| 单词 | hummock |
| 例句 | Wild took each unsuspecting animal behind a hummock of ice and quickly put a bullet in its brain. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Kino moved next to the hummock, and then, beside it, under a little overhang, he saw a very large oyster lying by itself, not covered with its clinging brothers. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Up on one of those bumpy hummocks, just standing with its huge bushy tail straight out behind, was a red fox. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The rising sun, small and cold in a bright sky, sent shadows westward from every break and hummock in the snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Half blinded after the successive flashes, I lost my bearings amongst hummocks, bumping shins against all points and stumbling into deep snowdrifts,” said Hurley. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The country around the lake was moderately hilly, but the hills were small— almost hummocks—and there were very few rocks except to his left. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Every so often the pilot tapped my shoulder and pointed to an anonymous, tree-covered hummock. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Finally, then, without a sound, looking like a colored shadow, the fox slipped from the hummock and was gone. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z As for going to the bathroom, the men had to find a convenient ice hummock to squat behind for privacy. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Haas was standing midway up a sixty-foot hummock in a valley along the central coast of Peru, about 130 miles north of Lima. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Ahead, and a little to their right, there was at last a slope: a slope downward and hummocks of rock on each side. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Clumps of thistle and slight ground hummocks would be his only cover. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They sat on the grass behind a low hummock, taking a break together. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On January 16, McCandless left the stubby metal boat on a hummock of dune grass southeast of El Golfo de Santa Clara and started walking north up the deserted beach. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A wide plain spread out beneath them, bare and brown, its flatness here and there relieved by long, low hummocks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We prowl around among the trees, looking for bones, for hummocks in the earth that could mark diggings, the outlines of buildings, turning over logs and rocks to see what’s underneath them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Frequently, one of the dog teams had to be unharnessed from its sled and then hitched to a lifeboat to help the men drag it up and over a hummock or ridge. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z A little to his right a hummock of rubbly rock stuck up, covered with young oysters not ready to take. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The dwarf could see them basking in the sun, brown and black hummocks with jagged ridges down the center of their shells. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dogs tumbled across the hummocks and cried out for our blood. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I loaded the gun, found a hummock for a gun-rest, and lay behind it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They passed a dead man in a sitting position on a hummock, entirely surrounded by wild animals and snakes. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z So I sat down on a hummock beside the road and watched the fireflies some more. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He bent expertly between barbed wire strands and crossed a wide, soggy, overgrazed field, part of which was honeycombed with treacherous hummocks and leached-out grass clumps. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it leaped suddenly to another hummock and stood there, looking. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The SoHo townhouse is packed with hummocks of clothes and sundry stuff, much of it to be donated to charity. Patti Smith, an accidental rock legend, has finally become the artist she always wanted to be 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z But a little of it goes a long way on an empty … rhymes with hummock. Review: Rhyme Gone Wild in ‘The Metromaniacs’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z As we prepared to tee off to a broad landing area between two immense hummocks, a border collie ran across the fairway. The putter, the pint & the Hairy Mary: A golf and angling odyssey in Western Ireland 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The tiny footsteps glowed under her flashlight, leading around mossy hummocks and beneath fallen branches and up tree trunks and then back down again. Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Swales and hummocks created through excavation connect the wetland cells and diversify the habitat and landscape features. Swamp project restores Delaware county’s wetlands 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z The explosions occur underneath small hills or hummocks on the tundra where gas from decaying organic matter is trapped underground. Land in Russia’s Arctic Blows ‘Like a Bottle of Champagne’ 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Tall columns contrast with mounding hummocks and weeping forms. Coenosium Rock Garden is a living laboratory for South Seattle College horticulture students 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Turn around to look due west to see Catalina, that great hummock of land slightly to the left. L.A. Walks: Make these stairs on the Palos Verdes Peninsula your BFF 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z “It’s getting lots of hummocks and little rivulets, and it’s much rougher,” Lean said. As climate change melts Alaska’s permafrost, roads sink, bridges tilt and greenhouse gases release 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z It appears that some of its geology, like the dunes and lakes are relatively young, whereas the hummocks and mountains are the oldest kinds of terrain. Titan's Geomorphologic Map 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z They found a community of different sphagnum and sedge species – some adapted to live on the raised hummocks and ridges, others thriving in the lower, soggier spots. Scotland's bogs reveal a secret paradise for birds and beetles 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z As the permafrost thaws across Yakutia, some land sinks, transforming the terrain into an obstacle course of hummocks and craters — called thermokarst. Russian Land of Permafrost and Mammoths Is Thawing 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z It had just been a flash against the silhouette of a shadowy hummock. Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The hummocks and dells are piles of debris, barricades, craters and trenches. Flowers bloom in war-torn Syria's battered cities 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z For those with no immediate job up the valley, beds were tundra hummocks a few hundred yards from the beach. AP WAS THERE: 75 years ago, reporter lands on Attu Island 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Perching atop a hummock, I nestled the walnut stock into a mound of moss, adjusted the scope to x3, and waited. Fight to save Alaska’s big-tree forests 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Now the potholed muddy track meandering among the hummocks barely resembles a road. Russian Land of Permafrost and Mammoths Is Thawing 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Skeptically watching their training exercise, he steps on a hummock and is taken aback when the ground below him speaks. Opinion | The significant, neglected role of Russian women in World War II. 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The atypical placement of the bunkers was a function of the distinctive topography of the site — hummocks, gorges, hills and dales that slanted and dipped. Bunkers at U.S. Open Course Give New Meaning to ‘Sand Hazard’ 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z A firm count of their total population on the Sea Islands and the interior coast is difficult, with some communities as small as 70 people living in remote hummocks and islands. The Gullah people have survived on the Carolina sea islands for centuries. Now development is taking a toll 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Bulldoze the multiple unnecessary "hummocks" blocking-views and commit to building more grandstands. Four Ways Chambers Bay Can Get Another U.S. Open: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Others were humming a low and loud, “Beau” holding the last syllable until it bounced off the hills and hummocks of the craggy Olympic Club. U.S. Open: U.S. Open — 17-Year-Old Amateur Believes He Can Win 2012-06-17T03:33:28Z Tommy might just as well have climbed the hummock and told them that, since their language provided equally for these eventualities, they were no better than anyone else.... Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z On April 27, 1792, Vancouver passed a “conspicuous point of land composed of a cluster of hummocks, moderately high and projecting into the sea.” The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z It is needless to say that it was a sea of ice, and very ancient ice also, making the travelling correspondingly difficult from the enormous size of the hummocks and extent of their fields. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Throwing up her head she looked her father in the eyes, nearly on a level with her own as she stood upon a sandy hummock. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z On the right of the road lies Thursley Common, a perfectly wild spot occupying high ground covered with sand hummocks and tangled heather, and wearing all the characteristics of mountain scenery. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z I carried her downstairs to the little hummock in front of our porch. Dot Earth Blog: The Animals That Make Us Human 2012-03-23T20:53:24Z The next day's run was a slow one, for the ice was bad in many places, and several hummocks had to be explored to find passable crossing-places. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z At last, in desperation, De Veer managed to jump on a piece of ice, and creeping from one to another of the grinding masses, at length secured a rope to one of the hummocks. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The wheels and springs voiced their anguish continually; for it was a good carriage, unaccustomed to such ruts and hummocks. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z The delay in the hummocks gave the bears a start and made it probable that they would reach the open sea. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z They were poor hunters, so he stole upon them from behind a hummock, and harpooned them in the back. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Put 'em on the top of the hummock first, then we'll gradually toll 'em down below. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z On April 30th so thick was it that they could scarcely see the length of two sledges ahead, and as they were surrounded by hummocks they were obliged to halt, for fear of becoming entangled. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The other beasts disappeared behind a hummock of ice, and that was the last seen of them. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z Following these with religious care, we at last came in sight of a small American flag fluttering from a hummock, and lower down a little masonic banner hanging from a tent-pole hardly above the drift. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z How easy it is for the imagination to be excited amid these shadowy hummocks, and this dreary waste through which the wind roars so dismally! North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Then, setting his boxes bottom upward, he perched each one slantwise upon one of his sticks, and stretched the strings away to the hummock's edge. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z The ice was full of hummocks, knobs, and hills, and this was not the lightest of their labours. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The hummocks are barren, and steep near the sea, but their tops thinly covered with wood. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z Then we gathered around to help them, getting an occasional footing by kneeling on a hummock or holding on with one hand while we pushed with the other. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z But it was in vain, for the deep, moist snow, the hummocks and the wind, defied even desperate courage. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z They came to the conclusion that its having the thick hummock, like a great, solid back-bone, rendered it far stronger than the rest, as well as a better sailer. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z On the 28th the party arrived at a floe covered with high and rugged hummocks in successive tiers, and the boats had to be dragged up and down places which were almost perpendicular. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z On them you go right over stumps and fences and hummocks and stones and little hollows. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z To these were added road-making, owing to the mazes of high hummocks with deep intervening valleys. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z First came a very fair progress; then came the hummocks, over which, by the aid of their dogs, they clambered until thirty miles from the brig had been made. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The mast and two oars were set in a leaning position from the outer gunwale of the boat, where they rested firmly upon the thwart-cleats, up against the hummock, to which they were securely wedged. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z While performing this laborious work, one of the men was nearly crushed by a boat falling upon him from one of the hummocks. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z A little inland of the Ducking Stool a green hummock rose, topped by Government House. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z The hummocks in front consist of pieces of ice from one to two feet thick, having sharp edges and piled up from ten to fifteen feet high. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z On the second of April, just before noon, a man was seen, with a dog-sledge, lurking behind the hummocks near the brig. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z This done, they stood up, ready to drag the boat as near to the hummock as possible. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z An insignificant hummock then blocked up the narrow passage. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Where the shore could be seen it lay in rocky grass-grown hummocks, on which the surf beat heavily. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z It nearly proved their ruin, for the sledge took charge on a steep, glassy hummock, knocked over the men, plunged into a deep crevasse, and broke a runner. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z As the dogs at this moment were plunging through a ridge of hummocks, the point of the runner caught a block of ice. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Now," Aleck answered, in a tone of command, "get the boat up there under the lee of that hummock. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Gales, fogs, and drifting snows; hummocks and broken ice; opening seams and pools of water—such were a few of the dangers and difficulties encountered. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Just now, in the late and sodden northern spring, it was a disheartening stretch of hummocks and bog-holes, the bog-holes emphasized by a leg-breaking array of half rotten poles laid crossways. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z But as we traced it on to the deep snow among the hummocks we were led to footsteps. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z She may be pounced upon from behind a hummock and a harpoon or any deadly weapon may deal the fatal blow in the back, but a face to face execution was not allowed. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z After a hasty breakfast camp was broken, and work was resumed at the hummock. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Somewhere in among the hummocks to the north and east. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Gregg said, as half a dozen negroes showed on a hummock only a few feet away. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z In other bad places the loaded sledge plunged headlong from the top of high hummocks into masses of rubble-ice in the intervening valleys. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The doctor and Mr. Stephenson, taking each a dog, went to the other teams, and we were again on the fly, leaving the third sledge jammed in the hummock. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z This block overlooked a broader part of the hummock, and wasn't far from land. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z These hummocks served to divert the water to one side like a gutter, and also made good resting places, for they held the rear wheels of the wagon. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z On the Queenston side a mark has been placed about thirty feet above the usual water level showing the height to which the ice hummocks rose. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z “There’s one good thing about it,” she chattered, as the sledge jarred over a few hummocks. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z The hummocks before them began to close up, and they run by them at a fearful risk as they hurried cautiously forward, stumbling over the crushed fragments between them and the shore. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z He found the two older boys cutting a sloping path through the little ice bluff on the farther side of the hummock, and pretty tired of it. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Saddle-back hummock bears due West from Albany Roads and is a good Mark for laying the Buoys. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z Behind the pieces of hummock each actor learned his part, and by means of calico they transformed themselves into female characters, as occasion required. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z He did not pass a hummock or snow-covered stump beside the road that he did not kick into and quite thoroughly examine. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z They had fasted thirty-four hours, and traveled in the last twenty-two over forty miles, which the hummocks and deep snow made equal to double that distance of smooth sledging. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z As quietly and rapidly as possible he spread down his pieces of paper on the highest part of the hummock, at a little distance apart, and not far from the edge of the ice table. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z The three hummocks of Wood on Sawpit Island can be seen in clear weather over the Factory Island, in 3 fathom Water, and is a good Mark. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z The open sea continued but a short time, when they again became entangled among bergs, floes, and hummocks, and encountered the most fearful perils. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z The scooter struck a hummock in the ice. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z But Melville Bay was now before them with its defiant bergs, hummocks, currents, stormy winds, and blinding snows—a horrid crew! North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z It must be a hummock," said Katy, "such as I have read about in Dr. Kane's book—only not so large, I suppose. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Tired at last of roaming like caged bears up and down the berg, one by one they seated themselves on the sunny side of a small hummock. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Sometimes they anchored their vessels to icebergs, and sometimes to floes or masses of hummock. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Warily at first, the riflemen had to creep towards their prey on hands and knees, taking advantage of every hummock or boulder to screen themselves from view. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z The hummocks were as hard in their usage of the boats and men as usual. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Once they thought they saw it, but the dark line on the horizon proved to be a hummock, not so bad as the one lately passed, but still troublesome, and closely followed by a second. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z But on their way back to the ship the doctor, who was striding on a little way in advance of the rest, startled a huge monster who was sunning himself behind a hummock. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z The instant the train stopped I was out of the cars, over the low rail fence, and picking my way carefully from grassy hummock to grassy hummock; and soon I had found a specimen. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z After wandering from point to point Hopalong finally came to the edge of the cut and found Red Connors ensconced in a narrow, shallow depression on a comparatively high hummock. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Here lines were carried out on the floe and made fast to the hummocks, all the anchors having been lost. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The blowing snow that filled most of the crevices of the hummock had here formed a bridge, which had let Jim through when he stepped upon it, never suspecting the chasm it concealed. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Armed with fowling-pieces, they retired to some distance from the water party and lay down behind a hummock of ice. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z I watched them traverse nearly fifty yards ere a shot was permissible, and by that time they were partly hidden from view among some slight hummocks. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z We gained at length a shelf on the hill-side, and halting there in the shelter of a furzy hummock, I applied myself to my job. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z They lay across a widening crack, and in a moment more would have been sunk in the deep, or crushed between colliding hummocks. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Then began the difficult work of crossing the hummock. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z He dropped down on the sunny side of a hummock and let his thoughts run on this most surprising addition to their company. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z The bear reeled and fell backwards into the water, but speedily coming up again, made off for a large hummock, under cover of which it hoped to be able to sneak off. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z As it was, I was so numbed, hands and feet, that I had to be lifted down, or rather, hauled out of an avalanche or hummock of snow, like a bale of goods. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z He ran back to the boat, called Hans with his trusty rifle, and the two lay down behind the hummocks. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Breaking their way out after breakfast, Aleck and Tug climbed to the crest of the hummock above the house, where pretty soon they were joined by Katy and Jim, anxious to get a look abroad. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Grubbing along, they climbed heavily through the yielding sand to the top of the nearest hummock. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z But I could not see any signs of it, so I started off again, but fell down flat on my back among the hummocks. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z A gnarly hummock, white, harsh and dry, as if it were a heap of disintegrated ashes, rose several rods away on the brink of Kedron. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The wind was high, the floe full of hummocks, the cold intense, and altogether the journey was not unlike in its dangers that already endured. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z In most places the ground is quite wet, sometimes soggy to walk upon, and in a few places low hummocks are numerous. Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 2011-10-15T02:00:26.690Z The hummocks ran along its northern side, and a narrow strip of sand divided it from the sea on the south. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Nansen had been down to the edge of the ice to fetch some salt water, and had got up on a hummock in order to have a good look about. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z In Florida the papaw grows on the rich hummocks along the Indian River, and on the West Coast southward from Bay Biscayne. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z We went with them to the beach, saw them start, watched them as they swiftly glided over the ice, and, dodging skillfully around the hummocks, faded into a black speck in the distance. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z As they had no particular path to take, they avoided the big hummocks of snow as much as they could. Ned Wilding's Disappearance or, The Darewell Chums in the City 2011-10-11T02:01:05.260Z It stretched away in front as far as they could see, but Macro thought he could see more sand hummocks at the far end. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Before finally starting, Nansen once more got up on the hummock and listened, but could hear nothing. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z As Young was seated under the lee of a hummock, watching for seals to pop up to breathe, the strong ice under him suddenly cracked and separated! In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The whole pack of dogs and men turned seaward, and disappeared among the hummocks. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z That hummock is where the Germans posted a sentry. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z "I am always sorry to kill things, and they are so pretty," she said, as they crept cautiously up the side of the nearest hummock. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z His heart beat, the blood flew to his brain, and springing up on the top of a hummock, he hallooed with all the strength of his lungs. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z Gangs of convicts were sent to level the ways in the fortress, smooth away hummocks in the ground, paint the palings and other wood-work, to plaster, do up, and generally repair everything that was conspicuous. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z He started early in November, but returned in a few days, baffled by the hummocks and wide intervening, treacherous ice-cracks. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The pair on the hummock stirred and acted uneasy, but they didn't move. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z They each picked up a piece of wood with which to root in the tangle, and, bending and picking and munching, made their way slowly towards the hummocks in front. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z An answering shout came back far, far off, dying away in the distance, and before long he discerned some dark form among the hummocks farther ahead. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z He eased himself to the crest of a little hummock, pushed aside a great fern leaf and looked. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z One died just before the party left the hummocks, and two soon after. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Some fell like swords, shearing a raw-edged canal; and others splintered into a shower of blocks, weighing scores of tons apiece, that whirled and skirled among the hummocks. The Second Jungle Book 2011-09-10T02:00:30.870Z They could follow the low sand-spit which divided it from the sea on the south side, and the long line of hummocks on the north, till they faded out of sight in the distance. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z I missed my way, I suppose, for I found myself on the big hummock to the west of the ship’s bows. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z The brute appeared immediately after from behind a hummock of ice, and prepared for instant action. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Besides, they had to climb the hummocks with their load, and lower it down the other side and tumble about generally over the rough way. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The earth regularly cracked beneath it, and the beds of waterpools became dried clayey hummocks. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z It picked up the smaller hummocks outside and set them waltzing along the shore. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z It was not long before Nansen became convinced that it would be an utter impossibility to reach the Pole through such masses of pack-ice and hummocks as they encountered. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z Yet I came upon a bear once behind a hummock of ice that, I am sure, had been fast asleep till I fired my rifle at something else quite close to him. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z These they filled up by attacking the nearest hummocks with their axes and tumbling the fragments into it until a bridge was made. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z There came a swamp, into which he went to the knees, and I dismounted, jumping from hummock to hummock, encouraging him, and showing him the best places. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z She sank down into the side of a hummock and waited. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z A long time now elapsed during which he could hear nothing, as he went zigzagging in among the hummocks, and his heart began to sink at every step he took. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z I found myself at last by the foot of a very tall hummock, composed, I daresay, of bay-ice squeezed up at some time or other and finally snowed over. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Not having come home when the party returned, search was made for him with lanterns, as it was thought the rope might have caught and detained him in the hummock. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The sled runner went over a hummock just then on one side of the trail, while the runner on the other side sank into a rut. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z In the immediate vicinity many small bergs were seen; some of these were grounded, and the pack thus anchored was thrown in huge uplifts of pressure lines and hummocks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z They hoped that others might be concealed behind some of the low hummocks which broke the level of the plain. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z He rounded the corner of a large hummock of ice, and came upon the foe quite unexpectedly. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z The Esquimo dogs were in reserve for the long, perilous raids of the earnest exploration into darkness and over hummocks. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Jennings swerved the jeep off the dirt road and took out across the hummocks of sagebrush to the ship a few rods away. Progress Report 2011-07-29T02:00:31.957Z Great hummocks and pressure lines became less frequent. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Some of them clambered up on to the top of the highest hummocks so as to command a wider field of vision, but they saw no more than those who remained below. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z He was in a bowl-like depression enclosed on all sides by irregular hummocks of pulverized brickwork, tiles, and charred timbers. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z Extended and exhausting diversions were made to avoid impassable chasms or too steep hummocks. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z As the light grew we became aware of an abrupt eminence of granite on our left front; it arose, in the form of a steep cone, from a monstrous, agglomerated mass of copper-tinted, shapeless hummocks. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z We traveled the first two days northward over savage uplifts of hummocks and deep snows, tripping and stumbling over blocks of ice like wounded animals. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z A massive hummock, which apparently was too strong to be crushed, and solid enough to last through several summers without melting, was selected as the site of the encampment. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Forthwith he hastily retired to his nightly game of hide-and-seek amongst the hummocks of flock in his disreputable bed, that the long hours of night might the more speedily merge into a golden to-morrow. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z On the third day they encountered hummocks, piled in long ridges across their path; some of them were twenty feet high. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z We found fresh water at various spots, trickling out of sand hummocks in the immediate vicinity of the sea. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The pack was lined with long lines beyond each hummock; the snow was covered with a strong crust. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The seals already killed were placed in natural attitudes near the water, and the men hastily retired to sheltering hummocks, to wait the return. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z The floor was smooth, there were no hummocks on it. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z They were appalled by their situation; the water was far away, and huge bergs and ugly hummocks intervened. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The place where I was a prayin' was a sort o' hummock spot in a mighty bad part o' the swamp. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z The hummocks and the snow were not as troublesome as farther south. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z A man clambered to the summit of the hummock in the hopes of seeing a seal somewhere on the ice. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z There's hundreds of billions of tons of high-grade coal underlying these silly-lookin' hummocks they call the foothills. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z He was delighted to see, winding among the hummocks, a level way! North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Masses are forced up like colossal tombstones on all sides; our sailors call them "hummocks;" here and there the broken ice displays large "holes of water." The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Upon the face of the towering, perpendicular ice-wall, great hummocks like the gnarled black limbs of a huge tree twisted upwards. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Once the grinding mass of hummocks, rising higher than the vessel's decks, threatened to catch her. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Turning northward with renewed confidence and vigor, though yet struggling with various misfortunes through a tangle of broken hummocks, Hayes reached Cape Hawks on May 11th. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z As the two, guns in hand, were stumbling over the hummocks, they saw in the very dim twilight, as they thought, a bear. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z With sledges and portable boats they labored on, through snow, and over hummocks; launching their boats over the larger holes of water. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z We pitched camp on a floeberg of unusual height; about us were many big hummocks, and to the lee of these banks of hardened snow. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Had it struck there a few minutes earlier the vessel would have been severely injured by the "nip," but as it was the hummock formed an admirable shelter from the pressure of the pack. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z On the 13th the hummock ridge astern advanced with a steady march upon the vessel. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z The darkness during the time was such that a hummock of ice fifty paces ahead could hardly be seen. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The great event of one day on this dreary waste was the discovery of two flies upon an ice hummock; these, says Parry, became at once a topic of ridiculous importance. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Behind were great hummocks and small ice; ahead was a cheerful expanse of larger, clearer fields, offering a promising highway. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The trap was fixed up on a hummock in the vicinity, where it could be watched from the Fram, but where it would be quiet enough to tempt the bear. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z They could not tell; somewhere among the hummocks to the northeast; it was drifting heavily around them. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z Near the portside lake bank, three hummocks of land loomed ahead in a narrow channel. City Room: A Well-Traveled Sailor Tackles Prospect Park 2011-05-08T20:32:32Z The second winter the vessel, while frozen in, was lifted upon ice hummocks in Whale Sound. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z On the heavy floe upon which we rested were several large hummocks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z They made the kayaks fast to a projecting piece of ice, and together climbed up to the top of the hummocks. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z The sunlight was sparkling all over the landscape and the great world of whiteness; and the frozen plain, the hummocks, the icebergs, and the tall mountains made a picture inviting to the eye. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z Here all is rock: great hummocks, ledges and tables of rock, wherein are deep basins, gullies, bays, and shallow pools; and the water makes a loud noise as it struggles past. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Or frozen and embalmed under the lee of towering blue hummocks, in the grim shadow of looming iron-bound shores? A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z In the strongest blasts we threw ourselves over the sled behind hummocks and gathered new breath to force a few miles more. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z She was barely inside when a solid hummock crushed against the opening, forming a great barrier between the vessel and the outer moving pack. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Already the men of that little company on the farther side had found a sort of refuge behind a line of hummocks. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z Here she was lashed to a hummock by a hawser which three of the crew carried overside and hitched in a bowline of staunch hemp. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Australian troops on the right made good and reached the edge of the hummock called Crest Farm. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z There were no hummocks or pressure lifts, under cover of which we might advance to within the short range required for our harpoons. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z On the coast it would be possible for relief to meet them, but out amongst the rugged hummocks of the Polar Sea the whole ship's company would not be able to find them. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Walking hard by the viaduct walls is an adventure into an alien rocky wasteland, hummock over hummock of miscellaneous, odd-shaped rock-faced blocks, including rich caramel-colored brownstone for the arches at the cross streets. | The Park Avenue Viaduct: In the Society of Dead Masons 2011-02-26T04:05:43Z Stirling dropped to the ice and crawled over its surface till he reached a towering hummock. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Without Crest Farm Passchendaele was unapproachable, and the capture of this hummock is of historical importance. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z There was a splendid line of hummocks, behind which we could advance under cover. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z "Imagine a stormy sea, all broken waves and flying billows, suddenly frozen solid into ice, and you have some idea, on a small scale, of the piled-up hummocks on the pack." The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z As the sun sank in a flaming sky on 2nd February our patrols saw the enemy moving towards the hummocks of sand that fringe the canal. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Stirling peered out from behind the hummock, grasped the hawser, and drew himself forward. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z A hummock to the westward offered shelter from the weakly bitter wind, the icy draught, that was soughing down the valley. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z We aimed for a little cut of ice open to the leeward, where we hoped to land and creep up behind hummocks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z He came when every one was about the ship, and as he was seen slouching over the hummocks, all eyes were turned upon him. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z It generally forms smooth rounded hummocks, which are sometimes arranged in long lines parallel to the trend of the coast, as, for example, in the Tents Moor, near St Andrews. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z He raised his yellow snout, blinked his tiny eyes, and was off with a lumbersome trot toward the shelter of higher hummocks in the east. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z My Father now perceived that the point of intersection corresponded very nearly with the position of the remarkable hummock, almost a mile distant, before noticed, and that it must be immediately beyond it. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z The packs were pitched into the snow, and the dogs rushed through deep snow, over hummocks and rocks, to the creeping bears. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Dashing down the hummock, he plunged into the ice-cold water and struck out after the retreating kayaks. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z “There’s another stretch of swamp—you remember that place just after we left the old trail?—and it’s black mud, and deep each side of the hummocks.” Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z The shape of these tiny hummocks, as well as the layering of material within them, indicates that the structures were formed by currents that repeatedly alternated direction. Snowball Earth Was Dotted With Puddles 2011-01-07T21:51:48Z Taking a whale-lance in his hand he walked over the ice to the place, and just beyond the hummock he found a thin flat surface of much younger ice. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z Every crack in the ice was searched for seals, and with the glasses we mounted hummock after hummock to search the horizon for bears. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The shore ice groaned at the strain, and along its length there ran a ridge of hummock ice as the pressure sought relief. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z The trailing end of the blanket bobbed over the hummocks invitingly. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z The wearer should always avoid walking over snags, or little hummocks, which are certain indications of objects barely covered and which may injure the web of the shoes. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z She had slipped, or the edge of the hummock had caved in with her. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z The ice was examined for a possible line of retreat to the land, but, with pressure ridges, hummocks and breaks, I knew this was impossible. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Then a third figure appeared from behind an ice hummock where he had been preparing a meal. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Captain Bill leaned back on a hummock of earth, his arms folded behind his head. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z Beside a bulky hummock of green-corroded sandstone the man halted and stood musingly, with eyes downcast and thoughts uplifted—uplifted to the worship of his one god: Ambition. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Eve seized her under the arms and dragged her across the trembling hummock to firmer ground. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z As we rose suddenly on a hummock, where we had a clearer view, the objects rose on wings! My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The watch has orders to call me when the hummock reaches the Fram. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Overhead were the stars; on one hand the pale sea merged into the dark horizon; all around me were low black hummocks that seem to fade into an infinity of shadows. The Spy in Black Since the Brownies are Scotch fairies, one must ask how they came to be dwelling so far away from their native heather upon the green hummocks of the Ohio. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Neither of them ever recalled how they gained the shelter of the hummock. Into the Primitive Their group of musk oxen had proved to be rocks, and they had early noted my troubles and were hastening to enter the battle, creeping up behind hummocks and pressure ridges. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Then the forge and the smith’s tools were arranged separately, and up on the top of the great hummock we laid a heap of sledges and snow-shoes. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 At one place I could catch a glimpse of this road between the hummocks of heather, and I raised myself again and looked out. The Spy in Black Across a gray-green hummock of sandstone, so villainously matted with blackberry briars that a pointer-dog would have balked at its edge, he hitched himself forward on his belly. The Tempering Thus sheltered, the two crouched as comfortably as they could upon the half-dried crest of the hummock, and waited impatiently for the return of Blake. Into the Primitive Our igloo was built near one edge in the lee of an old hummock about fifteen feet high. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z From the top of a high hummock I could, however, with the glass, see ice on the other side, heightened by the looming. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The Martian disappeared from view behind a series of small hummocks, still bound for nowhere. The Secret of the Ninth Planet Blown sand had lodged to hummocks in their thick and matted growth; the road was a sunken way. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus It was all he could do to drag the girl up on the hummock. Into the Primitive For, in them, the waters were easy, and the wind was slightly shut off by the walls of pressure lines and hummocks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The mother went first, going up on to all the hummocks I had been upon, turning round and sniffing and looking at the tracks, and then descending again and going on. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 A forced march of ten hours through fens and silent virgin woods brought us at last to the hummock region; the plain swelled into mounds, and the currents of the sluggish bayous became more perceptible. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Richards' Island, which was named in honour of the Governor of the Bank of England, forms the opposite bank of the channel here, and exhibits, like the neighbouring islands, some sandy hummocks and cliffs. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea More than three miles had been covered before Blake stopped on a hummock. Into the Primitive It approached stealthily behind a line of hummocks, with only its head occasionally visible. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z When they got down to the shore, they again went quite slowly among the hummocks, and I ran after them. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 And here, if these were in bloom, she always lingered a while, poised on the harsh hummocks of bent-grass, herself slender as a reed. The Book of Susan A Novel On the top of these cliffs we observed a considerable quantity of drift-timber and some hummocks of gravel. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea So far as I could see, there were no traces of habitation near; and as I wandered inland, the same unbroken succession of sand hummocks surrounded me. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience After a delightful run of an hour, a pan of ice was sighted with black hummocks on it. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z How my heart beat and the blood rushed to my brain as I ran up on to a hummock and hallooed with all the strength of my lungs! Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The figure of a man—one of the shore patrols—pacing the ice hummocks of the beach and staring out upon the lake, appeared vaguely in the dusk when she had gone about two miles. The Indian Drum Its shores are flat and sandy, but here and there hummocks rise abruptly to the height of one hundred feet, resembling the downs on the Norfolk coast. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea A curious hummock at the south-west end of the village is known as the Castle Mound, but it is probably but a terraced bank naturally formed. Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield On every side ice hummocks heaved their backs and writhed by. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Soon I heard another shout, and saw, too, from an ice-ridge, a dark form moving among the hummocks farther in. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 She fell many times, traveling upon these hummocks; there were strange, treacherous places between the hummocks where, except for her snowshoes, she would have broken through. The Indian Drum The sandy hummocks are bound together by the creeping fibrous roots of a species of grass, named Elymus mollis; and many of them are covered by a coat of black vegetable mould. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea There were mounds, hummocks, caverns, crevasses, ridges and gulfs of the hardest and oldest ice. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar The dogs leaped over the ice, with crunching progress they pulled themselves over hummocks much as cats climb trees. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Under cover of some hummocks we now ran towards it. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Over the smooth spots and over the rough ones, ruts, roots and hummocks of the hard-baked earth, the automobile whirred. The Auto Boys' Mystery The main shore to the westward of Flaxman Island is so low that it is not visible at the distance of three miles, with the exception of three small hummocks, which look like islands. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea In fear and trembling he stole out, after an early dinner on the night of his arrival, and, seated on a hummock at the top of the ridge, looked down at the little colony. Jacob's Ladder Together they went out to a hummock, and through glasses, sought for a mark to locate so important a place as the terrestrial axis! My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z At 6 A.M. we stopped to rest a little, and on going up on to a hummock to take a longitude observation I saw the water not far off. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The Mulgars stood like painted wooden images, with their bundles and cudgels, staring down at the river, wide and turbulent, its gloomy hummocks of ice and frozen snow nodding down upon the pale green waters. The Three Mulla-mulgars It was, however, composed of pieces, and not a continuous field, for we could distinctly perceive that several of the hummocks it inclosed were in motion. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Then he turned upon the Colonel, sitting upon a soft hummock of weeds as near in shape to Billy’s restful back as possible. Dorothy on a House Boat Before the igloo was finished a steady, rasping wind brushed the hummocks and piled the snow in large dunes about us, like the sand of home shores. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z I have often on this journey seen massive high hummocks with similar square sides, and of great circumference, sometimes quite resembling snow-covered islands. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 But now, not looking where the water was sweeping them, of a sudden the Bobberie butted full tilt into a great hummock of ice, and water began welling up through a hole in the bottom. The Three Mulla-mulgars The fog now cleared away, and the three eminences mistaken for islands were ascertained to be conical hummocks, rising above the low eastern shore. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Let’s hurry!” cried Dolly, linking her arm in the lame girl’s and helping her over the grassy hummocks. Dorothy on a House Boat We fastened the dogs to the lee of hummocks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z On September 15th the ice slackened so much that there was quite a little sea between us and the great hummock. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Then, ostentatiously turning her back upon the scene, she slouched off inland among the hummocks and rocks, the cub lurching along contentedly beside her. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life His body was swaying from side to side, now and then humping up into the air as the wheels passed over a hummock. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds Schwartzmann, far across the open ground, must have seen them as plainly as they saw him as they climbed the little hummock of rocks. Brood of the Dark Moon All of the upper surface of old hummock and high ice of the Polar sea resolves into unsalted water. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Something similar happened when we occasionally touched a drifting hummock that was just on the point of rolling over, owing to the quicker melting of the ice below the water-line. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 She wheeled swiftly, ran to where the cub stood waiting and whimpering, nosed him solicitously, and led him away through the blue and sparkling hummocks. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life By degrees the little patches of grass and fern disappeared, and nothing stretched on either side but low sand hummocks, scantily covered with rushes. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Some twenty feet or so distant the legs of a man, trousered and booted, protruded from a hollow between two hummocks of sand. The Destroying Angel Shadows of hummocks and ice ridges became dyed with a deeper purple, and in the burning orange world loomed before us Titan shapes, regal and regally robed. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Not until September 23d did the state of the ice permit us to carry out our intention of fetching back the things from the great hummock. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The cub, watching solicitously from behind a jagged hummock of ice, received a lesson which never faded from his mind. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The trapper speeds down the snowy slope, striding, sliding, coasting, vaulting over hummocks of snow, glissading down the drifts, leaping rather than running. The Story of the Trapper We were over the biggest one of the group, a rounded hummock barely a kilometer in diameter, surrounded by a barrier reef of coral. To Choke an Ocean The tallest hummock measured twenty-eight feet above water. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Far off to the westward the great hummock still lay drifting. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Helen stopped short and sat down on a hummock of sand. The Vision of Elijah Berl Thereupon the former removed a portion of the youngster's burden, adding it to his own, and they hurried on for hours, till they fell exhausted upon a dry moss hummock. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure The command car bucked over hummocks of cogon grass while the boys held on to keep from being tossed out. The Pirates of Shan We laboriously picked a way among hummocks and pressure lines which seemed impossible from a distance. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z One more gaze at the last faint outlines of hummocks and floes, and the mist concealed them from our view. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Other sweating horses pulled scrapers of sand from dusty hummocks and plumped their loads in dustier hollows. The Vision of Elijah Berl He clambered out of his boat and hobbled five miles over the ice, only to find that it was not a sail that he had seen, but a hummock of ice. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North As we were returning to camp through the hummock, Pecetti killed a large rattlesnake: it was over five feet long, and as thick as the calf of a man’s leg.... With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 With our dogs bounding and tearing onward, from the eighty-seventh to the eighty-eighth parallel we passed for two days over old ice without pressure lines or hummocks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The slightest push would be enough to capsize the hummock and turn it over in such a violent way that the sea around us would become as agitated as during a storm. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 We climbed a hummock; and there our eyes assured us that another channel of water really separated us from firm land! McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 The slingers cautiously advanced, sheltering themselves behind buildings and hummocks. Sónnica Much of its course is through swamps, though in some places the pine barrens and live-oak hummocks approach its banks. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 In summer, plants, like animals, climb to ridges, hummocks and mountain slopes, to get air and light and warm sunbeams. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The snow outside was soft all through, and the hummocks are dripping. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Just beyond the hummock he drew rein at a clearing before an unpainted frame house, even cheaper and more hideous than the most. The House of Fulfilment He felt the impact when Pegasus struck a hummock and tore off the landing gear. The Scarlet Lake Mystery Here and there we came upon a hummock of good soil, covered with the live-oak, magnolia, and cabbage-palm, all interlaced with vines and creepers, so as to form an almost impassable jungle. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 All of this was discarded, and, with light sleds and reduced rations, we forced along over hummocks and drift. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Then when we have followed up the track I have marked out beforehand I have to start off again and find a way between the hummocks. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 From a distance, so intricate was the detail, the side of a hummock wore the appearance of some coarse and dingy sort of coral, or a scorched growth of heather. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) For another quarter of an hour the pony floundered through the mud, around gigantic boulders, over slippery hummocks, across little gullies, upon ridges and small hills and down into comparatively level stretches of country. The Coming of the Law In the first hummock which we reached the colonel shot a buck, and I got two young turkeys from a flock. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 Snow softer; used snowshoes; have crossed 11 crevasses; much chopping; brash and small hummocks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The snow is still the same, very wet, so that one sank deep in between the hummocks, and there are plenty of them. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 You're going to extremes," he continued; "from the red-hot decks of a burning ship to the ice hummocks of the polar seas. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers It has gleams of emerald and azure welling from its hummocks under gray skies. Old Plymouth Trails The irregularities of the surface, broken by hummocks, and occasionally by larger masses, made it difficult to see far ahead, besides which we were often embarrassed by the fogs. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 A raven frequently looks like a man, and a hummock, but 25 feet high, a short distance away, will at times rise to the proportions of a mountain. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z At last, on the top of a huge hummock, I got a sight of her broadside on, and there, too, she dropped. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Off Point Romanoff the ice-crush was piled high an' they had to lift the sleds over the hummocks for two days on end. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers The islands of the Grecian Archipelago were roofed over with a vault of low-lying clouds, as if those ferriferous hummocks and limestone peaks were the invisible pillars of an enormous crypt. Aliens From behind a frozen hummock a great white bear padded. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 There are only two big hummocks in sight. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z About midday I took a walk over towards the hummock to find out a suitable transport path, and discovered an excellent one. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Both tops are hummocks on the huge dome of Ararat, like the humps on the back of a camel, on neither one of which is there a vestige of anything but snow. Across Asia on a Bicycle I suppose the grinding of the ice deafened us, and the hummocks hid us from view of the people on board; at all events, down came one of the river steamers slap on us. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement But after he had rounded a hummock of glistening sand he saw the cove, and in a few minutes more had entered it and discovered a roughly constructed wharf. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories Ice same; wind 1 W.; snow moderately hard; few hummocks and no pressure lines. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The great hummock, which constantly increased its distance from the vessel, also drifted very irregularly, so that it was at one time abeam, at another right ahead. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The boldness of the wolves was altogether astonishing, as they were almost constantly seen among the hummocks, or lying quietly, at no great distance, in wait for the dogs. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. They were covered with snow which made them appear like ice hummocks in the sunshine, and which rendered the small black objects moving among them very distinct. Peggy Owen and Liberty In a minute, he was up again and off, sliding, leaping from hummock to hummock, glissading down the little inclines, speeding like a winged Mercury of the North. The Wilderness Trail Camp on an old field—the only one on the horizon with big hummocks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The petroleum launch, which was of no use to us as it was, but would afford good materials for runners and other things, was brought from the great hummock and taken to pieces. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 However, they persisted; they dashed at snow-covered mounds only to find them hummocks or rocks. The Come Back Twin plumes of vapor rose through the snow that curved in gentle hummocks over the buried domes. The Thirst Quenchers Or if the wind had been blowing the other way he could have told, without looking around, that Mrs. Woodchuck's son Billy was gazing at him, with popeyes, from behind a near-by hummock. The Tale of Old Dog Spot Ice in large fields; many hummocks; few heavy fields. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z One long-boat had been put out earlier, and now we took the other down from the davits and took it up to the great hummock. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 A short distance to the right of them the quartz rock was as smooth as polished marble save for a hummock here and there, some of the latter smooth, others rough. The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass His way led over hummocks of solid salt, across mud-holes and borax-encrusted flats; and far to the south another form moved towards him–it was the Indian, riding out to bring him in. Wunpost Further on in the darkness he saw the roof of the mill and the broken hummocks of the dump; beyond lay the other trail and the open country and his car–and the six-shooter–beyond! Shadow Mountain Midnight; north cloudy, but ice bright; many hummocks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The medicine-chest, which had also lain in depot at the great hummock, was fetched and stowed away in one of the long-boats, which had been placed on the pressure-ridge hard by the ship. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The turfy hummock is our bed, Our home is in the red deer's den, Our roof, the treetop overhead, For we are wild and hunted men. Eighth Reader Well out in the desert, among the hummocks of earth heaped around anchoring sage clumps, stood the Elkhorn Hotel. Claim Number One We can get up on that hummock, against it. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 As we stood there one of the dogs came jogging along from the big hummock. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I On the great hummock were many things I thought might be left there for the present—for instance, the greater part of our dogs’ food. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 He could rest, then look later for the ice hummock behind which the plane lay sheltered. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 We saw the light of the sun on a vast stretch of hummocks and hills of bald rock. Westward with the Prince of Wales As the days shortened, the rivers were locked deep and fast; a sharp wind penetrated the forest, and the salty bay was fringed with jagged and glistening hummocks of ice. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba It had seemed so large in the fog, scratching at the meat hummock. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I This hummock presented very good snow-shoeing slopes, and we practised there to our heart’s content. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Four eggs laid in a grass lined hollow in middle of a hummock of earth and grass, in middle of marsh. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. It, too, crashed deafeningly upon the floor and rolled sluggishly downward beside the high hummock of glass that the first rock had become. Two Thousand Miles Below But it is the Undercliff which has the perennial charm for humanity, for all along its sloping face there are bewildering hummocks and hollows, checkered with purple rocks and elder-trees. A Singer from the Sea I couldn’t get along so fast with my great wooden shoes, and in my confusion I got right on to the big hummock to the west of the ship’s bow, you know. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I The floe with the ruins of the forge was slowly bearing away in the same direction as the great hummock, and served for some time as a kind of beacon for us. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Nest a neatly rounded hollow, sunk into a mossy hummock in marshy ground. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. The wagon was so covered with snow that it resembled a hummock, which ordinarily would have been passed without notice. A Waif of the Mountains True to his intention Scipio scoured the district with an excess of enthusiasm which carried him far, and sundown found him amongst the beehive hummocks which form the approach to the greater hills. The Twins of Suffering Creek Not a sound to be heard but the drip, drip of water from a block of ice, and the dull sound of a snow-slip from some hummock in the distance. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I The sledges, which were all brought on board from the great hummock where they had lain all the winter, were repaired and fitted with runners. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Nest on a hummock of the tundra, near a small pool, lined with grass and down. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. He leaped from his couch of leaves, and, like a deer, bounded from hummock to hummock in the swamp. King Philip Makers of History "Has all the game felt it necessary to go south?" said the doctor, stopping at the foot of a hummock. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Creaking has begun in the old hummock on the port quarter; it is getting louder, and, so far as I can see, the hummock is slowly rising. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I True, Mogstad saw a bear at the great hummock, but, as it was far off to begin with, and going rapidly farther, it was not pursued. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 It's drier on yonder hummock and we'll have to get you across to it. Blake's Burden Then Pa wanted me to read the paper to him, which I did, after seating myself on a big hummock of tundra and properly adjusting my spectacles. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska The boatswain crept behind a hummock which hid him entirely from the sight of the bear, who stayed in the same place, continually sniffing the air. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras During the whole period of our drifting and of our travels over the ice-fields in the far north I only once saw a hummock of a greater height than 23 feet. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Last of all, the petroleum launch, which was hanging in the davits on the port side, was lowered, and was dragged towards the great hummock. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Distant island, from west 6º 39' north, to west 9º north, formed of one large flat space and five hummocks, eight or nine leagues. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island I was using the pick upon a cluster of bunch grass hummocks, wishing to fill the gold pan with dirt from underneath that I might wash it out and see if it contained 'colors'. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska The doctor soon reached the hummock which concealed Johnson. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras I expected every moment to see a huge form rise among the hummocks ahead, or come rushing towards me. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I I turned round when we had gone some little way, and saw his figure on the top of the hummock; he was still looking after us. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The wickiups were silent under their glistening blue-white hummocks. Shaman And now the evil spirit came in sight out on the ice; they could see the tips of its ears over the hummocks as it crept along. Eskimo Folk-Tales "But, if I am not mistaken," said Johnson, pointing to a hummock a hundred paces distant, "that dark green block shows—" "You are right; come, my friends; bring your hatchet, Johnson." The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The wind is whistling among the hummocks; the snow flies rustling through the air; ice and sky are melted into one. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Some of the hands, under Sverdrup, are working, trying to cut away the hummock ice on the port side, and they have already made good headway. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers. Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Then the dogs came hurrying out from the hummocks, and shook themselves violently, for their coats were full of sand. Eskimo Folk-Tales The three men separated so as to surround him and cut off his retreat; and they approached within a few fathoms' lengths of him, hiding behind the hummocks, and then fired. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras By the light of the lantern we traced the blood-marked path on among the hummocks. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I The ice we are going over is anything but even; it is still rather massive and old, with hummocks and irregularities in every direction, and no real flat tracts. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Hunters tell us that when crossing a swamp they leap from one hummock of grass to another. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character As they went on they had to pass around great ridges of snow and over hummocks of ice, where the water had frozen while tumbling down the mountain side. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy But then this vast expanse of water was hidden beneath enormous fields of ice, in which arose the hummocks, uniform as a homogeneous crystallization. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Ice and hummocks were quite violet wherever they were turned from the daylight. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I To-day, however, it is brilliant, clear blue sky, and the sun has just come over the top of our hummock and down into the tent. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Now and then he found a hummock, but there were times when he sank to the knee in clinging goo. Smugglers' Reef The big, bespined joints spread themselves in a thick carpet over the sand and climbed over one another in great hummocks and stuck out their millions upon millions of needles in every direction. With Hoops of Steel The boundless plain stretched out with tiresome monotony; everywhere there appeared heaped-up ice-hills, hummocks, blocks, and icebergs, separated by winding valleys; they walked staff in hand, saying but little. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras There is a pretty bad bit first, with hummocks and pressure-ridges, and then you come out on these great wide plains, which seem to extend for miles and miles to the north, east, and southeast. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I I thought it too big to be only a piled-up hummock mixed with black ice or earthy matter, and I had never seen anything of the kind before. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Simon pulled Papillon's head over, jumped the narrow ditch along the side of the road, and took up a position on a rocky hummock, Thierry beside him. The Saracen: The Holy War The next instant, they discerned the whole great ice field, as far as they could see, in motion; crumbling about the shores and heaving up into hummocks here and there. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill "The masses of ice took the forms of hummocks and icebergs." The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras I turned, and just caught a glimpse of a bear making off towards the hummocks. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Not doubting but that he had seen an animal, I jumped up to hurry off to the lookout hummock to scan the ice. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Lorraine ducked, stumbled and fell head-first over a hummock, not quite sure that she had not been shot. Sawtooth Ranch The hummocks are reared up around the ship, so as to rise a couple of feet above our bulwarks, five feet above our deck. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The doctor ran on ahead to examine this snow, when suddenly, as he was trying to jump upon a hummock, he disappeared from sight. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras I saw from a high hummock that this opening stretched north as far as the eye could reach. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I It half staggered over, and then turned round and made off, and before I could extract a new cartridge from my pocket, which was full of everything else, was away among the hummocks. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 You hear, "One, two, three, haul," all day long, as she is worked out of one ice "cradle-hole" over a hummock into another. If, Yes and Perhaps Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact But before Orah had finished hers she leaned her head on a grassy hummock, and fell asleep. Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Its rays threw out a light which was reflected from the ice; towards the northwest the ice-field looked like a perfectly smooth plain; not a hummock was to be seen. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras I looked out sharply in all directions over the hummocks, which cast long, many-shaped shadows; but I could distinguish nothing in this confusion. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I According to our usual custom, we led the dog away behind a hummock, so that the others should not know what was going on. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Towards the south was the sea, covered with one unbroken surface of ice, uniform in its dazzling whiteness, except that, in some parts, a few hummocks were seen thrown up somewhat above the general level. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe The larger combe consists of slopes of sand and gravel, with soft sand hummocks at the base; while on the western side and plateau is a mass of heather and gorse. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch And just then we struck a hummock on the side of the road, and the jolt threw me violently against the steering wheel. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 I seated myself on a snow hummock far away out; the dogs crowded round to be patted. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I We had to content ourselves at last with a little pressed-up hummock, which we could just get under the lee of. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 For a vessel to run upon one of these low hummocks would simply be destruction, as the water alongside of them is rarely less than two or three hundred fathoms in depth. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands At the avenue's end they came abruptly into the cantonment itself: stony, barren, unlovely, the dead level broken here and there by rounded hummocks unworthy to be called hills. Captain Desmond, V.C. The light had grown a little clearer now, and the snow was thinning, but it still whirled about them, and lay piled in drawn-out wreaths to lee of every hummock or ragged ridge. Hawtrey's Deputy Presently Johansen came tearing down into the saloon, crying out that a couple of bears were lying half or quite dead on the large ice hummock astern of the ship. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I By 7 o’clock I could see a broad lane before us, stretching away west and east as far as the eye could reach from the highest hummock. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 He made queer noises with his lips and his mount responded instantly, leaping with distended nostrils over stone and hummocks, like a piece of live steel. Colorado Jim At the foot of the highest hummock, crowned with buildings of uniform ugliness, the tonga-driver drew rein and indicated a steep pathway. Captain Desmond, V.C. He fell silent also and kicked gravely and absently into a hummock with the toe of his boot. The Trail to Yesterday On my way I came across a remarkable hummock. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Yesterday the southeast wind set in; it has increased to-day and become rather strong, to judge by the whistling round the hummocks outside. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The ice being now strong, they skimmed across rivers and creeks, raising the snow in clouds and “switchbacking” over hummocks in a fashion that under other conditions might have been exhilarating. Colorado Jim Hugh knelt on a hummock with his hand on the opposite bank and drank as only the man who plows corn on a hot June day can. The Wind Before the Dawn They crept along, springing from hummock to hummock. Two Little Confederates I do not feel at all certain that these were not in reality icebergs; but it is no doubt possible that such hummocks might be formed by violent pressure against land or something resembling it. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Sometimes it happened that we passed through places where the ice was “unusually massive, with high hummocks, so that it looked like undulating country covered with snow.” Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Coming closer, she dropped to her knees on the little hummock of dry earth. The Huntress Her uncle laughed as he led the way over the hummocks down the rugged path to the rocks. Three Little Cousins Sometimes pastures are full of little hummocks of trees that have not yet been able to overtop the grazers. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 I shot at the big hummock yonder—I thought something was stirring there, and I wanted to see what it was, but it seems to have been nothing.’ Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I We put in, and went up to one herd behind a hummock. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The sleds were constantly hauled up hummocks sixty to seventy feet high, and much care was needed to prevent them falling headlong from the summits with the dogs. From Paris to New York by Land She looked after Polly skipping over the hummocks to Grace Wharton's and wished she were going, too. Three Little Cousins A small coast-hill, differing from a hummock in having a peaked or pointed summit. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. At the hummock a hearty cheer was given for the Fram, which had brought us hither so well, and which would, doubtless, take us equally well home again. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I When they were all there, Jackson said that I had reached 86° 15′ north latitude, and from seven powerful lungs I was given a triple British cheer that echoed among the hummocks. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 By the end of June the snow on land was fast disappearing, and blue lakes began to appear amongst the white plains and hummocks of the sea. From Paris to New York by Land Molly was delighted at Polly's enthusiasm, for she, too, loved the sea and the rocks and the wide stretches of grassy hummocks. Three Little Cousins When Benson leased it two years ago it was merely sand hummocks and mesquite, like the rest of the desert. The Desert Fiddler On returning after dinner to their work at the great hummock, where they were busy making an ice-cellar for fresh meat,9 the men found bear-tracks which were not there before. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I While I was on a hummock inspecting the waters ahead, a huge monster of a walrus came up quite near us. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 They set up the wet tent behind a hummock, and crouched inside it upon a ground-sheet, while Charly boiled a kettle on the little oil blast stove. Masters of the Wheat-Lands Molly made a pretty butterfly with yellow paper wings, and as they all set out across the hummocks to the little landing every one was entirely satisfied. Three Little Cousins And the country around lost the density of matted jungle and undulated in a succession of grassy stretches through which cropped great round hummocks of sandy hills. Gold Out of Celebes It is hard work for the poor snow-shoer who stamps along through the slush and fog after bear-tracks that wind in and out among the hummocks, or over them. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Hardly had the bear fallen before we saw two more, peeping over a hummock a little way off—cubs, who naturally wanted to see the result of the maternal chase. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The light had grown clearer now, and the snow was thinning, but it still whirled about them, and lay piled in drawn-out wreaths to lee of every hummock or ragged ridge. Masters of the Wheat-Lands Crestwick was somewhere on the wrong side of the crack, which seemed to lead right across the stream toward the confusion of broken ridges and hummocks which, as Lisle remembered, fringed the opposite bank. The Long Portage Then came a cry from their lookout on the hummock crest, and they climbed up beside him. Gold Out of Celebes Every here and there this monotonous grayish whiteness is broken by the coal-black water, which winds, in narrower or broader lanes, in between the high hummocks. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I We accordingly disembarked and climbed up on a hummock to find out our best route. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The floor was covered with white canton flannel, so arranged over slight ridges and hummocks that it looked exactly like a field of drifted snow. Patty's Success That meant the only escape for the women would be through the back-yard, and over fields knee-deep in mud, where dead horses lie loosely buried in hummock graves. Young Hilda at the Wars The ensuing period of quiet was longer than the last; but when again rifle shots crashed out, they were so near that the watchers on the hummock could see and count the flashes. Gold Out of Celebes The ice-fields stretch all around, bathed in the silver moonlight; here and there dark cold shadows project from the hummocks, whose sides faintly reflect the twilight. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I I saw fresh-water pools on the ice under some hummocks yesterday for the first time. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 I am lying behind a hummock of snow—we call them hummocks there—and he looks all round, and finally drags himself up on to the ice; then with a bound I am on him. The Children's Book of London An old farm cart came jogging by, wrenching its body from side to side as it struck invisible hummocks and dipped into shell holes. Young Hilda at the Wars Rolfe and some hands hastily built a huge bonfire of dry brushwood on the damp grass behind the hummock, and beaters were set to prevent the fire spreading out of hand. Gold Out of Celebes It slid up over the crest of a hill, set back between two hummocks on the desert. The Hunted Heroes It still staggered on, but fell down between some hummocks a little way off. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Behind these low, long hills,—they suggest flat, rocky hummocks—the South African burghers made many a desperate stand against the English. An African Adventure About the bright yellow sea of the desert which came up to the high cliffs of the town, the squatting camels made dark hummocks. Old Junk He looked out across a wide circle of sward, dotted with hummocks of brown earth. Gold Out of Celebes The alluvial strip by the Nile, along which we had marched so many days, gave place to ridges and hummocks of sand, gravel, and rock. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan We do nothing but scan the horizon longingly for land, but see nothing, even when I climb up on to the highest hummocks with the telescope. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The sand-hills or hummocks which are observed on the shores of Holland and Belgium are produced by the ceaseless beating of the stormy waves. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim I got into a hollow which had a floor of hoary lichen, with bronze hummocks of moss. Old Junk This was because he was familiar with this landscape of bog and hummock and pine knoll. Blackbeard: Buccaneer |
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