| 单词 | lee side |
| 例句 | Both were to the lee side of the storm. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d brought the boy around on the lee side of him when suddenly the beach before them appeared shuddering out of the blackness and vanished again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Several foundation stones on the lee side had crumbled away, allowing Fyrian to crouch low and peer inside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was better in such conditions to fish Elliot Head, since the head lay far from the shipping lane and well to the lee side of Elliot Island, out of the big water breezes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I followed it around to the lee side with my fingers. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We opted to snorkel on the lee side, exploring the coral-encrusted rock ledges near the beach, where small gobys swam through the spines of black urchins. On a Trip to St. Croix, Room for Man and Nature 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Deserts are frequently located on the downwind or lee side of mountain ranges, which create a rain shadow after prevailing winds drop their water content on the mountains. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Winds also lift over and through crenulated ridgelines and careen downhill, accelerating with gravity on the lee sides of mountains, which is the side facing the ocean and densely populated coastal Southern California. Why it's been so warm and windy in Southern California this winter 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z The Phoenix’s deep hull acted as a barrier, calming the waves on the lee side, where the girls were pulled aboard. The millionaire who rescues migrants at sea | Giles Tremlett 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z If you need air, open one on the lee side.” The best of us 2013-07-31T17:20:57.693Z Shortly after 0.15 a.m. on the 7th inst., being in my cabin, which was on the starboard or lee side of the ship, I was disturbed in my sleep by the noise of some marines. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z I noticed that Damphool had found a dry place on the lee side of a cider barrel. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z He was curling down to sleep on the lee side of a bunch of bushes. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z A ragged mass of fallen timber on the lee side proclaimed that some portion of her had been carried away during the storm of the night,—and she had little left to spare. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z The lee side of these heights is a great deal worse than the west side of Gibraltar Rock while the strongest Levanter is blowing. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Hard ~, or Luff ~, an order to put the helm to the lee side. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Of course, in the latter case the rain will fall heavier on the wind side than on the lee side. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z It was open on the lee side, the thatching, such as it was, covering two thirds of the circumference to windward. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z When I visited Trinidad with the 'Falcon' I discovered one especially safe landing-place on the lee side of the island, where a natural pier of coral projects into the sea beyond the breakers. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z After that the canoe put her lee side in every now and then, but very soon a foam-fringed point stretched out ahead. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z I ducked, and scrambled under the lee side of a friendly rock, while the stone went by with a loud buzz. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Fortunately, Mr. Transit, who was planking the deck on the lee side, approached near enough to enable Somers to avoid answering the question, and he thus escaped the necessity of telling a falsehood. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z If approached carefully on the lee side one may get very close, however, and then the action of the sentinels is something that makes the gauchos laugh. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z To remain hove to off this lee side of the island is a very easy matter. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z On the lee side the davits were twisted and bent, and the boats had disappeared. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z From the lee side of the boat-deck a row of empty davits overhung the black water, the lower blocks of the disengaged falls flogging the ship's side like a series of blows with a sledge-hammer. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Staggering along the slippery, heaving deck, they reached the lee side of the deck-house, where, gripping the stout iron stanchion-rail, they awaited the next flash of lightning. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z By this time a dozen search-lights were concentrated on the coal-hulk, with the result that the submarine lying on the lee side was in even greater darkness. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z The hammocks containing these hang on the lee side, and the crew keep far away indeed. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Mark rowed with a scull out on the lee side, and got her round. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z You have fresh clothes, and perfumed, the odor of which, though pleasant, I shall try in the first battle to keep on the lee side of me. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Then, borne on the breast of the roller, the little craft was tossed like a cork right over the rocks, her keel scraping the lee side of the reef by barely a yard! The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Boarding on the lee side, the Sub in charge of the Tremendous's whaler succeeded in getting the whole of the mine-sweeper's crew into his boat, and, dangerously overladen, the whaler began her bid for safety. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z “Come ’round t’ the lee side, you dunderhead! Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z St. Pierre is situated on the lee side of the island, something less than two thousand miles, by the course we have steered, from New York, and three hundred miles from St. Thomas. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The pinnace grounded on the lee side of a sandbank, for there was little swell, although on the outlying coral reefs the sea was breaking heavily. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The north and east shores, on the lee side of the island, are guarded from the open bay by nearby land. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z This held the draft open to the side away from the wind and was moved according to the changes of the wind so as always to be open to the lee side. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z In running before the wind, the side the leading vessel carries her main boom is to be considered the lee side. p. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z Neither of them spoke until they heard a rattle of blocks and the rush of water along the lee side showed that the Cetacea had swung round. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Here, on the lee side of the extensive coral ledge, they were in comparative safety. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The large islands have a considerable extent of undulating country, dry and open on their lee sides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z In this way he made enough money to keep himself, sleeping when the nights were bad, in barns and on the lee side of hayricks, the bear chained to him. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z I was fishing one day near the end of the lagoon which extends from Utwé to the lee side of the island. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Somebody lighted a blue flare on the deckhouse top, and the strong light showed the gig lurching on the broken heave on the yacht’s lee side. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Under paddles the canoe was urged towards the lee side of the island, where a landing was easily effected. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The lee sides of the larger islands, however, have grassy plains suitable for grazing, with scattered trees, chiefly Pandanus, and ferns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z In streams where Ptychohyla and other hylid tadpoles occur, empty egg capsules have been found on the lee sides of rocks, but there is no way to determine which species laid the eggs. A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla 2011-02-28T03:00:32.093Z They had found their way over to the lee side of the island, and made their way along the beach to Moūt. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Two boatloads of gesticulating individuals now appeared from the shelter of her lee side and began pulling wildly away from the ship. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z "Always sleep on the lee side of your bivouac fire," he said. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The lee side of the island is subject to the visitation of “rollers,” which break on the shore with very great violence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" A bark covering, much ruder than anything which would content an American Indian, forms their only shelter, and they often burrow under the lee side of an overhanging rock. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Hayston answered him politely, and the Marathon soon ran round the lee side of the island. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z He found where the snow had drifted against a great, dead log, leaving the white covering only a foot in depth on the lee side. The Voice of the Pack The ponies humped their backs at the lee side of the fire and seemed grateful for a few mouthsful of smoke in lieu of a wisp of dry buffalo grass. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter The whaleboat was the first to reach the lee side of the disabled schooner. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers I wish you would pull off your oilskins and help me to convey her to the lee side there. A Marriage at Sea Lying under the lee side of the station coughing my life away,—and all my own fault, too. The Mountain Girl It was not difficult to board the derelict, when the boat was brought on the lee side, for the vessel was down well with the water. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine He simply set fire to the prairie and took refuge on the lee side. The Story of the Trapper The windward side of a ship is the side on which the wind is blowing; the lee side, is the opposite side, and is therefore the more quiet. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers "They are on the lee side of the forecastle, and doubtless we shall come upon them in one another's arms." Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier In a twinkling the necessary orders were given, the Bertha Hamilton lost way and rounded to, and a boat manned by six sailors was dropped from the davits on the lee side. Doubloons—and the Girl I thought of the young cattle and the sheep huddled together on the lee side of a haystack in some remote field, all enveloped in mantles of white. A Year in the Fields The boat was pulling up towards the lee side and the smoke was stifling. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers In a storm a ship is always approached, if possible, on the lee side. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers I knew he had been dozing on the lee side of the chart-room. Aliens Turning their backs into the wind, the men veered sharply away from the site of the new gauge and dropped off the crest of the mountain top back to the lee side of the slope. The Thirst Quenchers Then he trotted off on the lee side of the kill, and quietly made towards his entrance to the orchard at home. Finn The Wolfhound From the lee side, he pointed with his finger. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers "Cutter, wait for me!" cried the lad, dashing along the lee side on his way to the cabin. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers They concentrated on the tricky entrance to the lee side of Little Harbor Cay. The Day of the Dog I was on the lee side of the forecastle, and the main-sail, which was still drawing, concealed from me a certain portion of the after-deck. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) Well hidden by the bushes at the end of the run-way, on its lee side, crouched Finn, every nerve tensely alert. Finn The Wolfhound The ship listed so rapidly that the boats on the lee side were useless. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Come up on the lee side and draw in slowly. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers The skipper, a line about his elbow, was hooked up to the main-rigging––the weather side, of course––and it was up to a man’s waist and boiling white on the lee side. The Seiners You tip the submarine and I'll slide out the conning tower exit port on the lee side, so they can't see me, and worm forward through the kelp. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 After touching lightly once, and getting deeper water at the next cast over the lee side, he understood the trick of the extended false Point and stood boldly along shore. The Pirate Woman We saw dozens of hopeless, panic-stricken passengers diving off the lee side, trying to swim off far enough to avoid the tremendous suction. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 It was a most foolish manœuvre, for close at hand on the lee side of her the galleon came lumbering along. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main With this arrangement the leeboard could be raised and lowered and also shifted to the lee side on each tack. The Migrations of an American Boat Type When they stood before the exit port on the lee side, Wells shot back its bolts and the door swung open, revealing the black emptiness of the water chamber. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 So Skipper Bill reached out with the gaff and drew the boat up the lee side. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys Clinging to the lee side of the rock I saw the black tentacles of the giant octopus—waiting for a wave to dash us to its mercy. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 The sulphuric volcano from which the island takes its name is on the north-west side; it emits white smoke, and the smell of sulphur is very strong on the lee side of the crater. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island A window of the cabin on the lee side had been left open. Mr. Wicker's Window It was along the lee side of a series of cuts, and the snow was mainly massed on the opposite set of rails. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer We reached the hotel and on its lee side I lifted her down to the topmost of the piazza steps. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton I counted no less than thirteen cats, all of a dark colour, crouching under the lee side of the alley walls. Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories One day, however, on the lee side of one of the outer reefs, I had reason to change my opinion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Laboriously the sailors worked their way through the tossing sea to the lee side of the "Grape-shot," and after much difficulty succeeded in taking off all on board, and the return trip was commenced. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Bela paddled under the lee side and landed in quiet water. The Huntress —To strike hull in a storm, is to take in her sails and lash the helm on the lee side of the ship, which is termed to lie a-hull. 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. The boats had been towed on the lee side of the ships, and when shouted to to send a boat ashore an answer was given that these had been lost in a storm. With Cochrane the Dauntless Next moment it seemed to me we were on the lee side, and Maggie herself hailed the shipwrecked people. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Locke and Marjorie were in deck chairs around the cabin on the lee side, sheltered from sun and wind to some degree by the sail over their heads. Isle o' Dreams Almost at once part of the section on the lee side, which by good chance happened to be the one next to the river, was lowered again that the pilot might get a clear view. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland They extend from the centre line to the lee side of a ship or boat, so set much flatter than square-sails. 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. But we had no shelter for his pony, and all we could do was to hitch him on the lee side of the shanty, and strap a blanket on him. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier Her intention appeared to be that of rounding the island, and probably anchoring on the lee side of it. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Going nearly before the wind, it took a long sweep to reduce the pressure on the mainsail; and the water flowed in over the lee side about as fast as Thad could pump it out. All Adrift or The Goldwing Club Keeping, by the captain’s directions, on the lee side, they rapidly advanced, with a bright lookout ahead. The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers The captain asked us in a polite manner if we would not please move and get on the "lee side" of the passengers. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 I would as soon camp for ever on the lee side of Tophet. A Tramp's Notebook With true breed seamanship she was beached on a steep and stony incline on the lee side of a point. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest At this moment a tremendous gust struck the mainsail, and Dory crowded the helm down; but the schooner took in a large quantity of water over the lee side as she careened. All Adrift or The Goldwing Club The fore part of the vessel, to which nine people were clinging, alone remained; to reach them it was necessary to land on the lee side of the rock. A Yacht Voyage Round England We carried three boats, and our native sailors showed their pluck and skill by actually getting all three safely into the water, two on the lee side, and one on the other. "Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 In another minute he had shambled down to the boat, and as the sun sank below the line of coconuts on the lee side of Nukutavau, the schooner swept away into the darkness. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 The Victoria lays over to it, her forefoot slashing, her lee side hissing, the windward rigging strained and screaming, and every stitch of canvas drawing full. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways The waves broke over her on the weather side, but she did not scoop up the water on the lee side. All Adrift or The Goldwing Club But it was on the lee side of her, and his dory was fairly well protected from the rush of the seas. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Suddenly the wicker-work door on the lee side was opened, and Nalik jumped in, dripping with rain, but smiling good-naturedly as usual. "Martin Of Nitendi"; and The River Of Dreams 1901 He didn't answer, but crossed the deck between the binnacle and the deck-house to the lee side. Man Overboard! He then explained my duty in tacking or coming about, which was to let go the jib-sheet on the lee side, when the sail shook, and haul in on the weather side. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk The boat which had been lowered on the lee side at that moment appeared from under the stern of the vessel, and pulled rapidly towards them. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea I found the grass so thick and well tied that the rain did not get through, and the entrance was on the lee side. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Soon another storm arose suddenly, and so severe, that they were glad to take shelter upon the lee side of a rocky island. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago Jack Benton turned his head rather stealthily as I looked away, and then he hid the thing in his trousers pocket, and went aft on the lee side, out of sight. Man Overboard! I stretched myself on the cushions, on the lee side, out of the helmsman's way, covered myself with the blanket, and was soon asleep. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk As this boat was to be got into the water on the lee side, there was a greater probability of her swimming, provided she did not encounter any rocks. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea The original survey team had made its camp in the relative frankness of the plain, then, after preliminary tests, had moved to higher ground, specifically, the lee side of one of the nearer hills. Attrition Mrs. Mingo got hold of the topgallant halliards, and finding them loose, swung out over the lee side of the ship. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics When the ship rolled, the faucets on the lee side poured out a few drops of water. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany "You will be flung on the holme by that undertow on the lee side." Viking Boys The deck was wet and slippery, and inclined over towards the lee side. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea On the lee side of that ness was the very town about his father's house; and the very first man he saw was his father, with lobster-pots all round him. Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America This was always on the lee side, as the canoes can sail both ways, stem or stern first. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading The boat had some distance to pull before a spot could be found where she could safely approach the ice on the lee side of the floe. Archibald Hughson An Arctic Story Roderick, the groom, being in the harness-room on the lee side of the nursery at the time, made a remark with the same opening words. The Eagle Cliff “If we can pass through there we may get round the lee side, and land without difficulty,” he said. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea On the lee side, however, the boat found a sort of temporary harbour. The Story of the Rock Over to port!” roared the skipper, seeing them making for the lee side of the ship. The Island Treasure The carpenter, with his saw, then cut a hole to serve as a doorway, on the lee side of the hut. Archibald Hughson An Arctic Story When they were done, collecting our guns, and bags, and game, we sat down on the lee side of the rock, and speedily silenced the cravings of hunger. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Hardly had he thrown himself down on the lee side, away from the public path, than he was fast asleep. The Rival Crusoes Deep drifts were piled up on all the corners and on the lee side of all buildings. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska I heard two sailors who were standing by the lee side of the windlass end conversing about the seriousness of the vessel's position. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century Rocky had been tied by his halter to the lee side of the wagon to prevent him from wandering under the trees and courting speedy destruction there. The Adventurous Seven Their Hazardous Undertaking The sail was forthwith hoisted, and we quickly ran round to the lee side, where a wide opening in the surf presented itself. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Having penetrated deeply into the tree on the lee side, he now stood on the weather side, and prepared to give the finishing strokes. The Rival Crusoes He heard the lee side firing cut out, as Garrity hung on with two, then three guns. Slingshot I lashed the wheel for a moment or two, went to the lee side, knelt down, and offered a fervent prayer to Almighty God. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century The Adieno had now entirely lost her headway, and as the strong wind began to act on her top works, she drifted over to the lee side of the channel. Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student Then they continue to work along the ground and upwards on the lee side of the wall, sheltered by their original structure from the heavy seas. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Down below was a court filled with coal boxes and old barrels, and perfumed like the lee side of Barren Island. Shorty McCabe A figure came out of the blackness on the lee side of the deck. The Frozen Pirate The wind rose considerably, so that we lighted a fire on the lee side of my tent, and gazed round upon the strange and noble scene around. Byeways in Palestine “I have had hard work to get them, but there is no lack of more on the lee side of the island, so we shall not starve,” he exclaimed. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy The weather side of a ship means the side which happens to be presented to the wind; the lee side, that which is away from the wind, and, therefore, sheltered. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Presently the lifeboat was close on the lee side of the mast, and a cheer burst from her crew when they saw the number of survivors on the cross-trees. The Lifeboat To this Briant replied by falling on his knees on the lee side of the goods, and digging with his hands in the sand most furiously. The Red Eric As he looked over the gangway and bow, coming round on the lee side of the forecastle, he saw some canvas hanging on one of the night-heads. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer Most of the bulwarks on the starboard or lee side had been knocked away; it was therefore an easy task to clear a space sufficient to launch the raft overboard. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor Although there was sufficient on the lee side to float the boats—we found six feet astern—there were not more than eight feet on the weather or starboard side. Twice Lost The raft being on the lee side of the whale, he and Nub then hoisted the sail. The South Sea Whaler I had, therefore, to make a circuit, till I could get to the lee side. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory You know that it is the custom to moor ships to the lee side of a berg, to prevent their drifting to leeward with a contrary wind. Peter the Whaler She had gone, I ought to have said, on the lee side of the raft; but the wind was light, so that she could have had no difficulty in pulling up to it. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor The boat was therefore headed in towards a point on the lee side, where it appeared likely that an easy landing-place could be found. Ned Garth Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade Presently the sternmost was seen to put down her helm and lay the other aboard on the lee side. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Under the lee side of the trees, also, he scraped together enough dry leaves and small twigs and bark to raise a blaze and dry the wet wood. The Gilpins and their Fortunes A Story of Early Days in Australia The tents were pitched on the lee side of a wood, where there was but little snow, and the air was comparatively warm. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins Accordingly, Charley and I hunted about in every direction, and at last came on a shallow cave on the lee side of a rock. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor A boat crowded with people had got away on the lee side towards the land, and another, attempting to follow her example, was swamped, and we feared that all the people in her were lost. Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land In order to obtain cocoanuts we pulled for the shore on the lee side, where it seemed possible to land. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific Still, during a gale such as was now blowing, the sea washed tumultuously round the rock, and rendered the landing—even on the lee side—not only difficult but dangerous. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors Sailors call the side on which the wind strikes, the weather or windward side, and the opposite to it the lee side. Ben Hadden or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It At length the boat got round to the lee side of the wreck. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea As we drew near, I saw that the sea was breaking heavily on the weather shore, but I had no doubt of being able to land on the lee side. Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land As the lee side of the sails was already under water, there was no probability that the brig would rise again. The Three Admirals Sometimes, to prevent his vessel being drifted on icebergs, or the rocky shore, or fields of ice, to leeward, he secures her on the lee side of some large berg. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign I had an idea that he was very likely drowned if he was over on the lee side, but I didn’t say so for fear of grieving his young masters. The Three Lieutenants Water oozed out of the tops of her shoes as she pressed her feet against the lee side of the boat to maintain her position on the slippery floor boards. Priscilla's Spies Denis was about to dash forward, when Gozo called to him and advised him to make a circuit so as to come upon the herd on the lee side. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand She had narrowly missed being swept round the island, when she would in all probability have been lost unless some counter current, on the lee side, had driven her back. The Three Admirals The captain and two of his lieutenants walked the weather side of the quarter-deck, while the other gun-room officers and some of the midshipmen, paced the lee side. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War We continued on till we got on the lee side of it, when we ran close into the rocks. In the Eastern Seas It was an enormous rock that towered up some scores of feet, and on the lee side, where our young folks had found shelter, hung over for perhaps twenty feet. Winter Adventures of Three Boys This done, the two guns were run forward and pointed out through the two foremost ports on the lee side of the deck. Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship This was probably on the inner or lee side. The Three Admirals The fellow stood close to the middle gun, on its lee side, and appeared to be sheltering himself as well as he could from the wind and the rain by crouching close to its carriage. The Log of a Privateersman Mr Thudicumb’s glancing axe descended, while at the same moment the boatswain cut the weather shrouds; and as the mast fell over, several brave fellows sprang to leeward to divide those on the lee side. In the Eastern Seas In two minutes we must reach the other side of that high rocky point, and in the remaining half minute we must get on the lee side of the great sheltering rocks. Winter Adventures of Three Boys As I wheeled at the stern-grating in my monotonous promenade of the lee side of the quarter-deck, a hail came down from aloft— “Sail ho! two of ’em, sir, broad on the lee beam. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron She therefore kept at a respectful distance, cautiously steering round to the lee side, with the lead constantly going, lest she might run against any reef below the water. The Three Admirals And the reason why it had not been burnt with the rest was because it stood on the lee side of a lake big enough to cut off the flames from that little patch. The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn He found it on the lee side of a bluff where an eddy had scooped a little bay in the steep bank, and turning the canoe inside it, they stepped ashore. A Mating in the Wilds The officers, gathered in a little knot on the lee side of the quarter-deck, several midshipmen among them, were worthy of the crew and the commander. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution Seems shy and bashful too, except when she snuggles up on the lee side of Marjorie and trails off with her. Torchy, Private Sec. Still I manage to sit on one of those Benches you may remember under the lee side of the hedge, and still my seventy-third year approaches. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II Thus I flattered myself I was keeping on the lee side of the law. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble You may often see, in late September or early October, these tramp bees passing the night or a cold rain-storm on the lee side of a thistle-head. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers I'll land you on the lee side," said Obed, as he pulled into a narrow opening between two cliffs, "and wait here for you while you go across to the harbor on the other side. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England As an additional evidence of this fact, we frequently find on the lee side of such knolls accumulations of the loose materials which the glacier carries with it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 They built smudge fires of green wood and on the lee side of these another one of dry sticks. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North I was on the lee side of a camel, opening a boil in Mujrim's leg with his razor, when I caught sight of one of the younger men trying to burgle the medicine-chest. The Lion of Petra The young men speedily lowered the canoe, under the shelter of the lee side of the ship, took some beads, calicoes, and other articles, and then, seating themselves in the boat, paddled rapidly away. Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main Our exit port was on the lee side of the building from the hostile searchbeam. Brigands of the Moon By clearing the ground, brushing the needles aside for a foot or so on the lee side of the fire, most of it burned itself out and the rest he could stamp to extinction. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters Round the curve on the concave and lee side of the river, where the wind drives the wavelets direct upon the strand, there are little beaches formed by the undermining and fall of the bank. Nature Near London But he did not go down, as he had evidently intended to do, and waited till the second lieutenant came over to the lee side of the vessel. On The Blockade "If you will let me get the tug out of the trough of the sea, you can easily haul the boat up on the lee side of her," Christy explained. Taken by the Enemy They sprang into the boat, which luckily hung on the lee side, and cleared the falls—fastened and coiled in the bow and stern. Great Sea Stories As near as he could tell he walked for two hours, and then, utterly exhausted, lay down on the lee side of a turf wall. Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick All the same, they did not land to encamp that night, but slept in midstream, with their boats tied to the rushes or on the lee side of floating trees. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark She stood on the lee side of the rock fanning herself with her hat. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade On the lee side another man could be seen stretched out as if stunned; only the washboard prevented him from going over the side. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle "I am terribly anxious about the Phantom," Frank said, "and only trust that she was in a snug harbour on the lee side of one of the islands." The Queen's Cup Here on the lee side of the hill they met mighty drifts of feathery snow into which the dogs wallowed to their backs and the snowshoes of the men sunk deep. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell That night they camped together on the lee side of the dog sleighs, piled high as a wind-break; and Matonabbee, the famous courser of the Northern wastes, gave Hearne wise advice. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark We had entered a ravine and came on a cluster of wigwams to the lee side of a bluff. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Then he and Bob drove the dogs to the lee side of the island, where they found four large snow igloos and several men, women and children, standing outside waiting to see the white traveller. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale Each man seized an arm or leg, and Blogg was carried round the mast to the lee side. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Try to find the lee side of a rock or log where the wind and rain do not beat in. Outdoor Sports and Games He, therefore, after a few turns, ensconced himself as comfortably as possible on the lee side of the building during the violence of the storm, taking advantage of occasional intermissions to resume his walk. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance The lee side of the waist,—the midshipman of the watch always being on the weather side,—the top-gallant forecastle, and the tops were the favorite resorts of the conspirators. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Lee boards, then, are boards which are hung over the lee side of a boat to prevent it from drifting to leeward, and they serve to take the place of a keel or centerboard.” The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island None; without removing to the lee side of the island as the wind changes. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island Everything being ready, he sailed from Blefuscu on 24th September 1701, and the same night anchored on the lee side of an island which seemed to be uninhabited. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories I received the last from her at 5.0 p.m., then had to go round to the lee side to pick up 20 more men who had managed to get ashore from the ship. A Source Book of Australian History As the second lieutenant went aft, the captain went forward on the lee side of the deck. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat It blew fresh, and the little vessel, gunwale down, with the water sometimes pouring over the lee side, flew like a bird. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times They approached the rock on the lee side, which was, as has been said, to the westward. The Lighthouse When the yardarm of the reefspar is up at the lee side, the sail cannot sag to leeward when the tack is eased away. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 The lee side of the cabin usually found me with my books, work and numerous small articles for ready use. Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts When he went over to the lee side, it was understood that he was simply a student, and even an ordinary seaman might speak to him when he walked forward. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat If they answered the dogs, there would still be danger, but the three in that case would be enabled to keep on the lee side of the pack with the probability of detection considerably lessened. Bobby of the Labrador We formed a melancholy-looking little row down the lee side of the ship, though I must say that we were quite as cheery as might have been expected under the circumstances. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months He accordingly improved the first opportunity that offered, and cast himself at the feet of Dora—literally, mind you, on the lee side of a sage bush—and lisped his love. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 “What is it, Hapgood?” demanded Fred, who was coiled up on the lee side of a tree, to protect him from the cold blast that swept down the creek. The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion I became inwardly excited when the moment came that was to determine everything; and even my father was a little pale as he steered us steadily towards the lee side of the Lydia. The Pilots of Pomona All this they did not realize until they had paddled beyond the shelter of the iceberg, for they had drawn the boat up upon its lee side. Bobby of the Labrador I did not notice that—but I was on the lee side of the house. Whosoever Shall Offend Even the hedgers and ditchers and the sturdiest labourers choose the lee side of the hedge when they pause to eat their luncheons; but the 'gips' do not trouble to seek such shelter. The Amateur Poacher Our various stores were dragged from their lurking-places, and placed in the boat, which hung from the ship's lee side, the side depressed in the water, an indispensable requisite to an attempt at escape. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I "No," I said, following her across to the lee side, where the great mizzen sail shielded us from the view of others on board. The Pilots of Pomona To this he added one simple combination; the twelfth French ship, being unprovided with an opponent, was to engage the rear English ship on her lee side, placing her thus between two fires. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Outside the town, on the lee side of a triumphal arch—erected, maybe, to the memory of one of the virtuous widows of the district—I untied my pukai and donned my mackintosh and wind-cap. Across China on Foot I petted a bruised shin a few minutes and went back to the lee side a wiser woman. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines On the lee side, which was dry, they seemed to be lying two deep. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. The steamer Kilauea left Honolulu one evening at half-past five o'clock, and dropped several of us about two o'clock at night into a whale-boat near a point on the lee side of Molokai. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands Its strong harbor on the lee side, known as Gros Ilot Bay, was a capital place from which to watch the proceedings of the French navy in Fort Royal, Martinique. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 We'll bring her round and lower the boats on the lee side. The Firm of Girdlestone As he looked over the gangway and bow, coming round on the lee side of the forecastle, he saw some canvas hanging on one of the night-heads—"What have we here?" said he. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer At the summons of the boatswain, the men came aft, and stood in a body on the lee side of the quarter-deck, with their hats off, and impatience in their looks. Newton Forster There was some little sea running, and it might be thought easier to board us on the lee side, therefore. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln In less than five minutes the two half-caste girls, the native woman Mina, and the old priest, were working the starboard brake, three seamen being on the lee side. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories This, which is only a quarter of a mile in length, is situated on the lee side of an extensive reef. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 The inhabitants thereof, some twenty persons in all, were gathered in various apartments on the lee side. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand The lee side of his finger remained cold and damp, while that side upon which the breeze fell was quickly dried. The Wolf Hunters A Tale of Adventure in the Wilderness We ascended the height on the lee side, and as the sun was now approaching the zenith the heat became very oppressive; but the air was quite perfumed with the rich fragrance of different gums. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. Paddling out due westward from the lee side of the island, where the one village is situated, we would bring-to in about seventy or eighty fathoms. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories "Me for the lee side of the law, every time!" By Advice of Counsel Every morning, about nine o'clock, I placed fourteen slides on the lee side of the field, and every evening, about seven o'clock, I removed them, and placed others till the following morning at nine o'clock. Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 This is the ice which was built up from lee side of the Strait, spreading across to windward against the strong winds of Monday and Tuesday. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Of course, the range of his vision was somewhat altered by this change of position, and especially did he see a greater distance to the westward, or towards the lee side of the reefs. The Crater "And has the man you relieved come down? or what is that I see sitting on the lee side of the mast-head?" The Red Rover A line of gulls on the lee side of a rooftop watched them move into the channel and gather speed. O+F Here is the partition at my ear down in the deep on the lee side. The Uncommercial Traveller The weather side of hills seems to afford better shelter than the lee side, as I have remarked elsewhere. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I I see caribou over there, close to water, run fast, try get lee side so he don’t smell me. The Long Labrador Trail He put her on the lee side, and wrapped her in a McCallum plaid, and brought her some magazines from his own stateroom. Quaint Courtships The night before we had made a picturesque camp on the lee side of a rock cliff which was honeycombed with caves. A Woman Tenderfoot Before the vessel could get before the wind her lee side was buried in the water. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale May it be in part because all lee sides tend to be filled by drift snow, blown and weathered rock debris? Scott's Last Expedition Volume I It was pretty badly spoiled and turning a little green in color, but Pete washed it well several times and we all avoided the lee side of the kettle while it was cooking. The Long Labrador Trail There they stood quietly browsing on the lee side of the hill, while the fire in its might was raging to windward within two hundred yards of them. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians Keep on the lee side of the Rock of Ages. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Finding we could not weather Cape Bridgewater, got four oars on the lee side, which were employed all night. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant It was round this island that he walked, finally digging himself a shelter on its lee side under the impression that it was Inaccessible Island. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The men leaped to repair the damage; it took but a minute or two, but we had lost way; the next shot took us square amidships and tore off a yard of our lee side. Jim Davis We heaped our rudest boxes to make a wall, and on the lee side prepared a sleeping-place, stretching over it some oilskins…. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Come on, now, and look round the lee side of this crag. Two Years Ago, Volume II. We went very slowly—so slowly, in fact, that the Second Mate—who had stayed a minute to shove the gasket round the lee side of the sail—was almost as soon down. The Ghost Pirates "Then we will run down upon her lee side, and lie to." The Green Flag They lay in hiding on the lee side of the thicket, each one crouching under a bush or root, with the mother off at one side perfectly hidden as usual. Northern Trails, Book I. A sailboat and three canoes lay tied to the lee side of the float, that is the off-side from the weather. Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen On the lee side of Hill 123, sheltered from Austrian fire, was a whole village of wooden huts, admirably constructed, capable of housing several Battalions. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement "One of you'll have to go down the lee side and steady him down," he concluded. The Ghost Pirates The wadis became roaring, tearing torrents fed by hundreds of tributaries, and men who had sought shelter on the lee side of rocks often found water pouring over them in cascades. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine By and by, however, the lurches got violent, and when Lister heard the thud of water on deck he went up, and opening the door on the lee side, looked out. Lister's Great Adventure Round this island he walked under the impression that it was Inaccessible Island, and at last dug himself a shelter on its lee side. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition Luckily, there was a breeze blowing, so we went round to the lee side and sat down to wait for the birds to drift to us. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns "Not yet, Zur," sung out the lowest man on the lee side. The Ghost Pirates In veering to the partial shelter of the lee side of the old structure, Bob had noticed a sashless aperture answering for a window in the low attic of the cabin. The Boys of Bellwood School The 'Rachel Cohen' had a severe buffeting, though she was lying on the lee side of the island. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 "Adfoliated" edges are always to be found on the lee side of the sheet. Over Prairie Trails A single boatman had rowed the boat from the shore, guiding it into mid-stream, and there describing a circle calculated to insure a gentle approach on the lee side. In Kedar's Tents "The lee side's blowing adrift," said the 'prentice. The Ghost Pirates David was eating his bread and cheese on the lee side of the wall when Eleanor came by with a gray lump of clay in her hands. Masters of the Guild These turned out to be high snow-ramps, two hundred yards long, on the lee side of open crevasses. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Everything movable on deck and below fell to the lee side, and for a few minutes it looked as if the Endurance would be thrown upon her beam ends. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition It often happens that a worker in the fields will content himself with the lee side of a haystack for his resting-place when his home is only a few hundred yards up the mountain side. In Kedar's Tents All the lee side of the sail was adrift, from the bunt gasket outwards. The Ghost Pirates Then, knowing that their hour was come, the crew made shift to launch the boat and raft on the lee side, and began to clamber into them. Pearl-Maiden When Madigan commenced to chop, the dogs would range themselves on the lee side and "field" the flying chips. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Drift-ice is always attracted to the lee side of a heavy floe, where it bumps and presses under the influence of the current. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition But this fact augured seriously for his task when the dry and powdery snow of midwinter began to fall and sweep before the wind and drift over the lee side of the ridge. The U. P. Trail Directly afterwards, Tammy came running up to the lee side of the wheel-box. The Ghost Pirates "Then I wish we could jump over the thundering island, and drop on the lee side of it; but, as we can't, what's the use?" Love Me Little, Love Me Long Owing to the comparatively high temperature, 20 degrees to 26 degrees F., the snow melted readily on the lee side of the tent, and, the water running through, things became uncomfortably wet inside. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 They slept on the lee side of the house, warmed at night by the chairs and tables, etc., which they lighted. It Is Never Too Late to Mend I was beginning to think that they would have to give up and row round to the lee side of the island, when the curagh seemed suddenly to turn into a living thing. The Aran Islands The chaps on the lee side were about level with us. The Ghost Pirates The captain is up, walking on the weather side of the quarter-deck, the chief mate on the lee side, and the second mate about the weather gangway. Two Years Before the Mast We put the ship about, therefore, and made for the lee side of the "ice island." The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 We all fell flat on the ground; but he was on the lee side of us and soon found out we were there. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador Cavities, on the other hand, have their edges worn on the lee side and left sharp upon the stoss. The Elements of Geology The thing, whatever it was, had disappeared into the shadows on the lee side of the deck. The Ghost Pirates As it was we managed, after a desperate struggle, to gain the lee side of a small, rocky island, upon which we took refuge. The Lure of the Labrador Wild Snow fills all the crevices and tails away in sloping ramps on the lee side of every obstacle. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The natives treated the latter with great kindness, and gave him land on the lee side of the island, where he lived happily enough for five months. By Reef and Palm The Newhaven boat lay in comparatively smooth water, on the lee side of the pier. Christie Johnstone And then, funnily enough, in spite of all my reasoning, I was still afraid of going aft to discover who that was, standing on the lee side of the maindeck. The Ghost Pirates The wind being adverse, at 5 A.M. we found ourselves fast in the grass and floating vegetation on the lee side. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The chimney was very short and securely stayed, projecting through the lee side of the roof, where the pressure of the wind was least felt. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 He knew what it was to eat flour-baked dampers under the lee side of a canoe propped among the underbrush, and to drink the last drop of whiskey within fifty miles. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Following it round on the lee side, he suddenly halted with a shout of grateful triumph. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Therefore, if you can find a bush near a stream, make your homestead on the lee side of it. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement He would keep on the lee side of his interlocutor in spite of all one could do. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers He was compelled to shelter for a moment on its lee side, whilst a scud of snow and sleet passed like an icy whirlwind. The Devil's Paw Even the little cultivated patch of ground on the lee side of the tower was symmetrical and well ordered. Under the Redwoods Dark dense volumes of impenetrable smoke now roll over on the lee side of the islet, and shroud the hunters. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 Even Mrs. Brimmer and Miss Chubb ventured from their staterooms, and were conveyed to and installed in some state on a temporary divan of cushions and shawls on the lee side. The Crusade of the Excelsior When the hunter comes upon one of these yards the problem for him to settle is, Where are the moose? for it is absolutely necessary that he keep on the lee side of them. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers Yet the bed is not entirely paradise, for Possum is badly frightened when ours is the lee side and the seas pound and smash against the glass ports. The Mutiny of the Elsinore So saying she walked to the lee side of a rock, and laid the umbrella close under it, then a few large stones upon it to keep it down. Sir Gibbie She was sitting in a deck-chair when I found her, on the lee side of the after house, a position carefully chosen, with only the storeroom windows behind. The After House The captain having finished his despatches, they, with the letter-bags, were handed into the boat, which shoved off, pulled to the lee side of the Vindictive, and left the despatches, with Captain Hamilton's compliments. A Simpleton Again the mandolin began, and the commander on the lee side of the quarter-deck grinned a grin that was reflected in the face of the signal-midshipman. Soldiers Three - Part 2 Uncovering my face, I saw Jim in the doorway of the lee side of the cabin. The Last of the Plainsmen The captain is up, walking on the weather side of the quarter-deck, the chief mate is on the lee side, and the second mate about the weather gangway. Two Years Before the Mast In a matter of plain common sense, there ain’t a cat living as couldn’t take the lee side of a dog and fly round him. Novel Notes The instant she heard it she stopped short on the lee side of a tall rock and looked about her in terror. The Seventh Man The cattle ran bellowing to the lee side of the house and crouched there, and the chickens scurried for the coop. A Mountain Woman "Undoubtedly he has taken shelter in the worst of the storm on the lee side of the trunk of a tree somewhere," said de Sigognac, "and will soon come up with us." Captain Fracasse Several men picked up the hatch-cover with its ghastly freight, carried it to the lee side, and rested it on the boats, the feet pointing overboard. The Sea Wolf In reality, he was attempting to warn me to throw my ashes over the lee side. The Sea Wolf |
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