffs we could occasionally perceive a brown-looking vegetation of brush wood, and here and there a few starved gum trees; but there was neither bird nor quadruped to enliven the dreary scene.* A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 He never spoke except at dead of night, when he was exchanging compliments with some other bear up a gum tree in the forty-acre paddock. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The wood is longer grained, and more tough, splitting easier and more true than any other species of the gum tree. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 Day was dawning when finally I saw the two trees, two gum trees. Atlantida In the body of the dwarf gum tree are several large worms and grubs, which they speedily divest of antennae, legs, etc. and, to our wonder and disgust, devour. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. The timber trees of the woods consist principally of different species of that extensive class called gum tree by the colonists at Port Jackson, by botanists eucalyptus. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 But our mansion is on the top of a gum tree. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The heavy timber is chiefly gum tree of various species; of which two are different from any that have been yet seen in this country. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 A settler informs me, he raised a gum tree from the seed, which, in sixteen years, measured twenty inches diameter, three feet from it's base. Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic. One, named E-lee-mong, is cut from the bark of the gum tree, and is not so capable of resisting the spear as the Ar-rah-gong, which is formed of solid wood, and hardened by fire. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. The woods were full of nut trees and we had a few maple and sweet gum trees. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 That is to say, if you were in his place, you wouldnt be in his place—among the gum trees. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage The blue gum, she-oak, and cherry tree of Port Jackson were common here, and also one with the leaves of the gum tree, but with the soft bark of the tea tree. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 You should see the weather I have - cloudless, clear as crystal, with just a punkah- draft of the most aromatic air, all pine and gum tree. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 Suiting the action to the word, Covey paced off, in his own wiry fashion, to a large, black gum tree, the young shoots of which are generally used for ox goads, they being exceedingly tough. My Bondage and My Freedom Gigantic blue gum trees overhang the banks, and the Mimosa grew near the bed of the current. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia The Algerian traveller of twenty-five years ago now finds noble forests of blue gum tree, where, on his first visit, his heart was wrung by the spectacle of a fever-stricken population. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" A few starved gum trees erected their sickly heads above the brush, and the whole wore an aspect of poverty which the sandy soil confirmed. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 It was prettily situated under a small hill, on which grew several fine gum trees. The Mysterious Island The gum trees are becoming a little larger on the creek, which at present is formed into a great many channels. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart At one place even the white-barked gum trees appeared; but, although they had the character of river trees, we found they grew on an elevated piece of clay soil. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Great fat bullocks lay about under the huge gum trees, scarcely raising their eyes to glance at the children as they passed; none were eating, all were chewing the cud in lazy contentment. A Little Bush Maid Saw or found nothing worth notice—the soil is sandy, the shores lined with mangrove trees and inland a little distance we found gum trees and the palm; a few curlews and redbills were shot. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Eucalyptus Globulus, the Australian gum tree, has opposite and broadly sessile leaves during the first years of its life. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation From here I saw the gum trees in the Elizabeth; course to them 325 degrees 30 minutes, seven miles to the creek. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart The thick grass, low forests of yarra trees, and finally the majestic blue gum trees along the river margin, reminded me of the northern rivers seen during my journey of 1831. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Bobs, grazing peacefully under a big gum tree, was startled by a little figure, staggering beneath saddle and bridle. A Little Bush Maid I sought shelter behind a large gum tree, but the blasts of heat were so terrific, that I wondered the very grass did not take fire. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Rough sandstone cliffs were visible about six miles to the north-east, and more to the north appeared a narrow line of samphire flats with gum trees and cypress growing on their edges. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work They were in "the hills", across the way was their summer cottage, and those blue-green trees were gum trees. The Happy Adventurers The frankincense, it is said, abounded; gum trees of various kinds were found; and the traveller remarked a single stunted sycamore growing out of a rock. First Footsteps in East Africa The space was not very large—a roughly circular piece of ground, ringed round with scrub, in which big gum trees reared their lofty heads. A Little Bush Maid He climbed a large gum tree to have a last look to the eastward, but it was a scene of desolation. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 This then was Sturt's prison -- a small creek marked by a line of gum trees, issuing from a glen in a low range. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work So far as she could see there seemed to be few trees but gum trees, with their monotonous foliage and gaunt grey trunks, so different from the mossy trunks at home in English woods. The Happy Adventurers Above, the hill-tops towered in the air, here denuded of vegetable soil by the heavy monsoon, there clothed from base to brow with gum trees, whose verdure was delicious to behold. First Footsteps in East Africa They bowled through the gate and up the long drive, under the arching boughs of the big gum trees, that formed a natural avenue on each side. A Little Bush Maid Crossing this creek they got into a dead level country, covered with spinifex and stunted gum trees. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 The Virginia creepers and some of the maple and gum trees are scarlet and crimson. Letters to His Children The trees were the eternal gum trees, with their monotonous grey trunks and perpetual blue-green foliage. The Happy Adventurers Buh! he showered leaves of a gum tree and a little water from a prayer bottle over my head, and then with all solemnity bound on the turban. First Footsteps in East Africa She knew what was coming, and clasped at one of the young blue gum trees that grew along the path to prevent herself from falling. Jess The gigantic gum trees dwindled down to stunted bushes, and the rising ground to broken clods of earth. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 We camped at a waterhole in McDonagh's Creek; the spot is indicated by a gum tree marked B over LIV within square. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia A short walk down the road between the gum trees brought them to the fruit gardens, where Mollie saw peaches that made up by their magnificence for any hothouse elegance lacking in the grapes. The Happy Adventurers A gum tree forty feet away had tapped the pipe and was drinking the water. Following the Equator, Part 3 At length they reached the bole of the first big gum tree. Jess There were several varieties of gum trees; among them many giants. Following the Equator, Part 2 Two or three miles above this camp we saw the first melaburus growing around the waterholes, some of them as large as a moderate size gum tree. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia There were gum trees, large and small, their thin blue-green leaves hanging limply from the grey boughs, and throwing but little shade on the ground beneath. The Happy Adventurers The family pitched a tent almost under a magnificent gum tree, whose stump, covered with ivy, still exists close to the Cathedral at Prince's Bridge. Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria The timber is universally bad and small; a few large misshapen gum trees on the immediate banks of the river may be considered as exceptions. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales I found a red Passion flower, with three-lobed leaves, the lobes rounded: it was twining round the trunk of a gum tree, and rooted in a light sandy alluvial soil. 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 By keeping off a little to the left, at a mile above the waterholes, one comes on the bed of another creek, with only here and there a gum tree and a few bushes. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia She came to a halt at the foot of a hollow gum tree, and stooping a little she peered within. The Happy Adventurers On the way to Government House, my eyes were once more regaled with the gum trees, in the well-accustomed form of open forest, the ground being covered with grass, on which sheep were depasturing. Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria The timber on the plains and hills was chiefly those species of eucalyptus called apple tree, box, and gum trees; and on the banks of the rivulet were a few large casuarina. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales We encamped at a fine Nymphaea lagoon, in the rich shade of a white drooping gum tree. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 We made only five or six miles that afternoon, and slept under some gum trees. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia At the nearer end a gum tree had fallen across the stream and had been left to form a crossing. The Happy Adventurers A high row of gum trees marked its course from a point rather from the southward of east to the north-north-west. Expedition into Central Australia Amongst the white gum trees we found one marked with Lindsay's initials with date. Spinifex and Sand A few gum trees, and raspberry-jam trees grew straggling around it; but no dry timber was to be found, and we had to make a fire with a broken down half dried raspberry-jam tree. 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 trees are almost exclusively gum trees, but they differ in appearance and leaves, according to age and locality. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia Down behind the gum trees, across the river, there was a still whiter moon; a stretch of water near was beginning to smile up to it. Seven Little Australians And only the wind scandal-mongers with gum trees, pricking multiple leaves at his amazing story. Sun-Up and Other Poems We buried him between the rocks and the river at the foot of a large gum tree. Spinifex and Sand Near the large water-hole at which I halted, was an old camping place of the natives, and the remnants of many a hut lay scattered round two large flooded gum trees. 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 After leaving the river, we kept our old course due north, crossing, at a distance of one mile, three creeks with gum trees on their banks. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia More gum trees, and more white, ghostly arms; then a sharp movement near the fence, a thick, sepulchral whisper, and a stifled scream from Meg. Seven Little Australians And you can hear the silence buzzing in the gum trees, the way the angels buzzed when they flew through the cedars of Lebanon with thin gauze wings you could see through. Sun-Up and Other Poems June 9th, open country, lake country, gum tree flats, and magnificent green feed, the first we had seen since leaving Sturt Creek. Spinifex and Sand During the night, a great number of flying-foxes came to revel in the honey of the blossoms of the gum trees. 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 was at the top of a large blue gum tree, about three feet in diameter, and sending up a smooth column for fifty feet without a branch or twig. Australian Search Party Bunty said, peeping through Pip's arm on the box seat, and seeing still nothing but an endless vista of gum trees. Seven Little Australians It gave the proclamation of the province, which was made under the historic gum tree near Holdfast Bay, now Glenelg. An Autobiography Between the hills low ridges of sandstone running North and South outcrop only a few feet above the surface, and are separated by strips of white sand timbered with stunted gum trees. Spinifex and Sand There was a pleasant breeze, and we did not feel over fatigued when, after having walked about eight miles, we sat down beneath a most magnificent gum tree, more than a hundred feet high. A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 It was a shrivelled section of bark chopped from a gum tree, warped almost into a tube. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life They made good time across the shadeless paddocks, anxious for the pleasanter conditions along the river bank, where a cattle track wound in and out under the gum trees. Mates at Billabong The grass by the wayside, under the scattered gum trees or round the big black boulders that dotted the hillocks, was burnt to straw. The Getting of Wisdom From the range numerous creeks, nine in all, run Eastwards, one of which, I think, reaches the lake, as with field-glass I could follow a serpentine line of gum trees. Spinifex and Sand With some difficulty a fire was kindled and kept alight in the hollow trunk of an old gum tree. A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 Sandy flats sparsely grown, mostly with gum trees, where there were no houses and gardens. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life A terrible hullabaloo between a pair of Opossums up a neighbouring gum tree arrested the attention of both Dot and the Koala. Dot and the Kangaroo The place of our palaver was exactly one yard down hill, near the old gum tree, in front of the present Local Court. The Eureka Stockade Both in same bag, Major, if I die, you die and leave Miss Barbara up gum tree. A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa We left the lodge and the dark Emperor within it, got to horse, and quitted the village, with its painted people, yellowing mulberries, and blood-red gum trees. To Have and to Hold It's Nature you're hankering after—God's sweet air and the breath of the gum trees and freedom for your soul.' Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Not one indigenous tree grew there, not one French flower; nothing but exotic plants, gum trees, calabashes, cotton trees, coconut palms, mangos, bananas, cactuses, figs and a baobab. Tartarin De Tarascon Once I stumped my toe on the root of a sweet gum tree and fell. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! A few wreaths of white smoke were still curling over the tops of the gum trees. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant There were deodars, Douglas firs, casuarinas, gum trees, eucalypti, hibiscus, cedars, and other trees, generally of a moderate size, for their number prevented their growth. The Mysterious Island There were stores, public houses, meaner shanties straggling along a dusty road that lost itself in vistas of lank gum trees. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Don't it seem as if one was shut up in the bush, or tied to a gum tree, so as one can never have a chance to see anything? Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields And now, Cudgee's axe was at work again, stripping a section of bark from a gum tree, for what purpose Lady Bridget did not divine. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Several mounds planted with green young gum trees appeared here and there. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant There were uncanny swishings of wings in the great gum tree on the other side of the creek. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The bottom of the garden looked an inchoate mass of greenery topped by the upper boughs of tall straggling gum trees, growing outside where the ground fell gradually to the river. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life His hair was like a hay-coloured mop, half-hanging over his eyes, which looked sharp enough to see through a gum tree and out at the other side. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Never, for sure, had the gaunt gum trees echoed back such strains as these. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Nothing was audible but the moan of the Snowy River, as it flowed between the motionless reeds and the dark curtain of gum trees. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant Bridget gazed out despairingly towards the shrinking horizon and upon the parched plain with the rugged clumps of dun coloured gum trees scattered upon it—the near ones looking like trees of painted tin, sun-blistered. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life He lifted his head and seemed to draw in the strong odour of the gum trees and the pure vitality of the weltering sun. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The air was that still and quiet you could have heard anything stir in the grass, or almost a 'possum digging his claws into the smooth bark of the white gum trees. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Watching McKeith disappear behind the gum trees, she had said to herself:—'I can be determined, too. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life She saw what at first she had thought part of the shadow of a neighbouring gum tree cast on the strip of grass that ran at the back of the Old Humpey. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Nothing, when she turned her eyes to right and left, but ragged gum trees and black gidia forest. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Besides, I've been breathing the strong clear air of your gum trees lately. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life From the limbs of the dead gum tree hung flying foxes, their bat-like wings extended limply, and a gigantic crane stood in melancholy reflection upon one leg. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The gum trees enclosed for her one immense cell and she had become utterly weary of her mental and her spiritual incarceration. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Then, taking fright in a second, all leaped up, long back legs stretched, tails in air, and, in a few ungainly bounds they were lost to sight among the gum trees. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life She leaned against the gum tree which had protected Oola, and now realised that it had been raining in a driving gust and that she was wet to the skin. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Many a time one of them has sneaked a spear at me from behind a gum tree; and I'd have been done for if I hadn't been keeping a sharp look-out.' Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life |
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