| 单词 | highland |
| 例句 | Many highland villages do have someone known as the “big-man,” the most influential man of the village. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z No area had all 13, and some of the wild ancestors were quite local, such as the yak, confined in the wild to Tibet and adjacent highland areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At home we have no level runs or meadows, but highland, goat land—prettier than plains, though. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z By around 5,000 years ago, pollen analyses testify to widespread deforestation of highland valleys, suggesting forest clearance for agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The result of the sweet potato’s arrival was a highland population explosion. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Today, the staple crops of highland agriculture are the recently introduced sweet potato, along with taro, bananas, yams, sugarcane, edible grass stems, and several leafy vegetables. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z However, that is not surprising, because modern highland staple crops are plant species that do not leave archaeologically visible residues except under exceptional conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Like all the highland armies' that have ever marched against Gramarye, they were distrustful of each other. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z After taking the reins of state, Pachakuti spent the next twenty-five years expanding the empire from central highland Peru to Lake Titicaca and beyond. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z So Dicey took her family across the top of the highland to the long beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The only real clues that Aureliano Segundo had when he left to look for her were her unmistakable highland accent and her trade as a weaver of funeral wreaths. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was transmitted by cannibalism, when highland babies made the fatal mistake of licking their fingers after playing with raw brains that their mothers had just cut out of dead kuru victims awaiting cooking. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, a neighboring highland people with whom I worked for eight years, the Daribi, are especially conservative and uninterested in new technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Hence it seems likely that some of them were also the founding crops of highland agriculture, especially as the ancient drainage systems preserved are so similar to the modern drainage systems used for growing taro. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z "The freedom-loving heirs of the highland tradition and those who enjoy crawling like worms beneath British boots." 'The Good Wife' star Alan Cumming favors Scottish independence 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Victoria often rode to the beach on her highland pony or walked. Queen Victoria's private beach on Isle of Wight opens to the public 2012-07-17T06:00:02Z "The layering of historical periods is intricate, the descriptions of highland Malaysia are richly evocative, and the characterisation is both dark and compelling," said Jaggi. Tan Twan Eng wins Man Asian prize 2013-03-14T15:41:55Z Genuine highland music, ie, authentic, kept that dream alive for a long time. Tips for Keeping That Post-Vacation Feeling 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z But “The Wild and Wonderful Whites,” directed by Julien Nitzberg, is not principally about Appalachian poverty or highland folkways or the economic legacy of coal mining, even though it touches on all of those matters. | 'The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia': Boone County?s Notorious Outlaw Clan 2010-05-04T22:43:00Z A huge range of items including whisky, highland dress and Weymss pottery figures are also up for auction. Comics and Colourists up for auction 2014-04-11T11:02:48Z Most of the schools are concentrated in the highland city of Quetzaltenango, 125 miles northwest of Guatemala City, and in Antigua, 25 miles southwest of Guatemala City. In Transit: Q&A: Spanish Study Abroad 2011-03-08T18:15:48Z The treks are well worth the time, especially ones that visit nearby Gahai Lake, a high grassland lake surrounded by distant mountains and home to many highland bird species. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The following new and improved accommodations, from Indian Ocean island resorts and highland volcano lodges to hotels in working vineyards and solar-powered desert camps, capture the continent’s diversity. From Botswana to Zambia, New Lodges, Resorts and Tours 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z By the time we passed through one final steep pocket of damp highland forest, we were enveloped in clouds. Explorer: Coffee Plantations in India Blend History and Hospitality 2010-12-31T19:55:00Z The scene is announced with the portentous drone of bagpipes, an aural assault generated by a battalion of 30 highland pipers playing in a converted church in Scotland. How Hans Zimmer Conjured the Otherworldly Sounds of ‘Dune’ 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z That name alone conjures up adventure: white-toothed mountains and deep green valleys, wide open slopes and tough highland people. A Family Ski Adventure in the Himalayas 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Eastern; the full schedule of classes, which include various workouts, highland dance, and Afro-fusion, is at ballettogether.com. Dancing in the Streets of Harlem, and Gathering to Dance, Merce-Style 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z A French platoon, made up of both French and Laotian soldiers, is ordered to abandon a highland outpost and rejoin larger French forces. Review: The Vietnam War, as Fought by the French, in ‘The 317th Platoon’ 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Thousands of peasants fled the highland villages, while traffickers realized the benefit of obtaining their supplies from abroad. What It Took to Get El Chapo Behind Bars for Life 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Under four miles, the easy trail rings a highland lake that reflects the steep and treeless mountains surrounding it. 36 Hours in Queenstown, New Zealand 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Graeber is not an economist; he is an anthropologist who has done fieldwork in highland Madagascar and cops to being an anarchist who wants to see governments and corporations have less power. Are More and More People Working Meaningless Jobs? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The five-hour drive east from Quito into the Amazon basin passes through a highland corridor known as the Avenue of the Volcanoes. Amazon Awakening 2010-10-15T18:24:00Z There is history of this action in Scottish highland clans, too, and in many other indigenous cultures. Is "Jirga" a white savior movie about Afghanistan? "We have a lot to feel guilty about" 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Sumac’s early repertoire reflected this musical current, including, for example, huaynos, brisk Andean highland ballads featuring strings and flute. On the trail of Yma Sumac: The exotica legend came from Peru, but her career was all Hollywood 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Read more "In this third album, they again transmute traditional elements – drones, reels, highland melodies – into elegant chamber folk whose orchestral richness far exceeds the normal limits of fiddle, accordion and guitar." Scottish Album of the Year Award – who should win? 2013-06-19T16:51:46Z After a day or two here, you can take a narrow, winding highway to highland cloud forests near Munnar. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z Forested highland hills meet steep cliffs rising from the ocean in this island gem. 10 of Canada's best lesser-known national parks 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Then I'd walk down the Royal Mile and climb Arthur's Seat, a little bit of highland landscape right in the center of the city. 2010-01-07T14:25:00Z Far from vegetating, those at the Metropolitan Playhouse pirouette, leap, cartwheel and even do the can-can and the highland fling. Spare Times: For Children, for Feb. 17-23 2012-02-16T22:43:37Z Bountiful and ethnically diverse, southern Shan is a patchwork of villages and farms growing sesame, wheat, potatoes, rice and chiles in a stunning highland landscape. A Three-Day Trek in the Highlands of Myanmar 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z As he spread lunch on a highland carpet of wild thyme, he noted: “Food always tastes better after you’ve walked up a hill.” Heads Up: Foraging in the Wilds of Wales 2012-07-06T16:31:28Z Kodaikanal is one of the hill stations that the British established throughout the subcontinent as temperate highland escapes, away from the steaming, teeming cities. T Magazine: A Passage to India 2014-05-08T17:37:58Z Lawrence’s “Women in Love,” in which she stared down and danced with a herd of highland cattle. Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Paths lead through longer grass and pasture, where herds of long-haired, long-horned highland cattle graze. The best travel discoveries of 2017 – chosen by Guardian writers 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z There are no roads to the village of Pa Lungan, just a mucky water buffalo trail beneath a tight-knit canopy — among the last standing highland jungles on the island of Borneo. Personal Journeys : Back to Borneo, and an Eden at Risk 2014-02-21T19:03:43Z The imperial intruder rash enough to tangle with the highland hordes is no softie himself. The Eagle bears the standard Scottish stereotype 2011-03-28T09:55:28Z The "highland part of Britain", he added, was described "very particularly". History in the making: a Roman map… and an 18th-century hoax 2013-07-19T07:30:01Z “I want to show that women, though usually considered weak, are capable of doing dangerous things,” said the stunt rider before a show in Takengon, a highland town in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province. Hijab but no helmet, Indonesian woman conquers Wall of Death 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Before long, the Baron, assisted by “Count Bunker,” must confront not only the spectral Wraith of the Tulliwuddles but also the double temptation of a romantic highland beauty and an alluring American heiress. Review | Cheer yourself up with light comedies from another era 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z The landscape is in a region where the ice has advanced and retreated, Jamieson says, so it’s possible the highland emerged during an ice-free period as recently as 14 million years ago. Lost River Landscape Discovered below East Antarctic Ice 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z “We are amazed to discover that they can also thrive in highland evergreen forests. This spider's incredible adaptation is fascinating.” Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z There are two main rock types on the Moon's surface – dark volcanic rock and the brighter highland rock. Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Another modeling study, in 2022, suggests that stratospheric aerosols could shift the burden of malaria from highland areas in East Africa to lowland areas in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. It’s Time to Engineer the Sky 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z For example, malaria is spreading to highland parts of Africa that were previously too cold for the mosquito carrying the disease-causing parasite. Climate change hitting fight against AIDS, TB and malaria 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Nestled between India, Pakistan and China, the region is known for its inhospitable yet pristine highland passes and vast river valleys. Officials use soccer to highlight climate worries in India’s ecologically fragile Ladakh region 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z The occupant of the grave was dubbed the Priest of Pacopampa by archaeologists after the highland area where it was found. Peru: Priest of Pacopampa exhumed after 3,000 years 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The dark regions of the Moon have dark volcanic soil, while the brighter regions have highland soil. Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z These highland people have long faced persecution in Vietnam for reasons including their Christian faith. Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Some families had gathered there for the cool highland weather because parts of China had sweltered in heat waves before the typhoons brought deadly rains. China floods: The families torn apart by 'huge, furious waves' 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Indonesian authorities have previously said they are prioritising peaceful negotiations to secure the release of the Susi Air pilot, but have struggled to access the isolated and rugged highland terrain. Separatists in Indonesia's Papua threaten to shoot New Zealand hostage if denied talks 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Apart from the sheer power of numbers, the Inca military excelled in its ability to move swiftly along the empire’s complicated highland road systems to surprise the enemy and put down any emerging rebellions. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z First, these findings indicate that the highland soils at the lunar poles could have fundamentally different compositions, compared with highland soils at the lunar equatorial regions. Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Rebels attacks have spiked in recent years, as the government extended infrastructure and the controversial Trans-Papua Highway, a road being built into the heart of highland Papua that has inflamed resistance. Kidnapped NZ pilot: Indonesian army attacks put him at risk 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Rebels attacks have spiked considerably in recent years, as the government extended infrastructure and the controversial Trans-Papua Highway, a road being built into the heart of highland Papua that has inflamed resistance. Indonesia recovers bodies of 4 troops killed in Papua clash 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z In Bolivia’s highland region, artists gathered for an annual event where they built sand sculptures based on Bible stories. AP PHOTOS: Joyous Holy Week celebrations around the world 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The Indonesian government said it has prioritised negotiations with religious and community leaders to secure Mehrtens' release, noting the dangers of a conducting a military operation in the rugged highland area. Rebels holding NZ pilot in Indonesia's Papua prepared to drop key demand 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The researchers singled out the expansion of farming into highland areas of Southeast Asia as a major cause of the acceleration. Nature in danger as mountain forest loss quickens 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The court heard that Dafydd Thomas, after retiring from his business Gwynedd Environmental Waste Services, had bought some highland cattle and was building animal housing as he was planning on getting some pigs. Minffordd murder trial: Son stamped on his father, court told 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Smaller marches have happened in highland city La Paz. Hundreds of trucks snarl Bolivia farm region as blockades hit business 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Camacho was seized by special police forces, taken out of the province by helicopter and is now in a maximum security jail in the highland city El Alto. Bolivia farm region blocks borders, grain transport as protests lead to clashes 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z The census would likely result in Santa Cruz - which has long locked horns with highland political capital La Paz - securing more tax revenues and political power. Bolivia: Anger rises as opposition leader Camacho arrested 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Following the Andes south, you’ll gaze upon the gilded extravagance of Ecuador’s whitewashed capital, Quito, or hike in the highland planes below the snow-dusted dome of Cotopaxi, that country’s highest active volcano. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z “Any kind of lower-belt, ground-level management, planning and mitigation measures without considering the changes up in the highland is irrelevant. So having a high-altitude research facility like the Pyramid is crucial,” Shrestha says. Observatory on Mount Everest Must Be Saved, Scientists Say 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z In a video released by Buckingham Palace, the military musician from the Royal Regiment of Scotland is seen in full highland regalia, marching the grounds of Clarence House as he played his distinctive tones. King Charles starts his day with sound of bagpipes for the first time at London home 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The number of months that facilitate malaria transmission increased in the highland areas of the Americas and Africa in the past 60 years. COP27: Climate change threatening global health - report 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z “We will not stop until every person in every village and every highland has access to an education.” At UN, leaders confront COVID’s impact on global education 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Yet the radioactive dating of highland samples showed that they are only a little older than the maria, typically 4.2 billion years rather than 3.8 billion years. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Police in the provincial capital of Jayapura told local media the incident, the deadliest in recent years, occurred on Saturday morning in the remote highland area of Nduga. Nine shot dead in Indonesia's restive Papua, say police 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Other early works feature chonguinada dancers, in which performers of the central highland dance don rosy-cheeked masks and parody colonial Spaniards. In the 'cacophony' of the Americas, painter Eamon Ore-Giron finds elegant patterns 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Amid these difficulties, learning to read can be like escaping the prison walls, at least in the mind, said Mildred, an inmate at the Obrajes women’s prison in the highland city of La Paz. Pages for pardons? In Bolivia, inmates can cut jail time by reading 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Specifically, the scientists discovered that they were direct relatives of highland wild dogs. A new study unspools the dingo's mysterious origins 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Like Earth, the Moon, and Venus, the surface of Mars has continental or highland areas as well as widespread volcanic plains. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Snowfall has declined, hindering the glaciers building up mass as well as seeing water reservoirs decline that feed major highland cities like El Alto. In Bolivia, a battle over a receding glacier 'doomed to disappear' 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z This area includes a highland region and a lowland region. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oscar, our beloved highland terrier, died in 2006. Frankly we were very surprised at just how easy it was to register him as a waste carrier in just 15 minutes for £154," he explained. Fly-tipping: Government plans to tackle 'new narcotics' of waste crime 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Placencia’s beaches sit right next to the jungle, and winter is high season for spotting scarlet macaws, which come down from the nearly impenetrable highland areas between December and March. Next Stop: Belize | Provided by ST Content Studio 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Approximately half the planet consists of heavily cratered highland terrain, found primarily in the southern hemisphere. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z When we talk about land here in Scotland, the conversation tends to get bogged down in highland estates and tweed clad grouse-shooters. Who owns Scotland? Mapping the land in our towns and cities 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z For example, last year a Nature paper argued that humans left artifacts in a highland cave in Zacatecas, Mexico, at least 27,000 years ago, but many archaeologists doubt the fractured rocks are stone tools. Human footprints near ice age lake suggest surprisingly early arrival in the Americas 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z During the group’s previous expedition to a highland forest in southern Colombia, the nitrogen had tumbled off the back of a mule that slipped on the trail, but was saved before it could spill. Searching for Bird Life in a Former ‘Ocean of Forest’ 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Currently he's sporting hair red enough to provoke a stampede in a herd of highland cattle. How TV's The Windsors is making its unregal stage debut 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Next in size is the northern highland region Ishtar, which is about the size of Australia. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z He continued teaching at his school in the highland district where he was born. In Peru, a rural schoolteacher rises from obscurity to the presidency 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The notion of independence for Tigray — a largely highland, landlocked region wedged between hostile forces — seems fanciful. Jubilant Tigray Capital Greets Insurgents After Ethiopian Retreat 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z He celebrated his surprise victory from the poverty-stricken highland region of Cajamarca, where as a youth he was part of the peasant security patrol that enforces local laws and customs. Peru Election for the 5th President in 5 Years Goes to Runoff 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z The last one was at Holuhraun in 2014, when a fissure eruption spread lava the size of Manhattan over the interior highland region. Eruption of Iceland volcano easing, not affecting flights 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z The only difference is the setting: surrounded by tombstones in a public cemetery in highland city La Paz. Scared of school? Bolivian girl takes her virtual classes in a cemetery 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Evaristo Agustin was among some 30 indigenous men and women who traveled to the foreign ministry in Guatemala City from distant highland provinces on Monday after word spread their relatives may be among the deceased. Guatemalan Maya families fear relatives among Mexican massacre victims 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z One T.P.L.F. stronghold, the Western officials said, is in the Tembien mountains, a cluster of jagged hills and narrow winding roads in central Tigray — part of a highland massif often called the “rooftop of Africa.” On ‘Rooftop of Africa,’ Ethiopia’s Troops Hunt Fugitive Former Rulers 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z He added that "unsustainable palm oil plantations and other monocultures that replace the rainforest are always planted in the lowland and riverine landscapes, leaving struggling wildlife to survive in remnant, least productive, highland forests." Nature lovers see the ravages of climate change up close 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Childebayeva hopes her work will inspire others to investigate these questions in highland people around the world. High-altitude living has changed more than just the genes of some Peruvians 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, their third molars, formed between ages 7 and 12, and bones, which incorporate isotopes throughout life, suggest they later moved to the highland basin that cradled Teotihuacan and neighboring hamlets. Shrine of decapitated heads suggests violence against foreigners in ancient Mexico 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z The history of guerrilla resistance looms large in a society that used its highland terrain and foreign borders to its advantage through years of armed struggle in the 1980s. Battle-hardy Tigray back in spotlight as Ethiopia conflict flares 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z He brought the DNA to researchers who concluded that the highland dogs Mr. McIntyre found are not village dogs, but appear to belong to the ancestral line from which the singing dogs descended. Singing Dogs Re-emerge From Extinction for Another Tune 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Enter the highland wild dog, an equally mysterious canine known only from anecdotal observations and two photographs taken in 1989 and 2012. New Guinea’s mysterious singing dogs found again in the wild 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The ministry said that among the new cases, one is in Hanoi while the other one is in the city of Daklak, located in the central highland coffee region. 129 Vietnamese virus patients arrive back home from Africa 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z In the highland city of Cochabamba, there were scenes of bodies lying in the streets and coffins waiting for days in homes to be taken away. Pandemic and power struggle hobble Bolivia ahead of vote 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z “I do not agree with going to vote in the election because of the pandemic,” said Aracely Quiroz, also from the highland city. Virus spreads though Bolivia's political elite; looms over election 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The highland dogs had about 72 percent of their genes in common with their captive singing cousins. Singing Dogs Re-emerge From Extinction for Another Tune 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z If they could be bred with these highland dogs, it could preserve the population and reintroduce some of the genetic diversity that’s been lost over years of captivity. New Guinea’s mysterious singing dogs found again in the wild 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z With no public health-care system, imperilled medicinal herbs are the only source of community medicine, and the only source of cash for highland marginal communities. The Himalaya should be a nature reserve 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Adichie was awarded Britain’s Orange Prize for her sophomore novel, a sweeping tale of her native Nigeria, a land of highland forests and flooded savannas. Around the world in 8 great novels for Memorial Day 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z The Central Andes Mountains, located mostly in today’s Peru, includes coastal and highland regions. Ancient DNA reveals staying power of early people of the Andes 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z The highland dogs had much more genetic variation, which would be expected for a wild population. Singing Dogs Re-emerge From Extinction for Another Tune 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The highland wild dogs and New Guinean singing dogs have nearly identical genetic profiles, they report today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. New Guinea’s mysterious singing dogs found again in the wild 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Richmond, who earned Member of the British Empire for his “services to shinty” in the 1982 Queen’s Birthday list, is the world authority on the native highland game. The Land of the Lefties - Golf Digest 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Yeats and his poem “The Stolen Child” is the album’s last song, followed by 50 seconds of bouzoukis and violins cutting through a highland mist to play Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.” 33 life-affirming albums to help get you through self-quarantine, according to music experts 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z “Wearing the trappings of highland Mexican warriors could communicate that the Maya leader had military prowess.” ‘Astounding new finds’ suggest ancient empire may be hiding in plain sight 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Spanish conquistadors crushed strong resistance and enslaved hundreds of thousands of Aymara and Quechua Indians to work a huge silver mine as they settled the highland capital of La Paz. Bible versus indigenous beliefs at issue in Bolivia 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z But more evidence is needed, he says, to conclude that both New Guinean singing dogs and highland wild dogs represent a recognizable ancient population—and aren’t just muttlike descendants of local village dogs. New Guinea’s mysterious singing dogs found again in the wild 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Morales’s critics say that his government’s fixation with a particular brand of Bolivia’s diverse Indigenous culture — the highland subsistence farming communities — masks the country’s growing cosmopolitanism. Ethnic Rifts in Bolivia Burst Into View With Fall of Evo Morales 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z In Bolivia’s highland capital La Paz, roadblocks were still in place after soldiers and police patrolled late into the night to deter fighting between rival political groups and looting that erupted after Morales’ resignation. Bolivia seeks new leader as Morales heads for Mexico refuge 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Protesters blocked roads in parts of the highland capital of La Paz on Saturday for a second day. Bolivia's Morales vows second-round vote if fraud found in official tally 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Protests that started a week ago burgeoned into a massive nationwide strike on Wednesday, with workers unions joining several thousand indigenous people marching in the highland capital as many more rallied around the provinces. Ecuador's streets rumble with indigenous wrath 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z In Latin America’s latest flare-up over unpopular structural economic reforms, the shutdown cleared many streets of traffic, while schools closed and businesses shuttered from the highland capital Quito to coastal city Guayaquil. Ecuadorean protesters raise heat on defiant Moreno 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Security forces fired teargas to break up hundreds of protesters marching near the presidential palace in downtown Quito, the highland capital. Ecuador paralyzed by national strike as Moreno refuses to step down 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z With the fuel measure taking effect on Thursday, taxi, bus and truck drivers blocked streets in the highland capital Quito and in Guayaquil on the Pacific coast, while bus stations were closed. Ecuador declares state of emergency as fuel protests block roads 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z The centerpiece was the agreement to begin working together at recovering the remains of soldiers from both sides of the war in a highland corner of the DMZ known as Arrowhead Ridge. North Korea’s freeze in hunt for war remains mirrors stall in diplomacy 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z News outlets report Melissa Martin took her west highland white terriers to the pond last Thursday. 3 dogs die after swimming in pond with blue-green algae 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z "This has escalated into the massacre of innocent women and kids," said Philip Undialu, the governor of the remote highland province of Hela. Papua New Guinea tribal violence leaves more than 20 dead, mostly women and children 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The death toll and dates of the violence in the remote highland province of Hela varied in reports by Australian Broadcasting Corp. and the Post-Courier newspaper. More than 20 reportedly killed in Papua New Guinea violence 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z As night fell in a small highland town 70 miles from the Mexican border, a few dozen people sang pop-inspired Christian music in a simple, single-room Evangelical church. Journey of faith – the Guatemalan pastors helping smuggle people into the US 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z But highland areas about the size of Britain are populated mainly by Papuans. Underage fighters are drawn into Indonesian conflict 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z On June 21, the dancers will descend the steep streets of the highland city of La Paz from the Jesus of the Great Power Catholic church, where the festival was born 49 years ago. ‘Queen of Great Power’ chosen at Bolivian festival 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z The procession was made up of drummers, highland dancers and full pipe bands. Billy Connolly leads Tartan Day parade 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Ishtar Terra is one of the main highland regions of Venus, sometimes described as a "continent". Venus results raise hopes of return mission 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z A 23-year-old British backpacker whose body was found Monday near a highland lake in Guatemala popular with tourists died of hemorrhaging resulting from a traumatic brain injury, according to an autopsy report. British backpacker died from 'traumatic brain injury' in Guatemala, autopsy report says 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z This tedious slog through the highland muck should win no Oscars, only groans and raspberries. Review | Chris Pine’s new movie is like a ‘Braveheart’ spinoff — except it’s really bad. 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z But some geneticists question whether these differences are really related to highland living. How the people of the Andes evolved to live in high altitudes 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Chest heaving and eyes fluttering, the 3-year-old boy lay silently on a hospital bed in the highland town of Hajjah, a bag of bones fighting for breath. The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s War 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z But the last thing a Guatemalan highland village needs is imported unskilled labour. The business of voluntourism: do western do-gooders actually do harm? 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The ruling military junta viewed the highland Indians — descendants of the Mayas — as natural allies of the Marxist guerrillas fighting to overthrow it. Guatemala's civil war devastated the country's indigenous Maya communities 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z It’s easy to think in a geological time scale in the traditional Assiniboine wintering grounds, where the floodplains meet the highland valleys where tyrannosauruses once roamed, now submerged beneath the reservoir. The fight to save clean water on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z But those conclusions have been questioned by scientists who say the comparison population is simply too distant to reveal anything specific about highland life. How the people of the Andes evolved to live in high altitudes 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z In these highland areas farmers are often illiterate, the state is barely present and there is a lot of migration to the cities. The superfood changing farmers' lives 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z In Asmara, the highland capital, posters and murals commemorate its war of independence. Eritrea, Africa’s most repressive state, begins to open up 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z They were taking the body later to her hometown of San Juan Ostuncalco, outside the western highland city of Quetzaltenango, for a wake and burial. Body of woman shot by US border agent returns to Guatemala 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Evidence for cranial modification, practiced in some highland areas at the time, also supports the idea that children were brought to the coast from farther-flung areas of Chimú influence. Exclusive: Ancient Mass Child Sacrifice May Be World's Largest 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Even now, southerners consider themselves more cosmopolitan and northerners as qat-chewing highland tribesmen. A rebellion in Aden is hastening the break-up of Yemen 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z In one, there are wild barley seeds, normally found in highland pastures, held together in small canvas pouches. How a Seed Bank, Almost Lost in Syria’s War, Could Help Feed a Warming Planet 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z In the summer, we used the rotten carcass of a Scottish highland bull. The Strange Quest to Catch a Massive Greenland Shark 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Iceland’s electric utility built five highland dams that capture glacial meltwater. American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland. 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z On June 24, the farm will host its first auction and the first exclusively highland cattle auction in the north central district, which also includes Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Wisconsin farm raises distinctive Scottish highland cattle 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Ethiopia, long associated with a devastating famine in the 1980s, returned to the headlines last year when it was hit by severe drought in the highland region, affecting 10.2 million people. Ethiopia is facing a killer drought. But it’s going almost unnoticed. 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z To get a glimpse of the vast complex, I drove down a dusty back road to the highland plain where the Welwitschia mirabilis grow, near Husab’s back gate. Is China the World’s New Colonial Power? 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The ridge, which separates a highland plateau from low-lying coastal areas, extends thousands of kilometers across several countries in southern Africa. Satellite Eye on Earth: March 2017 – in pictures 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Podoconiosis affects an estimated 4 million people globally and is found in the highland areas of Africa, Latin America and south-east Asia. Health push in Uganda after mystery disease turns out to be 'mossy foot' 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z In recent years, associates say, Baldenegro, a father of two young children, resided mostly in various highland towns, including Guachochi, which were more secure than his secluded village. He defended the sacred lands of Mexico’s Tarahumara people. Then a gunman cut him down 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The couple nurtures 100 different types of vegetables, 75 varieties of stone fruit, and countless animal residents: Scottish highland cattle, pigs, chickens, sheep, ducks, hens, horses and livestock dogs. The rise of biodynamic farming: a return to 'the way farmers farmed for millennia' 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z In this isolated location, students like to form clubs, on everything from politics to cigar smoking to highland dancing. In Hillsdale College, a ‘Shining City on a Hill’ for Conservatives 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z The bow-shape arc appeared above Aphrodite Terra, a highland region about the size of Africa that rises up to three miles from the surface. Venus Smiled, With a Mysterious Wave Across Its Atmosphere 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The scientists tested their hunch by analyzing segments of DNA containing that gene from 29 canids, including highland and lowland gray wolves from China, Tibetan mastiffs, Chinese lowland village dogs, and a golden jackal. Tibetan dogs can survive at high altitudes, thanks to ancient breeding with wolves 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Strong winds fanned the flames that quickly crossed the highland regions of Cajamarca and Lambayeque, which are experiencing prolonged droughts, Ortega said. Wildfires tear across drought-striken parts of Peru 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The department said the beach front area for daily use, a highland campground, education center and boat ramp are all reopening. Coastal park hammered by Matthew reopening 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Back in the area surrounding the Grasberg mine, many Papuans, struggling for work, find themselves pulled into the bar and sex industries that cater to the miners, particularly around the highland village of Banti. The $100bn gold mine and the West Papuans who say they are counting the cost | Susan Schulman and Kate Hodal 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Foetid and pestilential, this wasteland has long been a haven for the waifs of Kenya’s fifth city, the country’s highland capital and long-distance running heartland. Revealed: how raid by Kenyan police drove street children to their deaths 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z From forests to highland countryside to flowing ravines, Weatherwax is nature incarnate. When your golf course dies - Golf Digest 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z "If the La Niña event begins in late August, this may entail heavier than normal rainfall in the El Niño-affected highland areas, which may result in intensified flooding," the United Nations said. Floods in Ethiopia displace hundreds of thousands as more rains forecast: U.N. 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Second, they are working with landowners to wipe out grays in a highland line in order to defend red-only habitat to the north. The bloody battle to save the red squirrel 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Yet the existence of only one hospital – built by Freeport – means that most people, particularly those in remote highland villages, don’t get the help they need. The $100bn gold mine and the West Papuans who say they are counting the cost | Susan Schulman and Kate Hodal 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z There was no report of significant damage from Wednesday's quake, which cut electricity in some coastal areas and sent people running into the streets as far away as the highland capital Quito, witnesses said. Ecuador hit by 6.7 earthquake; president says no damage 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z In their surveys, the researchers found that one gorilla population, in the highland sector of Kahuzi-Biega National Park, has increased to an estimated 200 from about 130 in 2000. Victims of a New African Massacre: Gorillas 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z It was not felt in the highland capital of Quito. Another quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Mitchell will play border, highland and small pipes; Loya will perform a variety of airs, jigs and reels, marches, contemporary numbers and some tunes of Robert Burns. Religion events from around the Washington area 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Research suggests climate change is allowing malaria-carrying mosquitos to spread to highland regions in Africa, South America and south-east Asia, exposing entire new populations to the deadly disease. Cambridge Gates scholars urge foundation to divest 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z In Chiapas highland churches, Coke bottles line the aisles and even decorate the altars. How one of the most obese countries on earth took on the soda giants 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z A task of the highland watch is to report violators to the police. The Civilian Saviors of Iceland 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, residents still regard the port city, set around a spectacular mountain peninsula, as far more cosmopolitan than the surrounding countryside or the northern highland capital Sanaa. Islamists rise as chaos descends in Yemen's cosmopolitan port 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The route wound through pine forests, where the high sun coaxed steam out of the loam, and on to the moorland beyond, swathed in that distinctive highland texture of gorse, fern and heather. Scotland’s Newest Hiking Trail: Beginner-Friendly With Killer Views 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z It also said the army had seized Jub al-Ahmar, a highland area in Latakia province that will put more rebel positions in the nearby Ghab Plain within range of the army's artillery. U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z In the highland town of San Juan Chamula, villagers gathered to listen to music and get reacquainted with native foods and drinks. How one of the most obese countries on earth took on the soda giants 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Day One of highland watch is the high life. The Civilian Saviors of Iceland 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z In the highland areas people are almost exclusively reliant on subsistence farming, farming of sweet potatoes. El Niño could leave 4 million people in Pacific without food or drinking water 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z DNA had indeed survived in the ear bone, perhaps aided by the cool temperatures in the highland cave. First DNA extracted from an ancient African skeleton shows widespread mixing with Eurasians 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The campus is set on a Hudson River highland with a view of Storm King Mountain. New York Military Academy’s Sudden Closing, After 126 Years 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Ecuador's massive Cotopaxi volcano stirred in the early hours of Friday, with two small explosions reported and ash raining down on the southern part of nearby highland capital Quito. Ecuador's massive Cotopaxi volcano stirs, two small explosions reported 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z The narrative poem tells the story of a disguised King James V who, while lost in Scotland, tangles with the chief of the highland clans, Roderick Dhu. Oh ‘Hail’ yes: Here’s the history of the song that signals the president 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z They are manning roadblocks for hundreds of miles surrounding the Altiplano prison, which sits on the highland plains a 90-minute drive west of Mexico City. ‘El Chapo’ Escape Was Meticulously Planned 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The pope flies on Wednesday to La Paz, Bolivia, another highland city where oxygen tanks are kept at the airport for arriving passengers who may struggle with the thin air. Thousands brave Andean downpours in Ecuador for papal Mass 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z To Turks, Ayder has long been a celebrated yayla, or highland summer resort, but there is nary a foreigner in site. Turkish Eastern Black Sea: The Other Alps (Part Two) 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z "Coffea stenophylla, sometimes known as the highland coffee of Sierra Leone, is supposed to be incredible," says Schilling. Saving coffee from extinction - BBC News 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z They pluck and saw their instruments in the centre of a square of stalls selling selling chutneys and organic highland beef and the world's original tattie scone wrap. SNP campaigning hard for big breakthrough 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z The road follows an ancient track once used to transport coca leaves from the lowlands to pre-Columbian highland civilizations. Climate Change vs. Conservation 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z The strategic highland looms over Israeli cities, visible on a clear day from the outskirts of Tel Aviv and surrounding Jerusalem on three sides. Analysis: Why Israelis chose Netanyahu; not just nationalism 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Gradually the third star of the film comes into focus, the small Scottish highland fishing port of Helmsdale, 70 miles north of Inverness. The Man Who Fought His Way Back From A Coma BAN RAK THAI, Thailand — At night, traditional Chinese red lanterns illuminate the hotels, shop fronts and Yunnanese-style restaurants lining the main road in this highland village of just over 1,000 people. In Remote Thai Villages, Legacy of China’s Lost Army Endures 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z That suggests that maize “initially went up the highland route,” Gilbert says. How corn became corn 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z There are the conical piles of dirt that highland women sit beside and fill short plastic tubes in which to plant tree seedlings. Climate Change vs. Conservation 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z A northern Martian highland made up of a very ancient patchwork of dense impact craters dating back billions of years. 5 Top Landing Sites For A Manned Mission To Mars 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z It also suggests that Paleoindians risked life at high altitude even before genetic mutations that helped them survive better in low oxygen swept through the highland people, Rademaker says. Humans were living at extreme altitudes 1000 years earlier than thought 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The lush mountain highland, called Racha, surrounds the hotel's wooden walls, sourced from trees in Sierra Leone. Trip Tips: Georgia's Caucasian charm lures hikers and hipsters 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Most of the gold is mined in the Andean highland by multinational companies from the United States, Canada, Brazil and China. Peru fights gold fever with fire and military force “Tibetans hail bumper harvest of highland barley,” read the headline on one recent posting. Trending: Attractive People Sharing Upbeat News About Tibet 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z My children were brought up with Scottish habits, my daughter used to highland dance. Is Corby the most Scottish place in England? 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Biological anthropologist Cynthia Beall of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who studies the evolution of high-altitude adaptations in highland people in Tibet, agrees. Humans were living at extreme altitudes 1000 years earlier than thought 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z More than 100 people were injured, some seriously, in skirmishes that day in late May in the isolated highland community. In Mexico, water fight underscores distrust of government 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Most of the strikes occurred in the Shawal Valley, a thickly forested highland area that Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters use as a sanctuary. In Drive Against Taliban, Pakistani Airstrikes Hit Strongholds 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Populist candidates fare better in the highland South, like Appalachian, northeastern Mississippi, where hills and forests, not farmland, dominate the landscape. Mississippi Primary Fight Is One of Geography as Well as Ideology 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Previous analyses showed high concentrations of arsenic in the hair samples of mummies from both highland and coastal cultures in the region. Mummy's Hair Reveals Signs of Arsenic Poisoning 2014-04-16T16:00:00Z State media reported last month that many farmers were cutting down rubber trees in the central highland province of Dak Nong due to slow sales and a drop in prices. As Vietnam stretches rubber output, risk of price war grows 2014-04-08T21:03:02Z Information released on his previous payments in 2011 shows that they included claims for large expanses of land, some of which is in a highland area where farming is uncommon. In Scotland, Working Both the Land and a Loophole 2014-03-31T11:34:56Z The sampling menu they were served included yak butter tea, yak soup made with highland barley, a yak meat pie made with minced onion and celery and boiled yak ribs. China woos Michelle Obama with panda diplomacy 2014-03-26T12:37:00Z As those voters turned Republican, the number of highland voters in the Republican coalition swelled. Mississippi Primary Fight Is One of Geography as Well as Ideology 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Now it is helping women in southern highland villages develop businesses to supplement their farming work. Japanese philosophy at work in Ethiopia 2014-03-25T00:17:36Z Vigilantes and soldiers finally closed in on Moreno’s mountain hideouts last week, cornering him on a highland ranch. Mexico’s Craziest Drug Lord ‘Died’ Twice and Used to Dress as God 2014-03-11T18:53:34Z The impact of global warming on insect-borne diseases and on highland malaria in particular remains controversial. [Report] Altitudinal Changes in Malaria Incidence in Highlands of Ethiopia and Colombia 2014-03-06T20:27:03.971Z Mr Orr-Ewing said the golden eagle was a "true bird icon of Scotland", arguing that many highland chieftains wore an eagle feather, as did Scottish regiments and the Royal Company of Archers. 'Nazi links' over eagle symbol 2014-01-28T17:39:35Z But stepping up to the bucket are these highland cows photographed by Susan Pittman, who said they “lined up and posed along the skyline just right”. Nature's 12 days of Christmas 2013-12-25T02:42:44Z Passenger trains are also planned to run on the line, which will wind around Ethiopia's highland plateau and vertiginous topography before dropping 2,500m to sea level. Have UK businesses missed the train in Ethiopia? 2013-11-25T00:01:24Z Rain since Friday disrupted the coffee harvest and bean drying in central highland provinces, thus delaying the bean flow to sea ports. Twenty-eight die in Vietnam floods, nine missing 2013-11-17T04:59:30Z Instruments from Northumberland and Ireland will be showcased alongside border, lowland and highland pipes from Scotland. Ancient bagpipes blow into Edinburgh 2013-07-31T10:10:18Z Yet, I have seen obesity rates change in a single generation, whether in highland societies or tropical environment, once people adopted newer lifestyles - less motion, more fatty diet, etc.... The Obesity Gene: Is Weight Coded in DNA? 2013-07-20T07:50:28Z "It's fantastic to hear all the highland accents up here cheering you on." Els misses cut as Scot Doak leads way at Inverness 2013-07-12T20:55:32Z The Clachan highland village was built from plaster moulds of real houses. The British Empire's last exhibition 2013-05-21T07:46:06Z It began as a small furniture factory in the highland town of Pleiku in 1990, not far from the Cambodian border. Vietnam firms in 'land grabs' charge 2013-05-13T12:38:30Z Inside were many native animals and birds, including possums, tree kangaroos and cuscus, plus ancient cycad species and highland flowers and grasses. First photo of rare, wild New Guinea singing dog in 23 years 2012-12-11T04:45:00.207Z “What we found was those populations in the highland drainages of Tennessee, Kentucky and the Ozarks were quite different in colouration from the populations of from Gulf coastal drainages and the lower Mississippi River basin.” All the Presidents' fish: Five new species named after Obama, Clinton, Roosevelt, Carter and Gore 2012-11-29T15:45:16.660Z It's a Gothic unfinished coliseum above a small Scottish highland port. The landmark buildings that never were 2012-07-24T10:21:05Z Their art evolved from highland people like the Toltecs through a tradition of sculpture. Neither the Maya Calendar--nor the World--Ends on December 21, 2012 2012-07-06T11:15:00.217Z He picked up the pace with his team, who were among the first Western scientists allowed onto the ice caps of highland China, retrieving ice that may be as old as 750,000 years. Lonnie Thompson, Climate Scientist 2012-07-03T01:49:28Z We had gone at one leap from a tropical ravine to a highland mountain-side. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The term “highland” is used in physical geography for any elevated mountainous plateau. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z We were all day ascending mountains, and slept coolly under three or four blankets at a highland tavern, on a very wild Appenine. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Howells' series of Fijians are closest to my highland groups. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z The entrance was protected by a battery on the highland of the Corona, and by the castle of Aguy, which effectually commands it. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Even in the country, especially in summer-time, one distinctly notices the great difference in the air of lowland and highland localities. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z The inhabitants of the hilly tract consist to a large extent of Nepali immigrants and of aboriginal highland races; in the tarai the people are chiefly Hindus and Mahommedans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Dress apart, these highland Italians are like North American Indians—the same copper complexions, high cheek bones, thin lips, and dead, black hair. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Under a light stress, a gentle highland breeze perhaps, the silk softens and extends, so allowing the web to retain its structure. Damage limitation 2012-02-01T18:20:10.557Z "I never could bear cows, except those lovely little highland cattle, all woolly, in pictures," said Louie Denys, smiling archly, with a little irony. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z But they were a part of a regiment whose peace-footing was two battalions, and whose colonel, though a bluegrass Kentuckian, understood and loved highland and lowland alike. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Eastward from this low divide the land rises to form the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, which is continuous with the highland masses of Guatemala. A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico 2011-12-31T03:00:17.400Z When she was set on high horseback, Row'd in the highland plaidie, The bird i' the bush sung not so sweet,95 As sung this bonny lady. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV 2011-12-28T03:00:36.217Z In northern Idaho and northwestern Montana the transition from lowland to highland is more gradual. Speciation of the Wandering Shrew 2011-12-22T03:00:30.143Z Populations of pygmy mice occurring in partially isolated areas of highland in Oaxaca seem to me to be incipient subspecies. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z He had not yet grasped the essential differences between highland and lowland etiquette. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z This indicates that the lowland environments and their inhabitants have been isolated from one another for a shorter time than have the highland environments and their inhabitants. A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico 2011-12-31T03:00:17.400Z Scotland may be regarded, in an agricultural point of view, as divided into highland, upland, and plain. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Idaho, the lowland and the highland forms approach each other within a short distance and still maintain a degree of distinctness, especially in size. Speciation of the Wandering Shrew 2011-12-22T03:00:30.143Z This cottage, cleverly and accurately imitated, gives us a true picture of these highland places of refuge. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z On the other hand, the ice following the valleys of Lakes Superior and Michigan respectively, failed to come together south of the highland until the latitude of northern Iowa and Illinois was reached. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z He, himself, went by land with forty soldiers, following the highland that skirts the west bank of the Paraná from Santa Fé to Buenos Aires. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The highland consists of primitive rocks, covered by peaty soil and heath, on which these indefatigable gleaners, the black-faced sheep, alone can gain a subsistence. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z The name dobsoni was based upon shrews from a place where lowland and highland forms occur almost together with only a slight amount of intergradation. Speciation of the Wandering Shrew 2011-12-22T03:00:30.143Z While trout are found in the highland streams south of New York as far as South Carolina, they are not able to seek the sea on account of the warm, intervening waters. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z The great depressions, together with the intervening highland, are therefore believed to be responsible for the absence of glaciation in the driftless area. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z They held a large pro-government rally in the capital last week, and it was well attended by Bolivia's highland indigenous. Bolivia's Long March Against Evo Morales: An Indigenous Protest 2011-10-18T22:20:00Z Toiling on and on through these mountain fastnesses, we cannot help wondering somewhat anxiously where we can rest to-night Dalwhinnie, that sweetest spot in this highland wilderness, is still seventeen miles away. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Part of the highland was in Europe, part in Asia, but where the line of demarcation existed the Sub was unable to determine. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Production is likely to concentrate in the cooler Eastern and Ashanti highland regions in Ghana, as well as the 18 Montagnes region in Ivory Coast. Climate Change Could Melt Chocolate Production 2011-10-03T19:15:00.243Z It was determined now to penetrate into the highland part of the isle itself, and make their first grand plunge for gold. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Wicklow county is very poor in highland plants, and these cliffs alone possess species of any interest. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z The Great Plains Province is a broad highland that slopes gradually eastward from the Rocky Mountains. Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado 2011-09-06T02:00:10.127Z Was it not on the Asiatic highland that the few men took refuge who were able to escape the catastrophe that ruined our globe—if, indeed, men had existed before that cataclysm or shock? The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Their frontier cities might pay homage to Chosroes or Cæsar, the legions of Rome might once and again flash across their highland wastes; but such impress was faint and transitory, and left the Arabs unmoved. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z Jos is a former tin-mining hub on a rocky highland between the mainly Muslim north and largely Christian south of Africa's most populous nation. Four killed in Nigeria ethnic attacks: government official 2011-08-21T18:21:35Z Ethiopia’s exports include a quality highland Arabica coffee, most of which is harvested organically. Africa’s New Middle Class Lures Investment: Witney Schneidman 2011-08-09T00:22:05Z Approaching a highland of emerald green and seal brown, I heard the wild shouting of hawks from the summit, and from below the shrill chattering of millions of auks with baby families. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z He asks to be given the very highland country that the spies were so much afraid of. Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students 2011-08-05T02:00:47.727Z They climbed the steep road of rolled rock to the highland overlooking the town and giving them a view to the first turn of the canyon bed of Runaway River. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Every evening, above the howling of the storm and the roaring of the highland lake, as dusk creeps on, the Vesper bell rings softly out like the beat of some metallic heart. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z The first view of this vista of highland plains was magnificent. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Turning from the rocky highland where I stood, a wild thrill stirred my heart. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Henry's father moved there as a child and he said his grandparents were slaves on a highland farm. Rainforest dilemmas 2011-06-17T17:21:37Z Hunt had returned the kit to the superintendent’s office and climbed to the upper bench, intending to go over the highland to the Great Hope Mine, which was nearer the West Fork River. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z There are extensive tracts of land covering thousands of acres, dotted here and there with islands of young pine and points of highland projecting in various shapes into the marshes. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z We were now fairly beyond the line of all settlements, even the most remote, and had entered on that broad highland tract to which, for geographical distinction, the name of Ozark mountains is applied. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Like many Romanian highland villages, this one owns common land in the mountains. Measuring milk 2011-06-04T11:07:43Z Come witness the great tug of war, And see great hammer thrown afar, See running, jumping, highland fling, At concert hear the skylark sing. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z At first, in the distant west, a cloud rises so dark that you can scarcely distinguish it from a blue highland. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z The ceremony took place in the Andean town of Zumbahua and Mr Correa wore an embroidered shirt typical of some highland villages. Friends no more? 2011-04-19T23:31:06Z He arrived in Charlottetown early in December, and as belonging to an ancient highland family, was greeted with more than ordinary enthusiasm. History of Prince Edward Island 2011-04-16T02:00:17.027Z I know of a peaceful island Afar in the silent sea, Where around the rocky highland Pure billows are foaming free. Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems 2011-04-14T02:01:01.217Z And the bagpipes will send thrills, Like echoes from the distant hills, And the bold sound of the pibroch, Which does resound o'er highland loch. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z In the armories, at the big parade The highland regiment was giving, A half-dozen pipers piping away— Ah! 'twas music, as sure as your living. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z Githeko contrasted endemic malaria, in which people have been exposed and have some degree of resistance, with infections in highland areas, where residents would lack the immunological defenses to hold the parasite at bay. Malaria on the Rise as East African Climate Heats Up 2011-04-01T18:15:00.220Z He was entertained at dinner by the highland society, and the whole Celtic population rejoiced in the appointment of one of their countrymen to the position of lieutenant-governor. History of Prince Edward Island 2011-04-16T02:00:17.027Z Come along, now—ni-ice little Paul, and teach Amelia how to do the pretty highland fling!” Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z The well trained horse like a cat hung on to the mountain, taking advantage of the most insignificant little trail or plateau and of every imaginable hardly noticeable highland road. Caucasian Legends 2011-03-17T02:00:14.137Z But those highland lads, 'twas the pibroch's call They heard morning, noon, and even, And the pibroch's call, I believe in my heart, They will hear in the streets of heaven. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z Githeko's model indicated that a temperature change of just 2 degrees C could trigger malaria epidemics in many oncesafe highland regions of East Africa. Malaria on the Rise as East African Climate Heats Up 2011-04-01T18:15:00.220Z A highland horse dealer, who lately effected a sale, was offered a bottle of porter to confess the animal's failings. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Thank heaven, I don’t know how to dance anything but a highland fling.” Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z There are other completely detached highland areas in Iceland, the British Isles, the Ural Mountains, the small Yaila range in the south of the Crimea, and the Mediterranean islands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z I believe when the last loud trump shall sound, The old flag again unfurling, My highland lads will come marching home To the bagpipes grandly skirling. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z One in five residents of East Africa, or about 125 million people, live in highland areas susceptible to malaria epidemics. Malaria on the Rise as East African Climate Heats Up 2011-04-01T18:15:00.220Z Slowly these border folk were incorporated in the Russian imperial service, much as the highland clans of Scotland were converted into regiments by the British government. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Do natives live in the high mountains today, so that investigating life forms means cooperating with highland natives? Scientist at Work: Answering Questions About Island Species 2011-02-25T12:05:50Z A stronger and more athletic race than the Amhára, the dark-eyed females present features far more feminine and agreeable than their coarse highland sisters, with forms more becomingly attired. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z East of Shabatz the lowlands form a rough triangle, with the course of the river Save as its base, and the highland town of Valjevo, on the river Kolubara, as its apex. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Could it be that this was one of the numerous highland farms which I had seen when riding in the valley? Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z Following this, an abrupt chain of heights extends along the western shores of the Red Sea, till the high edge of the Abyssinian highland is reached, seven thousand to eight thousand feet above sea level. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Galápagos does not hold any eureka moments for the prepared mind of the scientist-traveler, neither in its highland mists, nor amid its cactus forests nor beneath its unexpectedly cold waves. Evolution isn t easy, even in Gal?pagos 2011-02-13T01:15:05.830Z The traveller who ascends the mighty Mississippi, will see neither hill nor mountain—nothing that can he called highland—until he has attained a thousand miles from its mouth. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z The men 660 strong, all Scotchmen, enlisted in the range of country from Aberdeen to Ayrshire: a highland regiment without highlanders: few or none of Englishmen or Irishmen among them. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Saint Michael, as it lay before Hertha and her companion, looked like the most secluded of highland valleys, so embedded was it in the green Alps that surrounded it. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z At the summit he found a plateau about four thousand feet above the level of the sea, and situated on it was the highland town of Obbo. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z A few buildings on highland remain, including the school where many locals now stay. Australian Towns Band Together for Flood Cleanup 2011-01-14T23:48:04Z We had been six days steaming up the river; and on the seventh at sunset, the Sultana reached the highland region, entering the gorge-like valley, just as night was closing over it. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Due to its tiny wings, the bird was thought incapable of flying long distances, living a mainly sedentary lifestyle on the lake and in surrounding ponds and highland lakes. Alaotra grebe confirmed extinct 2010-05-26T07:27:00Z They suspect another highland species, N. ephippiata, likely feeds on faeces too, as may a huge meat-eating plant called N. attenboroughii which was only discovered last year. World's largest meat-eating plant prefers to eat... droppings 2010-03-10T09:29:00Z Abyssinia, or Habesh, as the Arabs call it, is a large highland tract in East Africa. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The more economical and significant method is through evaporation of lithium-containing brines, mostly in salt flats in the highland areas in South America and western China. Demand for Lithium Is Poised to Take Off 2010-03-09T22:30:00Z The great highland plateau which stretches from the Himalaya northwards to Chinese Turkestan, and from the frontier of Kashmir eastwards to China, has now been defined with comparative geographical exactness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The mountains are highland, wild, heathy, and tempest-beaten: and is there no sublimity in their cliffs, their scarred fronts, and scarred sides? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 The highland miller—he, at any rate, of the last century—was a very different person, and very differently circumstanced. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 There are about four thousand acres, half of it highland, the other half subject to flood if the levees break. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Lithium reservoirs have been formed over millions of years in highland bowls, after rivers and hot springs washed over lithium-laden rocks and leached the mineral from them. Demand for Lithium Is Poised to Take Off 2010-03-09T22:30:00Z There are four physiographic regions: two of highlands; one of river valley plain separating the two highland areas; while the fourth is a region of hills, lowlands and scanty prairie. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" In the elevated highland district which extends from Taif to within 50 m. of Aden, the summer heat is tempered by the monsoon winds, and the seasonal variation of temperature is less marked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water-rats. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry In a coign of the cliff between lowland and highland, At the sea-down's edge between windward and lee, Walled round with rocks as an inland island, The ghost of a garden fronts the sea. Sinister Street, vol. 1 A large share of the work, especially on the highland farms, is done by the occupiers and members of their own families, with the aid, where required, of an indoor servant or two. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The mountains do not fill the N.W. quarter of the state, and are separated from a lower, greatly eroded highland region on their N. by a bold escarpment 500 to 1000 ft. in height. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" In him highland shrewdness had deteriorated into furtive cunning, and mountain self-respect had tarnished into the dull discontent of class hatred. The Tempering So straightway they descended from the highland into the plain, and so went forward upon their way toward the town and the castle of the Lady Layonnesse. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions The part lying to the south of this line can be designated as highland, and only the part north of it as lowland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The blackcock is very generally distributed over the highland districts of northern and central Europe, and in some parts of Asia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Generally speaking, the members of the highland faunal assemblage have more restricted geographic ranges. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México On the north-west this rugged highland region is well defined by the distinctive transverse ridge of Andi, which to the east of Kasbek strikes off from the Caucasus range almost at right angles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" South of the central groups lies a widely extending mountain region, which fills the whole of northern Hungary, and is known as the Hungarian highland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" It is a lovely romantic place—with that giant hill that looks like an old man in a highland bonnet, towering above it, away there in the back-ground. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. The highland drops westward to the valley of the Barrow, Carlow and Bagenalstown lying on Carboniferous Limestone, which here abuts upon the granite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Walter Scott's novels bring this Scotch highland clan vividly before our eyes. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State Geology.—This elongated county includes on the north-west some of the highland of Millstone Grit and Coal-Measures that rises above Lough Allen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Their way was lit by torchbearers, and led up a winding path which ended on a level bit of highland directly behind the castle. Castle of Terror This union was cemented largely through the common dangers which threatened the dwellers in the Latin plain from the Etruscans on the north and the highland Italian peoples to the east and south. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Gliding first o'er sands of glass, Then 'midst grassy meads estray, Now it shoots the highland pass, Hurrying southward on its way. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. There is another kind called highland rice that is planted like wheat. The Golden Skull We soon gained the highland, by bridle-paths skirting along crests of hills and ravines, until daylight found us ambling from one to the other, in an everlasting up-and-down route, both tiresome and monotonous. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia Close at hand we were deafened by the thundering waters of Bridal Veil and Nevada, and we clambered up the trails to see the highland rivers that gave them birth. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making At anchor in that harbour of the island, The Chinese gate, We lay where, terraced under green-clad highland, The sea-town sate. Songs of the Army of the Night They constitute a highland clan, free from the trammels of caste, and they have the manly bearing and independent spirit natural in men who have been from time immemorial the lords of the soil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" He fancied he felt contempt for himself in contemplating the rapidly flowing waves of the Tigris, which had made such enormous journeys from the highland of Asia through caverns and rocks never yet seen. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors While the trades are drying winds as long as they blow strongly over the oceans, or over lowlands, they readily become rainy if they are cooled by ascent over a mountain or highland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The structure is reared on a highland plateau that dominates a vast forest at its feet. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres "Be thankful, sir, you are only the second son of a highland piper." My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia And yet it is seldom that a highland woman complains of her lot. Our Southern Highlanders Such causes, however, affect the lowland as much as the highland religious character in all districts far from cities; but they do not produce the same effects. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) The eastern highland of Australia constitutes a more effective barrier than that in South Africa; hence the Australian interior has a more extended desert. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Here we are looking into the interior of a highland shepherd's hut. Stories Pictures Tell Book Four It was the handle of an old highland broadsword and the feel of it was not unpleasant. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Still, no one can write it without using the apostrophe more than he likes to; for our highland speech is excessively clipped. Our Southern Highlanders Thank God, if there is the God that my father used to talk about in the long nights in the bonnie highland glen, where it’s like a dream of lang syne that I ever lived.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 It contains 7 sq. m. of varied and picturesque hilly country on the E. slope of the highland water-parting between the Connecticut river and the Atlantic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Three other wide-spread species are differentiated into lowland and highland subspecies; two of these species, Eutamias minimus and Peromyscus maniculatus, are represented on the Grand Mesa by the darker subspecies of the mountains. Mammals of the Grand Mesa, Colorado A very numerous class of the people are shepherds, and these live upon mutton and the kind of highland rice, already alluded to, which is very easily prepared for food. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... Here, then, is a key to much that is puzzling in highland character. Our Southern Highlanders Witness their incessant wars with the English in the olden time, and their internal feuds, highland p. 58and lowland, clan with clan, family with family, Saxon with Gael. Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest Do you mind the youth in highland garb and the tableful of coppers? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) The third species, Neotoma cinerea, is represented by two individuals from below the actual rim of the mesa; they are intergrades between the lowland and highland subspecies. Mammals of the Grand Mesa, Colorado His highland blood mounted to his face, and with the same rapidity rose his highland choler. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative Some highland usages that sound odd to us are really no more than the original and literal meanings, as budget for bag or parcel, hampered for shackled or jailed. Our Southern Highlanders The eastern half of the province is lower than the western; in which the mountains render the whole country characteristically highland. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World It looked like a sudden changing from peaceful highland domesticity, as the clans of Scotland or the cantons of Helvetia might gather. The Missourian A gay little highland bonnet rode the brown billows of her abundant hair, saucy and bold as a corsair, with one bright little feather at its prow. The Bondboy This was as a domestic servant in the family of an extensive highland proprietor, of the name of Grant. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative The jackals of civilization have already abused the confidence of many a highland home. Our Southern Highlanders Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary highland lass! Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer We shook hands in expression of delight and Buchan danced a highland fling around the room. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew It was when the people yet lived in the caves, and the water went into the sands in that highland––that is when he came to our Lost Others––Ki-pah––the great wisdom. The Flute of the Gods And ye, who breast the mountain-storm By grassy steep or highland lake, Come, for the land ye love, to form A bulwark that no foe can break. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition The typical highland bravo always carries a revolver or an automatic pistol. Our Southern Highlanders It must be doing a highland fling with a full moon, and I’m being plunked by every scattered spark!” The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Over this bare highland the wind has full sweep. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Naphtali was the northernmost of the tribes of Israel, a bold and free highland clan, inhabiting a country of rugged hills and steep mountainsides, with fertile vales and little plains between. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit The narrow little bottoms are sandy; and on lowland as well as highland there is much poor, rock-bewitched soil. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo The voices of the highland women, low toned by habit, often are singularly sweet, being pitched in a sad, musical, minor key. Our Southern Highlanders When we arrived on the ground I was sent to take command of the highland company, which we had at that time in the regiment, and which was with the left wing, under Colonel Cameron. Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 The channel kept mid-stream with considerable uniformity,—but now and then, as in the highland region of the Hudson, made a détour to avoid some bare, rocky island. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 On the highland to the east of Es Salt we see a fine herd of horses, brood-mares and foals. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit If the road passes over highland, on a breezy day he can look down upon or across the tops of undulating forest trees, whose swaying movements remind him of the waves of the sea. The Road and the Roadside In any case, the Great Smoky mountains are the master chain of the Appalachian system, the greatest mass of highland east of the Rockies. Our Southern Highlanders Said to have the world's richest and most productive soil, one-half of the republic's area is particularly suited to the cultivation of a good grade of coffee of the highland type. All About Coffee Many distinguished highland regiments served in Canada during the nineteenth century. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Battle of Harlow; defeat of the Scotch Lord of the Isles and the highland clans. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Here lies a rugged highland area far greater in extent than all of Switzerland, a virgin field for explorers and mountaineers. The Book of the National Parks Across eight hundred miles of desert that melancholy procession winds its way, leaving the highland home behind and going into slavery in the cruel city of the plain. The New Theology On some of the highland plantations, pruning is not practised to any great extent, and the trees often reach thirty or forty feet in height. All About Coffee First is the long extension from Kalat, southwards, of that inconceivably wild highland country which faces the desert of Sind, the foot of which forms the Indian frontier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Gilead was the highland margin of the young prophet's view, his threshold of hope. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 Cordova Ronda, owing its peculiarities to the surrounding mountains, was not really very characteristic of the country, and might equally well have been an highland townlet in any part of Southern Europe. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia The noise of the Boar is heard a great distance, and animals immediately take to the highland, and manifest visible signs of terror if near it. History of New Brunswick The highland variety has been compared with the high-grade Mexicans, but the lowland growths are not favorably regarded. All About Coffee In their humblest form we find them in the small churches of highland regions, the masonry of which is so rough that their date is often a matter of doubt. The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church The highland valley was green and fragrant, and the hills were gay with the heather. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands We stood for a moment on the Chemist’s Rock and gazed up the river, over the top of the falls, into the silver and purple symphony of a highland night. The Mystery of the Green Ray Another large lake called Washademoak, lies a little below the Jemseg, and is separated from the Grand Lake by a range of highland. History of New Brunswick The plantation, so named because more carefully cultivated on highland plantations, is a stylish roaster, and gives a rich flavor and strong fragrance in the cup. All About Coffee The wind was out of the north and west and the highland of the island broke the zest of the gale for the strange girl. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers A clear highland stream ran down a sinuous course, rocky, splashing gaily, and then formed a deep, smooth pool, with a little sandy beach. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Its purpose is to huddle the highland streams into a lake which will become a part of the canal. Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam It was also decided to raise a small fort or forts on the highland above, so as to command the station and protect themselves from any attack which the Indians might be disposed to make. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 Jamaica produces two distinct types of coffee, the highland and the lowland growths. All About Coffee I reckon that was the highland trail which Settle made to keep out of the swamp. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range Swiftly, smoothly rounding the rugged promontory on the right, the steamer was just turning into the highland "reach" at Fort Montgomery and heading straight away for the landings on the sunset shore. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier For mountain ranges, the approximate center of the highland of each range is used as the point of reference. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Towering above this, on the left bank of the greater river, was Cape Diamond and the contiguous highland, which in after times became the site of the Upper Town of Quebec. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 By the opening of the tenth century the Picts had accepted the king of the Scots as their ruler, and the annalists begin to refer to the highland region as the land of the Scots. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe On the tall and toppling highland, O'er the wilderness of waters; Murmured to the murmuring waters, Murmured to the Nébe-nâw-baigs— To the spirits of the waters; On the wild waves poured her sorrow. Indian Legends of Minnesota But even more important to the commercial prosperity of the West than the introduction of the steamboat was the spread of cotton culture into the Southern States west of the Appalachian highland. Outline of the development of the internal commerce of the United States 1789-1900 When it was interpreted they say old Abe danced a highland fling, and hugged the Russians and danced all hands around. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 There was unity in thought and purpose among the Scotch-Irish whether they lived in highland or lowland 31 and their purpose was to gain freedom and independence. Blue Ridge Country Washington felt kindly towards him, and gave him the command of West Point, a highland fortress which was the key of the line of the Hudson. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration The study of a good relief map shows that, as a rule, the Pacific Ocean is bordered by a rugged highland, which has a more or less abrupt slope, and a narrow coast-plain. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges In mountain size, like lions thewed, Up sprang the wondrous multitude, Auxiliar hosts in every shape, Monkey and bear and highland ape. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Hence westward to the Pacific is a broad highland region, rising into the lofty range of the Sea Alps. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America As usual with these highland soldiers, they had asked nobody’s leave but their own for this freak. The Grateful Indian And other Stories Kulu Valley, set in a mountain frame and with the Biás, here a highland stream, running through the heart of it, is one of the fairest parts of the Panjáb Himálaya. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir Thus, the great western highland of the United States diverts the flow of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico northward into the central plain, and gives to the region most of its food-growing power. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges A kind of highland glen was not far in advance. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 "A highland here, an island there, 'Round which the waters roll; And this is Pa-ta-go-ni-ah, And this is the frozen Pole." The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) I preferred to face the storm to bearing the effluvia of that highland abode. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 My master has sent me to say, 'Just now two young men of the followers of the prophets have come to me from the highland of Ephraim. The Children's Bible In the matter of the transportation of their commodities, the dwellers of the western highland are doubly handicapped. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Of foodstuffs, for instance, the greater part of the Rocky Mountain highland produces not much more than the State of New York. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Great peaks rose up from it like the mountain tops of some wild highland region. Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions “Are they the highland cattle which Will Brinsmead bought for him at Saint Faith’s?” asked a voice, so close to the two speakers that they both started. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea Two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and on the highland of Bethel, and a thousand were with his son Jonathan in Gibeah. The Children's Bible The ranges of the western highland region of the American continent yield most of the present supply. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges But the arid western highland possesses a great wealth of its own—a wealth whose influence is world-wide, for it is one of the world's chief storehouses of gold, silver, and copper. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Among European dances this warlike figure most resembles the highland fling of Scotland. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia II Palm trees, grouped upon the highland, Here and there make pleasant island; On the bark some wag hath wrote— "Who would fly, when he can float?" Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse A rosy flush came to the hills where on the upper edges spread the antlers of deer sniffing the wind, rejoicing in the magnificence of the fine highland country in its autumn time. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure The Arid Plains and the Grazing Region.—This region includes the high plains approximately west of the 2,000-foot contour of level, together with a part of the plateaus of the western highland region. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges It is a favorable breeze; for our fishing-ground is in the south-eastern corner of the lake, behind that highland which you see yonder; and this blows from the western quarter. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 If the scent is like a honey suckle a highland moccasin is around somewhere. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 From the bonnie highland heather of her lofty summits to the modest gowan on the lea, not a flower but has blushed with the martyr's blood. Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. This was especially true of those who boasted far-back highland blood, for their depths of tenderness and heights of faith and scope of spiritual vision were sternly hidden till the helplessness of death betrayed them. St. Cuthbert's Away in the distance lie the clear waters of the fiord of Forth, and the background of Scotia’s highland hills mingling with the sky. The Norsemen in the West In a little place called Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley fifteen miles from Le Puy, I spent about a month of fine days. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) At a point on the highland we waited for the camels to come up; they came and passed to the southward on a well-trodden path. Southern Arabia Clan Tartan—The plaids of the various highland clans of Scotland. Textiles and Clothing It was Donald's great delight to recount the fighting stories of his highland ancestors. St. Cuthbert's There I saw clearly to the east and south-east of us a long blue irregular line, which I took to be highland with a mountainous range beyond. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Murray was less demonstrative, but he knew that young Archy would be truly mourned for in his distant highland home. The Three Lieutenants We were not to go so long over the highland, but to go up and down at least twice, which would suit us and our map. Southern Arabia Six porters sleep in each of the little shelter tents which we were required to supply them, and this number sleeping so closely packed served to keep them warm through the cold African highland nights. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country In some cases, however, some of the states partake of all the conditions of highland, lowland, and mountain region. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development It is well-known that the setts, or patterns of several of the highland tartans were originally composed with special reference to concealment among the heather. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Thus Ferguson learnt astronomy from the heavens while wrapped in a sheepskin on the highland hills. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Others prefer trout in highland streams, or smallmouth and catfish in the big flowing rivers, and as the state of the waters grows better, so too will all these kinds of fishing. The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior Habitat and Range.—In damp forests, rocky highland woods, along the sides of mountain brooks at altitudes of 500-1000 feet. Handbook of the Trees of New England Through highland and lowland it wound, rummaging the isolated farmsteads, ploughing through ravine and mealie patch. On the Heels of De Wet Fir, qualities of, 60; highland and lowland, 64 f. The Ten Books on Architecture Witness their incessant wars with the English in the olden time, and their internal feuds, highland with lowland, clan with clan, family with family, Saxon with Gael. Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest Oh! they danced the highland fling, And they cut the pigeon wing, To the music of the fiddle and the bow. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales In an English village—highland or lowland—seldom is there any spot so beautiful as the churchyard. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 In a coign of the cliff between lowland and highland, At the sea-down's edge between windward and lee, Wall'd round with rocks as an inland island, The ghost of a garden fronts the sea. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Over some of the dams in the highland region a comparatively small amount of water was being discharged at the beginning of the storm. The Passaic Flood of 1903 Six of the sturdy little highland caterans were strung along behind the palisade. Jack Haydon's Quest Major McLean danced the highland fling, and some of the ladies sang old-time songs, and war lyrics, which stirred the heart and moistened the eyes. The Colonel's Dream At last they rode on bare highland where the dean could look in every direction. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs HABITAT.—Throughout the Himalayas, and the highland regions of Central Asia. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The principal interest is therefore confined to the Pompton and the three highland tributaries which discharge into it. The Passaic Flood of 1903 He had carried him for forty hours, lowering him down, bit by bit, from that mountain highland where he had been hurt—forty hours of superhuman effort and heart-breaking going, over cliffs and through wilderness. Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains The shock of convulsions in lands far distant reached even to the highland valley shut in by the Otsego hills. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters The mud and the tiny islands stretched northward to the blue streak on the horizon, which might be timber highland or only mist. The Plunderer Moreover, turn to the chapter on Prague in "New Cosmopolis," and you will find out in what highland his heart really is. A Book of Prefaces A description of the descent of flood waters from the highland tributaries into the Central Basin has been given in Water-Supply Paper No. 88. The Passaic Flood of 1903 And it was not fear alone that impressed the crowd and impelled it to obedience, for those highland Bedouins are, after all, too practical for that. The Lion of Petra "I am proud to make the acquaintance of you," he said, with a strong highland accent. Michael McGrath, Postmaster Their craft lay as motionless as a painted ship, in the middle of a placid pool black as a highland tarn. Under the Great Bear By availing ourselves of the Nascopee River and the lakes through which it flows, we can easily penetrate to the highland where the inventor of the Ring machine has located himself. The Man Who Rocked the Earth When the highland tributaries are sufficiently checked the natural storage on Great Piece Meadow in its effect upon flood control becomes more apparent. The Passaic Flood of 1903 From a hill we obtained a misty view of the City of Chungking, surrounded on two sides by river and covering a broad expanse of hill and highland. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma I 'members when I was a boy, drivin' de calves to de pasture, a highland moccasin snake rise up in de path. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 A lance of another style is common among the highland Man�bos of the central Cordillera, and is not infrequently found among the Man�bos of Kant�lan and T�go. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir Colonel M'Clean, a veteran officer, with his regiment of royal highland emigrants, and a few hundred Canadians, was posted near the junction of the Sorel with the St. Lawrence. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The data given for the 1902 flood can not, therefore, in the case of the highland tributaries, be applied to the conditions which obtained in the flood of 1903. The Passaic Flood of 1903 My highland dirk, that used to hang beside my crutches, I have gravely removed into a neighbouring closet, the key of which I cannot command in case of spring-tide paroxysms. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Aunt Hagar has grands settled all around her and she and the grands divide up the acreage which is planted in corn, sweet potatoes, cotton, and some highland rice. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 There was also, as has been said, a highland region covering the west of Virginia and the east of Kentucky but reaching far south into the northern part of Alabama. Abraham Lincoln Many months had passed since the two friends first saw the Black Mountain, compared with which the mightiest highland in wild Donegal, land of mountains, was an anthill. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 Each district is so isolated from the others and the population so scattering that any such development has been barred, and hence the people of each river valley or highland plain have their local ruler. The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition In his preface to the Storm, “the glens how dark between,” is noble highland landscape! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham In the fertile plain of Esdraelon, which cuts across Palestine just north of the central highland, there was a group of Canaanite towns which the Hebrews had not as yet conquered. Hebrew Life and Times Such instances probably belong to the peculiar people of this highland country, or else to the mixed and more or less neutral population that might be found at New Orleans or trading along the Mississippi. Abraham Lincoln After the suppression of the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the English Government made war on Scottish nationality, and among other measures the wearing of the highland dress was forbidden by Parliament. The Social History of Smoking Grapeshot and musket-balls were ploughing up inky river and grim highland. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 They were a sinister lot, arrayed in faded Union or Confederate uniforms, the refuse of highland and lowland, gathered together for robbery and murder, under the protecting shadow of war. The Tree of Appomattox At two in the afternoon, rounding the shoulder of a bit of highland overlooking a beautiful valley, they came suddenly upon a half-breed boy playing with a wild goose that had been tamed. The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories On all sides the borders of this highland area are deeply grooved by numberless streams flowing in narrow gorges. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills It is not, therefore, to be wondered at that no mention is made either of them, or the lovely highland district they occupy, in Mr Sinnett’s p. 96book. Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches The place was at least 8,000 feet above the sea, so the air was highland, clear and pleasant, save for the dryness which the great stone deserts forced upon the soft south winds. The Half-Hearted We went on east this morning in highland open forest, then descended by a long slope to a valley in which there is water. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi The "piney woods" gopher, which may be not inappropriately termed a "highland turtle," is a great desideratum in the food supply of the pauper denizens of these portions of the South. Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South Of latitude 130' + 180' = 310', two-thirds of which is about 206', the distance between two Lakes; and no evidence of fissure, rent, or channel now appears on the highland between. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 If it were like a 'highland hunting,' a pretext of the chase for a grand re-union of counsellors and chiefs, it would be all very well. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals Half a mile beyond this river we encamped on the same side below a point of highland, which from its appearance we call Cut bluff. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. This passage suggests that Kṛishṇa represents a tribe of highland nomads who worshipped mountains and cattle and came to terms with the Brahmanic ritual only after a struggle. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 It is pleasanter to think of not unsuccessful days by lowland or highland streams, when the sun was veiled, the sky pearly grey, the water, as the people say, in grand order. Lost Leaders And every shadow that flits and hides, And every stream that glistens and glides And laughs its way from a highland height, All know the Glugs quite well by sight. The Glugs of Gosh The blaze of jewels, and the glitter of gold and silver, were calculated to strike an European spectator with astonishment, and he might well be startled at so magnificent a display in a highland court. A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home |
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