| 单词 | as the crow flies |
| 例句 | This place, Soldier Island, was really no distance at all as the crow flies. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z By the road it was thirty-two miles away, but as the crow flies, it was only twenty miles. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I went as the crow flies, straight through the hills. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They had grown up on farms in Kansas, twenty miles apart as the crow flies, but had not known each other as children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the crow flies—that was only twenty-nine miles across the island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Ten miles away as the crow flies, the radio beeped three times in the Crown Victoria of Utah State Trooper Bart Rindlisbacher. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The other societies illustrate the important point that distance as the crow flies is not an appropriate measure of isolation for humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘There was a door south-west of Caradhras, some fifteen miles as the crow flies, and maybe twenty as the wolf runs,’ answered Gandalf grimly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Getty Center, about a mile from the house as the crow flies, has launched an ambitious program called Conserving Modern Architecture while saying nothing publicly about the fate of the Sturges House. Can Vanna Venturi House and other landmark homes survive the test of new owners? 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Two of my test cases, Bannack State Park in Montana and Harriman State Park in Idaho, are within 100 miles as the crow flies from Yellowstone National Park. Rich in Surprises and Secrets, There’s a State Park Waiting for You 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Only 22 miles from Los Angeles as the crow flies, but no crow in its right mind would be flying this day. The U.S. Issue: Overnighter: 22 Miles and a World Away From Los Angeles 2011-05-13T20:24:11Z Although our family homes weren’t far apart as the crow flies, our paths would rarely cross within the social jungle of middle-class Britain. His Family Had Money. Mine Didn’t. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z We live about five miles as the crow flies from the Gulf of Mexico. You only need a few pantry staples to make tinned fish tacos 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z But as the crow flies, the Mediterranean is less than 50 miles from our home. Personal Journeys: Finding Gems on the Tuscan Coast 2013-06-18T20:24:34Z From Steinfort on the Belgian border in the west across the center of the country to Echternach on the Germanyside is about 30 miles as the crow flies, maybe 35 as the cyclist cycles. In Luxembourg, a Long Ride Across a Small Country 2012-09-21T18:37:43Z “As a matter of fact, my son Beau’s children live a mile away as the crow flies,’’ he told Jimmy Kimmel. This is Joe Biden’s biggest moment. Why does he feel so small? 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Weymouth, the seaside town in which I grew up—and where I have been spending the past week—is only fifty-five miles from Weston-super-Mare, as the crow flies. I’m Not Going To Dismaland 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z I spent the next two days stand-up paddleboarding the waters there and in the Harmony Islands, 26 miles south of Princess Louisa as the crow flies. On Small Ship, Ocean Life (and Other Passengers) Are Up Close 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z And as the crow flies, you have Madrid. "It would change our politics": Emilio Estevez on why we should all take a pilgrimage 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Also, she worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, about 17 miles away as the crow flies. Don’t make these travel mistakes: 7 writers share stories about blunders on the road 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z I grew up with Cherokee land not far away -- not far away as the crow flies; as the roads went, it took a while to get there. Book Talk: Frazier returns to home state for third novel 2011-11-24T11:46:32Z That’s when the Trans-Catalina Trail opened, a traverse of the surprisingly rugged Santa Catalina Island, which is only 22 miles from Long Beach as the crow flies. The U.S. Issue: Overnighter: 22 Miles and a World Away From Los Angeles 2011-05-13T20:24:11Z She decided to walk from her studio on Sept. 10, 1987, toward the mountain “as the crow flies,” she said, until she could actually see it. Kim Abeles Turns the Climate Crisis Into Eco-art 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z I live about four or five miles as the crow flies from the house where he is meant to have conceived Under Milk Wood. Turning Under Milk Wood into an opera 2014-04-04T07:15:10Z On a clear day from the 4,200-foot summit, you can see San Francisco to the north, as well as the entrance to Yosemite Valley, 120 miles east, as the crow flies. Gazing Into the Past and Future at Historic Observatories 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z A world away from Glasgow, but barely 50 miles as the crow flies, it is home to a large population of red deer and wild goats that roam the open moorland. Scotland’s best Highland bothy weekend adventures 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Although we were only a few miles from town as the crow flies, it felt as if we were in the remote wild. Aspen’s other million-dollar asset: Cycling 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The distance from Seattle to Eugene is virtually identical to that of Seattle to Pullman — roughly 285 miles, not as the crow flies but as the sedan drives. Here’s why Washington’s official rival is now in Eugene and not Pullman 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Risch’s primary residence sits on a 44-acre ranch 1 1/2 miles west of the Boise Airport as the crow flies. Senator wants to reroute flights away from Southwest Boise, where he lives 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z We asked if he wanted water or air conditioning or a ride back to the trailhead, which was about two miles away as the crow flies. I searched hell on Earth for a story. What I found will haunt me forever 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Just 300 miles away, as the crow flies, Myung-hui had arrived in South Korea. The daughter who fled North Korea to find her mother 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z As the mouse walks is the opposite of as the crow flies: Some trails petered out, the powder exhausted. Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Though Zapata Ranch was only 11 miles as the crow flies from the Rustic Rook Resort, construction on the connector road mandated that we take a detour that added almost an hour to our drive. Saddling up for a high desert getaway in southern Colorado 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z A government spokeswoman confirmed to The Washington Post that the distance measured was “as the crow flies” and didn’t include the labyrinthine zigzag section in the home stretch. The British love queues. The queen’s death brought one for the ages. 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Nugget was in the safe custody of a painting crew working at a house — you won’t believe — 400 feet away, as the crow flies. Opinion | One puppy, lost and found 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Although the North Rim is only about 10 miles as the crow flies from the South Rim, it’s about a 220-mile drive and a world apart in terms of terrain, temperature and vibe. Try the Grand Canyon’s cooler, quieter North Rim to escape the crowds 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps she stumbled forward or back, or sought to soothe her wounds in the cool waters of the Little Warm River, some 10 miles from Yellowstone National Park as the crow flies. Who’s killing the grizzly bears of Fremont County, Idaho? 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The charities said certain searches for the route up Ben Nevis on Google Maps direct people to the car park nearest the summit as the crow flies. Google Maps' Ben Nevis route 'potentially fatal' 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z It was the early 1900s, and getting the mail had become such a chore for this speck of a town deep in forest, about 100 miles south, as the crow flies, of the Oregon border. How the Postal Service helped shape a California town named Peanut 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Though relatively distant as the crow flies, these two coastal locales are pivotal to one another, linked by a world-class sustainable fishing industry that supplies half of the planet’s sockeye salmon. The science is clear: Pebble Mine would destroy ecology, economy of Bristol Bay 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z The only refugee camp in Athens is barely a mile south-west of the Acropolis as the crow flies. 'How can I find a home?' Promise of Athens turns to despair for refugees 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z According to liveabout.com, it has occurred five times, with three of them coming on sever doglegs or horseshoe-shaped holes where the listed yardage could be mitigated by going at the green as the crow flies. Did you know: There have been five holes-in-one on par 5s (yes, par 5s!) - Golf Digest 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z That’s why as the crow flies it only went a hundred whatever, 25, 30 yards. Never say never: An oral history of Tiger Woods' magical fifth Masters' victory - Golf Digest 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z They measured each distance as the crow flies, from where the animals started to where they ended up, and then back again. Still the Undisputed Champs of Mammalian Migrations 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z He was on his way to a Republican Party conference at the Grand Hotel, less than a mile from the airport as the crow flies. A Motorcade on Mackinac Island? Pence’s Visit Breaks a Long Tradition 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia is about five miles as the crow flies from the Pentagon. Transcript: Rob Spencer 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The farthest – as the crow flies – is either Australian left back Brad Smith or Cameroonian defender Nouhou. Sounders players from around the world communicate through universal language of soccer 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z The proposed Martis Valley West development is located along Highway 267 about seven miles northeast of Olympic Valley as the crow flies and about 20 miles by road. Tahoe residents oppose new homes in path of wildfire danger 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z And if moderns were in southern Spain by then, well, Gibraltar is only about 65 miles from Málaga as the crow flies. Is This the Footprint of One of the Last Neandertals? 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z A hypothetical magnitude 6 earthquake that begins and ends in the Salton Sea, more than 130 miles from downtown Los Angeles as the crow flies, would cause little shaking in the state's most populous city. Nation's first public quake alert system arrives in L.A. with big expectations and major challenges 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z After a walk through yellow gorse and purple heather, my wife reasonably suggested driving to a beach: After all, Ilsington is less than 15 miles from the English Channel as the crow flies. A Driving Tour of Devon, England—on Perilously Narrow Roads 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z That’s not too far, as the crow flies, but still a potentially tall order for a robotic rover trundling across uneven alien terrain. Scientists Double Down on Landing Sites for Sample-Collecting Mars Rover 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The Club is more than 7 miles from her childhood home as the crow flies, and she testified that it was a roughly 20-minute drive from her childhood home. Opinion | ‘This Case Is Even Weaker Than That’ 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z One fire was 3 miles as the crow flies from the town of Mazama. Weekend lightning, wind spread wildfires across Washington state 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z There is no reason to believe the distance between Richmond and Arlington — about 100 miles as the crow flies but vastly more distant in worldview — will diminish anytime soon. Opinion | Richmond is gagging progressive local governments 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Shetland is more than 100 miles away from the Scottish mainland, as the crow flies. 'Nobody puts Shetland in a box' 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s only about 30 miles as the crow flies from Grand Canyon national park, but there are no buildings, roads, traffic, fences – no people at all except us. The 22 best US national parks to escape the crowds, chosen by experts 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The town is just 115 miles as the crow flies from where he grew up in Roseau, Minnesota. Big Buff has Winnipeg Jets on verge of 1st West final 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z It's hard to wrap your mind around this, but here we are: over thirty miles from Mount Mazama as the crow flies. The Long Reach of Mount Mazama 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Early route maps show the stations five blocks apart, or three blocks as the crow flies. Sound Transit seeks two light-rail stations in South Lake Union, only five blocks apart 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Morale now collapsing, we’re further gutted to learn that walking as the crow flies 300 miles across the Keystone State won’t even bring us back to the age of dinosaurs. Opinion | Rambling Through Time 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Neighbors said the Thomas fire had burned about a quarter-mile away as the crow flies, and they’d just had mandatory evacuations from that. Deadly flooding on Santa Barbara coast as fire turns to mud 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Neighbors said the Thomas fire had burned about a quarter-mile away, as the crow flies, and they had mandatory evacuations from that. 'It was like a bomb went off': First the heavy rain, then the mud, now a disaster on the coast 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Or, as the crow flies in California, about 500 miles south of Weed. She sure knows how to hit a fisherman where it hurts 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z But early route maps show these stops a mere five blocks apart, or three blocks as the crow flies, because of a bend in the $6 billion light-rail corridor from downtown to Ballard. Sound Transit seeks two light-rail stations in South Lake Union, only five blocks apart 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z “They were probably a few hundred feet shy, as the crow flies,” Casey said. Three hurt when plane crashes near El Cajon airport 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Actually, the restriction will be a 400m walk rather than as the crow flies - Mr Cookson is working on a walking distance version. Reality Check: Why ban fast food within 400m of schools? 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The Ecuadorian embassy is just a few miles, as the crow flies, from Cambridge Analytica’s head office. Trump, Assange, Bannon, Farage… bound together in an unholy alliance | Carole Cadwalladr 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z Pumpkin show rules say all growers must live within 20 miles - as the crow flies - from Circleville and Weston broke some news to the crowd. Ohio giant pumpkins growers engage in battle of heavyweights 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Pumpkin show rules say all growers must live within 20 miles — as the crow flies — from Circleville and Weston broke some news to the crowd. Ohio giant pumpkins growers engage in battle of heavyweights 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z On the face of it, the move doesn’t seem surprising—the two islands off Cape Cod are less than 20 miles apart, as the crow flies,... Martha’s Vineyard vs. Nantucket: Vacationers Swear Loyalty to Only One 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Called Canyon Mine, it sits 45 miles east of Supai Village as the crow flies, and six miles south of Grand Canyon national park, on National Forest land. In the Grand Canyon, uranium mining threatens a tribe's survival 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z It turned out that he was less than 30 miles, as the crow flies, from his childhood home. Into the woods: how one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years | Michael Finkel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The stump is about 3½ miles from Arlington as the crow flies. This tunneled tree stump in Snohomish County was an early drive-through attraction 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z While it’s only a few miles to Seattle as the crow flies, commuters must traverse the tolled 520 bridge to get to Seattle. A quiet lifestyle in the luxurious little haven of Clyde Hill 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z This is his dominion — about 40 miles northeast from Delhi as the crow flies, but far from the modern world. Indian Women Seeking Jobs Confront Taboos and Threats 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z At 3,415 miles as the crow flies, it will be the longest distance travelled in a European club competition. Aberdeen make longest Uefa journey 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The clinic’s supplying pharmacy is in Oakwood, Va., about 35 miles away as the crow flies, or roughly 90 minutes by car over winding roads. Drone Delivers Medicine to Rural Virginia Clinic 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Five miles as the crow flies, 15 miles by highway, to be exact. Master of ingenuity: makes new home by repurposing old stuff 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z “It’s eight miles to the White House as the crow flies,” said Sansone, who moved to Franklin Park with his wife in 1969. McLean’s hilly, woody Franklin Park 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z It is not far, as the crow flies, from the battlefields of Syria to the bustling Israeli port city of Haifa. Israeli hospital rebuilds injured Syrian man's face 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Under pressure from federal prosecutors, the LCB changed to a more restrictive “as the crow flies” interpretation. What happened to all the legal marijuana stores in Seattle? 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Though Tenafly is not far from Manhattan as the crow flies, “it’s not as if you are teleporting right there, like you are on a zip line,” said Ms. Gole, who is 23. How to Get to Manhattan? Save, Save, Save 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z He's fond of denim overalls and estimates distance "as the crow flies." Colorado town requires a gun in every household 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z These two areas are close as the crow flies, but cut off from each other by the country’s busiest highway. Still worlds apart 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z One caveat — the buffer must be 1,000 feet as the crow flies. Everything you want to know about legal pot in Washington 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z You can walk straight to your ball as the crow flies. Another reason to love Bandon Dunes: Its pace of play: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z VERTUS, France – The distance between the sparkling wine renaissance in southern England and Champagne, France is 88 miles as the crow flies. Better Bubbly May Come from England in Future 2014-05-09T18:45:00Z Problem is, while these top results may be near as the crow flies, they are virtually inaccessible by public transit. Location-Based Search Is Broken. Here's How To Fix It 2014-04-21T18:31:00Z We live in Northwest D.C., across Rock Creek Park from the new Walmarts, and until yesterday, the nearest Walmart was 11 miles as the crow flies, more like 15 miles by car. 5 surprises at the new big city Walmart in Washington, D.C. 2013-12-06T13:39:00Z The diner also bears the distinction of sitting in the state’s southernmost neighborhood, as far from City Hall — some 20 miles as the crow flies — as one can get without leaving New York City. | Staten Island: Undecided, and Holding Little Hope, 20 Miles From City Hall 2013-08-27T03:30:16Z That house, with its crescent driveway and small backyard, is only about 20 miles as the crow flies from Wall Street. Steven Cohen of SAC Is Fascinating to Investigators, Too 2012-12-22T22:42:28Z About 40 miles south as the crow flies from Mr. Sinha's field, the New Jersey Audubon Society is using the profits from the sunflower seed to provide a nesting habitat for grassland birds. Green Blog: A Crop Dividend: Restored Bird Habitat in N.J. 2012-09-10T18:40:03Z From Clissold Park, where the torch passes on Saturday, it is only four miles as the crow flies from the Olympic Village. Olympic torch route, day 64: there's something for everyone in Clissold Park 2012-07-21T10:15:34Z Its closest tube is Lancaster Gate, 1.015km away as the crow flies. Notes & Queries: Where's the furthest tube station, please? 2012-06-27T15:00:01Z The distance as the crow flies was only about 6 miles, but we did not realise the kind of path that we should have to traverse. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z "Say 'tis two miles between 'em as the crow flies; they could run that in twelve minutes widout distressing themselves." Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Back then Nogales, Mexico, was still a destination for servicemen from big, busy Fort Huachuca, a United States Army post about 25 miles as the crow flies to the northeast. Nogales, Mexico: A Few Steps, and a Whole World Away 2012-02-23T22:07:18Z Though not more than half a hundred miles from Boston, as the crow flies, Cape Cod is regarded as a sort of terra incognita by fully half of New England. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Catertown and dinner at twelve o’clock, ten miles due south as the crow flies! The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z The yacht was anchored out of sight of this spot, and at a distance of two and a half miles from it as the crow flies. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z There is no spot in England more than sixty miles away from the sea as the crow flies. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z Wheeler is about 45 miles northeast, as the crow flies, from their current position. Green Blog: A Whooping Crane Migration Will Finish By Truck 2012-02-02T18:22:33Z They look shadowy enough at this distance—seventy miles as the crow flies—Mount Washington, grand and grim, its head muffled in a mantle of clouds, overtopping all. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z A couple of men lounged near him smoking, and in front of them a double row of unpicturesque frame-houses straggled beside the trail that led straight as the crow flies into a waste of prairie. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z The leader made so many turns in seeking practicable paths through the swamp that the distance covered must have been three times the distance as the crow flies. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Behind stretch the gorse-covered downs leading to Fairlight, from whence may be seen the coast of France, forty miles off, as the crow flies. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Also, he heard the guns, a thudding concussion in the direction of the coveted Amiens, where, some sixty miles as the crow flies, they roared their terror into the calm evening skies. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The marshes at the source of the Bug are probably meant, which as the crow flies are 325 miles from Reni, on the Danube. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z A cluster of little frame houses stood beneath the huge bulk of two grain elevators beyond the unfenced track, which ran straight as the crow flies across a bare, white waste of prairie. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Strangest of all to her was the sudden thought that Edmund, separated from her now by the innumerable leagues of destiny, might be, as the crow flies, not so far away. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z But it is not possible to make the ascent as the crow flies; it has to be made by an indirect and much longer route. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z It includes too non-residents and foreigners; and I am informed that manuscripts have been sent for the use of one of these persons more than a hundred miles as the crow flies. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z This parish, although sparsely populated, was enormous in size; it stretched out in one direction more than a hundred miles as the crow flies. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z Yet could they have only known it, Wang the Ninth was not far away—in fact, less than two miles as the crow flies. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z He computed the distance at something less than a mile; but in Australia he had gone as the crow flies through league upon league of untrodden scrub. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z About three hours after this the two young men had once more left Glen Lyle, and were journeying straight, almost as the crow flies, for the cottage by the sea. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z By this time it has approached to within 240 m., as the crow flies, from the sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z "From here to W—— is no distance as the crow flies." Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z One night two of the three saddle horses stampeded and went back straight as the crow flies to their home range, so that we did not get them until on our return from the trip. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z Forty-three miles as the crow flies, south of Stirmingham, there stands upon the lonely Downs a solitary, lichen-grown post, originally intended to direct wayfarers upon those trackless wastes. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Opportunity, driving backward to prevent its right front wheel from wearing out, could not travel as the crow flies because of dangerous obstacles. Are we there yet? Mars rover closes in on crater rim after 3-year trek 2011-08-08T08:48:37Z They stretch from here to the roosting-trees, fully a mile and a half—literally as the crow flies; and backwards in the opposite direction the line reaches as far as the eye can see. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z “The air,” he says, “was so still that I could hear not only the explosion but the whiz of every shell most distinctly, though distant seven miles as the crow flies.” George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z The course was a straight one, straight as the crow flies. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z In about a fortnight’s time we packed the wagons and started for the new farm, which lay in the mountains about fifteen miles, just as the crow flies, to the westward of Lydenburg. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z The wagon was only about four miles away—as the crow flies. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The Reverend Nicholas Joubert, who resided at Garies, two hundred miles as the crow flies, across the Desert, made a tour through Bushmanland every autumn. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z “Just sixteen miles away by the map—and fourteen at least as the crow flies,” Agnes said promptly. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z He was in the open, perhaps six hundred feet away as the crow flies. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Hundred miles maybe, as the crow flies, but on this treacherous piece of bandit-infested highway it’s at least two hundred.” Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z It was fifty miles as the crow flies from the lines of Rosecrans's army across this continuous mountain region to the valley of the Tennessee. Chattanooga and Chickamauga Reprint of Gen. H. V. Boynton's letters to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, August, 1888. 2011-05-10T02:00:58.760Z Abbottabad, nestled in a valley about 38 miles as the crow flies from the capital of Islamabad, is a different world, with its upscale homes for retired military officers and a nearby golf course. Bin Laden’s $1 Million ‘Fortress’ Lacks Luxuries of Wealth 2011-05-05T15:16:44Z It is one hundred and fifty leagues from Versailles to the harbour of Le Havre as the crow flies, one hundred and eighty most like by road and across fields. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z England will find themselves as far from London as it is possible to be, Dunedin being even further removed as the crow flies than Invercargill. Martin Johnson's England have three World Cup games moved to Dunedin 2011-03-30T18:07:03Z But this is not something Mr. Armbruster loses sleep over, even though Lamont-Doherty is a scant 17 miles away from the Indian Point plant as the crow flies. Green: Of Nuclear Power, Risk and Meteorites 2011-03-28T17:33:59Z No more than 150 miles, as the crow flies, lie between us, although a range of fairly high mountains splits the region down the middle. Dangerous breach suspected at Fukushima 2011-03-25T09:41:00Z The post brought news of the alarming illness of the eldest daughter—Frances, married a year or two ago and living, as the crow flies, at no very great distance. Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z Two miles due south of you, as the crow flies, or would fly, if he had occasion to. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z While these movements were in progress, the French sent a detachment northwards to occupy Dinant, which is only ten miles as the crow flies from their border. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z Harold tells me that a hundred miles as the crow flies on the Madawaska would be two hundred by the windings of the stream. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z By the evening of the 28th he reached Roodepoort, 25 miles east of Ventershoek as the crow flies and considerably more by road. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z "A mile or two at most, as the crow flies," he said to himself. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z "Plumb down that road allowance, thirty-two miles, straight as the crow flies, when it ain't Sittin'," he threw in with a little snicker. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z The tool uses "as the crow flies" miles, rather than mapped routes to determine the transportation efficiency of a building. Building green? Location matters 2010-12-27T06:00:00Z Now he was just about three hundred and twenty-five miles from the Panama Canal, as the crow flies—or rather, as Lindy flies, which is much better than any crow I’ve ever seen. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z But Edmund went out into the street, when he was seized by invisible hands and borne through the air to Landovery, in Carmarthenshire, a distance of fully fifty miles as the crow flies. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z He had planted the standard of the prophet at the gates of Tours, which is one hundred and thirty miles, as the crow flies, from Paris. The Ifs of History Another alternative was to get to the coast, only 38 miles as the crow flies, and then to steal a boat. A Kut Prisoner It is perhaps comparable to the practice of computing railway charges on the basis of the distance by railway, and not as the crow flies. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Miramichi is a good hundred leagues from Louisbourg as the crow flies, and more than twice that as a man can travel. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec Yarkand, about eighty miles as the crow flies, and 120 by road, to the south-east of Kashgar, is still the most populous of all the cities of Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Empiria, the new county seat of the new county Dominion of the new State of Harrison, was twenty miles away to the northward as the crow flies, and at least thirty miles off by road. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories This day was Sunday, August 12th, and we can only have achieved about 30 miles as the crow flies, although at the time we put it at 40. A Kut Prisoner Distances were no longer to be reckoned according to the length of the route actually traversed, but from point to point as the crow flies. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study "About a hundred miles as the crow flies." The Book of Gud Then I went out of the theatre in an aimless sort of way, taking a northeasterly direction as the crow flies. Cordwood Here in this one narrow, splendid thoroughfare, stretching in a noble line, as the crow flies, from Twenty-third Street away up to the Nineties, is concentrated the fabulous, incalculable wealth of the United States. By Right of Conquest A Novel “It’s only about twenty miles as the crow flies–say twenty-five on the trail.” The Orphan The distance between Fort Kearney and Omaha, as the crow flies, is two hundred miles at most. Round the World in Eighty Days And taking the lead, she ducked through the little door of the rest-house and ran, straight as the crow flies, to the hiding shelter of the farm. Leerie At last, after immense labour, the force reached the foot of Majuba Hill, having taken six hours in accomplishing a distance which, as the crow flies, is little more than four miles. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars That kopje just shuts it off, and you wouldn’t think it was forty miles as the crow flies. Harley Greenoak's Charge At least, as the crow flies, it was about that distance, but by the windings of the trail it was fully a mile. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life It's only a matter of five miles if you went as the crow flies, but you'd maybe get lost on the downs. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story I go, usually, as the crow flies, and, as nearly as I can, the same pace too. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day From Atlanta to Allatoona, near the railway crossing of the Etowah, is, as the crow flies, 32 miles Northwest by West. The Battle of Allatoona, October 5th, 1864 And about ninety-five miles from Liverpool Street Station, as the crow flies. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories At any rate, from Romorantin, Prince Edward made for Tours, a distance of fifty miles as the crow flies, and a march of precisely five days. Poitiers From Abbeville to the field of Crécy is, as the crow flies, ten miles. Crécy It is about twenty from here as the crow flies. Long Live the King There is no doubt that this puppy of ten months old was sent away, certainly forty or fifty miles as the crow flies, and that he returned here in a day. Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" About half an hour later, I lit spang in the mud, way down yander in Tuckaleechee Cove—yes, sir: ten mile as the crow flies, and a mile deeper ’n trout-fish swim.” Our Southern Highlanders The road is called twenty miles as the crow flies; but this is not a trail as the crow flies. Through Our Unknown Southwest The distance between his stand and the breach was, as the crow flies, but short, for the river alone ran between the two. Rulers of India: Akbar “About four miles from the hotel, by water: perhaps a mile and three-quarters as the crow flies.” Cynthia's Chauffeur It may have been; but except one goes as the crow flies, it is more than two miles distant from Town Malling. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Not over forty miles, I should say, as the crow flies, Jack. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret Perhaps it is as the crow flies, but I could not clear the scrub as they do and I found the roads adapted to delightful leisure. Old Plymouth Trails Leaving the river with some regret they started to head for the camp that lay possibly a mile and a half away “as the crow flies.” Jack Winters' Campmates The scene is familiar to tourists, being, as the crow flies, but eight miles from Pittsburg, and scarce twelve by the course of the river. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Murfreesboro is, as the crow flies, a hundred and eighteen miles from Columbia. Raiding with Morgan And if I could go as the crow flies it is not more than six miles. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend Why, suppose we were to lose ourselves, that old mare you are riding would take you home straight as the crow flies. The Hound From The North Two or three miles might be walked, and yet only half the distance might be covered as the crow flies. The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West Central Florida is distant, as the crow flies, from Central Illinois, about one thousand miles. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside "It lies to the west, between six and seven miles away as the crow flies." The O'Ruddy A Romance And if, as you say, you could go as the crow flies—that is, straight over mountains and rivers—you could get there in two hours. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend So you can if you like; this old mare I’m riding will take me home straight as the crow flies. The Hound From The North She made no pause or hesitation, but like a shot from a gun swept on straight as the crow flies, her nose alone guiding her. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana This afternoon, beyond the mountains, in the next valley, not more than nine miles away as the crow flies, a bloody action was fought. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War The road wound around the mountains for a distance of perhaps twenty-five miles, although as the crow flies it was not more than five miles between the two cities. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main The distance between these localities as the crow flies is four miles. Telepathy Genuine and Fraudulent They figured that as the crow flies it could not be more than twenty-five miles distant. The Web of the Golden Spider "If you think that," was the drawling answer, "you ought to see my cousin Loto, who lives down the river a mile as the crow flies." Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box This place was eight miles from the station, on the east side, as the crow flies; by rail it was seventeen miles, a steady up grade all the way. Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly It was some twenty-five miles as the crow flies from the Brownell place to the point where the airplane 173 came down. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards And only fifteen miles, as the crow flies, between this solitude and London, so that it was easy for Rodney Lanyon to come down. The Flaw in the Crystal “Yes, but that may have meant as the crow flies, straightaway,” returned the scout-master. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats "If you think that," the blower answered, "you should see his cousin Gobbo, who lives a mile farther down the river as the crow flies." Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box It rode to us straight as the crow flies. Our Italy "And it is about five miles as the crow flies from Tinkletown, eh?" Anderson Crow, Detective The Headquarters hut was at Baccarat, which was farthest from the front line—about ten miles back as the crow flies. The Fight for the Argonne Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man When I was in Hurt Wood I wanted to walk from the windmill to Farley Heath, two and a-half miles as the crow flies, nearer five miles as I walked it. Highways and Byways in Surrey As has already been said, he effected a landing at a point near Yentoa Bay, distant some sixty miles north-east of Port Arthur as the crow flies. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War A British subject can therefore travel on British soil from Cape Town via the Isthmus of Suez, to Siam, covering a distance as the crow flies of something like 10,000 miles. The American Empire Nara is in the province of Yamato; Kyoto, in the neighbouring province of Yamashiro,* and the two places lie twenty miles apart as the crow flies. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Between these two points the distance as the crow flies must be some twenty or five-and-twenty miles, but the wild mountainous nature of the country makes the actual distance far greater. The True Story Book All the distances to the neighbouring towns are marked, for instance, with the direction in which they lie as the crow flies—an admirable idea, due to the generosity of Mr. T.W. Highways and Byways in Surrey The distance, however, is in fact something more than two miles as the crow flies. Dickens-Land She would make her destination as the crow flies, chancing everything, every danger, so that she could make the best 311 time; no personal considerations entered into her calculations. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies The shorter trail as the crow flies between their claims was marked by a golden thread of sunflowers. Winning the Wilderness It wasn’t, as the crow flies, but Buck was no aviator. Shoe-Bar Stratton The distance from top to bottom as the crow flies is about thirty-six miles, and the direction is very nearly due west and east. Chronicles of Strathearn This circuit would represent a journey of a hundred and fifty leagues as the crow flies, or at least three hundred leagues, reckoning all the circuits and bends we should be obliged to make. Adventures of a Young Naturalist "Why, it's just a matter of about two miles as the crow flies, over the fields on the other side of the inn." Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls Oh, you take that turnstile, child, and keep in the narrow path by the cornfields; it’s two miles and a half from here as the crow flies. A World of Girls The Story of a School The distance as the crow flies was not more than six miles, but the railway journey took the best part of an hour and entailed a change and waiting at a junction. 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers Well, you just follow that path as the crow flies, and you'll come to the school-'ouse. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk Why, as the crow flies, it is about three miles, maybe a little less. The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers The little railroad station is within a stone’s throw, as the crow flies, of “the haunted house.” Blue Ridge Country From my porch to that tree is about seven miles as the crow flies, and believe me the crows have it easy compared to the boy scouts. Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike “One day’s journey beyond that, as the crow flies, will bring you to a valley, level and well watered, with plenty o’ beaver in it. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains One could drive straight as the crow flies from Pierre to Presho, forty or fifty miles, without stopping to open a gate. Land of the Burnt Thigh Their own case had gone better, and Doctor Ruedi had given them leave "to live in France, fifteen miles as the crow flies from the sea, and if possible near a fir wood." The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson There’s a fellow over on South Turkey Creek, little more than a dozen miles as the crow flies from Asheville, and you’ll hear the finest singing of old-time ballads you ever listened to. Blue Ridge Country Viking Test Field Four, where McGuire 7 was pointing his nose at the sky, was about twenty-five miles away, as the crow flies. A Spaceship Named McGuire Westhaven, though twenty-five miles away by the winding coast road, or the railway, was only twelve miles distant if she went, as the crow flies, over the moors. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life Even as the crow flies the distance was so great that the unassisted human eye could not have distinguished what it was. The Eagle Cliff Now, Captain, steer straight as the crow flies for the island.” Chasing the Sun Perhaps an hundred and fifty miles away, as the crow flies, it rose up and filled all the angle of vision to the southwest. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Yonder whitish speck is Hawkesmore Crag in Scotland," she said, "the distance is hardly eighteen miles, as the crow flies. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North He galloped as the crow flies from one farm to another, and was at the head of everything himself. Cattle and Cattle-breeders The distance as the crow flies is about fourteen hundred miles. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Pietermaritzburg, the capital, is only some fifty miles from the coast as the crow flies. Impressions of South Africa That pause enabled the Turks to re-marshal their forces and to make a stand at the fortified lines of Chatalja some twenty miles as the crow flies from Constantinople. Bulgaria No hot rations could be brought up, for the cookers could come no nearer than the ridge behind Martinpuich, more than 2 miles away as the crow flies. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) It is a long traverse from Papeete in the Societies to the Little Coral Sea—from 100 west longitude to 150 east longitude—as the crow flies the equivalent to a voyage across the Atlantic. A Son Of The Sun For, toil as our willing beasts would, it was obvious that each long night's exhausting trek barely carried us ten miles forward as the crow flies. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa The Susquehanna was six miles distant as the crow flies, but almost thrice six by the snaky curvatures of the channel down which they were making their way. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters Ten miles, as the crow flies, and they would be at home; and with comparatively fresh steeds, that should not count for more than an hour's gallop. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave “They won’t look there for us for a long time to come, unless Cap’n Bligh borrows a pair of wings from an albatross, an’ goes home as the crow flies.” The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers But the Kittiwake did not go as the crow flies. A Son Of The Sun The nearest land that I know of is five hundred miles off as the crow flies. Charlie to the Rescue It is ten miles inland from Sheher as the crow flies. Southern Arabia But I don’t suppose it’s very far as the crow flies.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea We left the road as soon as we could and struck right away as the crow flies for one of several tremendous hills that we saw in the distance. Patience Wins War in the Works Mind, straight as the crow flies for that notch: never mind the track. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales There was first the great distance, which could not be much less than two hundred and fifty miles, even if they should succeed in making it in a straight line—as the crow flies. The Castaways We were now sixty miles, as the crow flies, from the sea. Southern Arabia It was seventy miles away as the crow flies. A Dog with a Bad Name The distance as the crow flies, was short, less than fifty miles, but nearly a month elapsed before they approached the end of their journey. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure "It's not more than two as the crow flies." For the Sake of the School "Let's go back as the crow flies," he suggested. The Seventh Noon The distance was not great, hardly six miles as the crow flies, but we were not crows and had to adopt less direct as well as more laborious methods. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Years roll on, and we find our gardens denuded of a bulb, the favourite habitat of which must lie at least eight hundred miles from Corsica as the crow flies. The Mayor of Troy "Only a few miles as the crow flies," he was assured. The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery The third cone, which—in that clear atmosphere—seemed to stand close behind the second, turned out to be separated from it by a good five miles as the crow flies. Foe-Farrell His point of landing was 21½ miles from Dover, as the crow flies, but the actual length of the swim was 39½ miles. Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young and Old The distance as the crow flies is twelve miles but the actual distance covered must have been nearer twenty. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 After a few hours' sleep we started, straight as the crow flies, across the eastern end of the great glacial fringe, heading for the mouth of Clements Markham Inlet. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Away he ran over a field of potatoes, straight as the crow flies, while the cart went slowly on towards the Glamour. Alec Forbes of Howglen “Two miles, as the crow flies,” responded the man. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl No great distance as the crow flies," said Fletcher, "but a good many miles by road. The Swindler and Other Stories Then he went quietly to his hunting lodge which is ten miles, as the crow flies from the capital, yet barred off by the mountain ridge. The Lighted Match The greatest length of the city as the crow flies is about 3-1/10 miles, and its greatest breadth somewhat less, but many of the outlying parts resemble country roads rather than streets. Roumania Past and Present "There ain't no distances as the crow flies in this country," he answered. The Canadian Commonwealth There were no schools in that country; indeed, our nearest neighbor was ten miles distant as the crow flies. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country My father was in very comfortable circumstances, as he was owner of six large fishing vessels hailing from the port of Great Yarmouth, some ten or twelve miles distant as the crow flies. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles Oh, 'bout three hundred miles as the crow flies, a little west of north, and the better part of the distance, they tell me, it's almighty rough country for night work. Bob Hampton of Placer This place is only about forty-five miles from A. as the crow flies, but by river it takes sixteen hours, and with various halts and delays it took us just twenty-four. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years I once asked a guide with a truly city air—it might almost have been a Harvard air—if these distances were "as the crow flies." The Canadian Commonwealth Now we were making straight, almost as the crow flies, for the Cevennes; but luckily for Lady Turnour's peace of mind the snowy tops were hidden from sight behind other mountains' shoulders as we approached. The Motor Maid A great wall, hardly a mile away, as the crow flies, the third mountain rose, bare and forbidding. The Soldier of the Valley Back of this, forty miles as the crow flies, nestled a mountain park surrounded by peaks. The Sheriff's Son I found European mountain ash trees last summer in a forest in New Hampshire; the seed must have been carried over two miles as the crow flies. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 He meant "seventy-five miles as the crow flies." The River and I He replied:— 'I am only twenty miles, as the crow flies, from your border. The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling Christmas had come and gone before Thompson finished his job at Porcupine Lake, some ninety-odd miles, as the crow flies, north of Fort Pachugan. Burned Bridges The distance to the camp from where they stood was not over three miles as the crow flies, but it appeared much less in the rarefied atmosphere. The Girl of the Golden West He flew, as the crow flies, across the fields, to where M'Alister was on duty. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V The distance was seventeen hundred miles, as the crow flies. The River and I Then there was a screech from an urchin in a tree, and they were away with a straight running fox pointing to Redbank Bushes, eight miles off as the crow flies. Bluebell A Novel At this moment the Germans are nearer than we are to London, as the crow flies; and here are our working classes living on honey and roses, like a City of the Plain. Nicky-Nan, Reservist A brisk run of sixteen miles across country as the crow flies with an angry bulldog pushing you pretty hard for first place, is a pleasant diversion in a sleepless night. The Silly Syclopedia Briar Hills was not more than four miles from the Manor as the crow flies, but fully twelve by the lower road. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment This lay about three miles from the village, reckoning as the crow flies, and was sheltered under a rude house which stood on the shores of a bay opening by an inlet into the sea. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Bertie took her as the crow flies, never pulled a fence, but merely gave her a lead, and Cecil, who had plenty of nerve, exulted in the new excitement. Bluebell A Novel In one part of its course it flows in a channel nearly 1,400 miles long to accomplish, as the crow flies, the distance of 700 miles. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 The team was mettlesome, the lights of Macdonald's homestead soon faded behind them, and they were racing with many a lurch and jolt straight as the crow flies across the prairie. Winston of the Prairie Less than two miles, as the crow flies, separated them from this scene. The Road Although it could not be more than five miles, as the crow flies, from the lodge to the lone pine, in two hours they still had the hardest part of the journey before them. Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box She was only twenty or twenty-two miles away, as the crow flies—say half an hour's journey if one had the wings of a heron. The Devil's Garden It was about five miles away as the crow flies. African Camp Fires "Until I can no longer travel 'as the crow flies,' I shall not spend a winter here," he would say to them with a solemn wink. The Tale of Old Mr. Crow Then, on again!--frantically, as the hare runs and as the crow flies, without swerving—on, with the sole aim of gaining time and covering distance! The Wild Olive "It's about four hundred mile long, and about eighty mile wide as the crow flies—a lot bigger as a man must ride." The Rules of the Game Before going home he had to pay a business call, and his destination was straight ahead of him, about four miles off as the crow flies. The Devil's Garden Our signal fire was built a mile above the camp, at a spot that was plainly visible on a clear day from our home on the other side, six miles away as the crow flies. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico From Bedford to St. Paul's is—as the crow flies—between forty and fifty miles: whatever road a man may take would make it nearer fifty than forty. The Historic Thames "There, straight as the crow flies, little one," he said, pointing west. Thankful Rest Monson is a very prettily situated Massachusetts town, about fifteen miles, as the crow flies, east of Springfield, and not more than twenty-five miles south by east of Amherst. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 There will be no shocks nor running off the lines to fear, and the goal will be reached rapidly, without fatigue, in a straight line, 'as the crow flies.' The Moon-Voyage Over there, as the crow flies, lay the River Swamp, and Neptune's gray, deserted cabin. The Purple Heights The company's biggest mines are seven or eight miles eastward, as the crow flies, quite at the other side of the island. The Man from Brodney's Barely eight miles from Bournemouth as the crow flies, it is twenty-four miles by rail and about the same by road. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Such a run had not been seen for many a long day; for it measured no less than fourteen miles "as the crow flies," and about five-and-twenty as the hounds ran. A Cotswold Village The descent of the 'Zenith' took place in the plains 155 miles from Paris as the crow flies. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation The distance across the Pass as the crow flies is, perhaps, fifty miles. Arizona Sketches Nearly two miles as the crow flies—only there are no crows here. The Man from Brodney's In the vicinity," said I. "About a mile and a half away as the crow flies or a beer runs—the terms are synonymous, you know. The Brother of Daphne We cut over the fields at the back, with him between us—straight as the crow flies—through hedge and ditch. Oliver Twist I had only about ten miles to go as the crow flies, but my mistakes made it nearer twenty. The Thirty-Nine Steps Within 160 miles, as the crow flies, one rises up to the city of Mexico some 12,000 feet, with Popocatepetl overhanging it 17,500 feet high. Tracks of a Rolling Stone The next thing we know of him for certain is that he had been hiding in Hammond's pig-pound by the side of the road to Norton six miles, as the crow flies, from the sea. Amy Foster A single Englishman touring the world as the crow flies occupied the car. The Mountains But they went on merrily, albeit their road winded so much, that the Sage told them, when evening was, that for their diligence they had but come a few short miles as the crow flies. The Well at the World's End: a tale That evening we were at Keynsham Bridge, less than two leagues from Bristol as the crow flies, and some of our horse forded the river and pushed on almost to the walls. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Your step-mother likes it, and the boy likes it—wonderful healthy air, don't you know—no smoke—no fogs—only three miles from the sea, as the crow flies. The Golden Calf The other day,' he said, 'I was sent for, and I went straight as the crow flies, and I beat a little baby only by five minutes after all.' Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 The Cove and the nearest point of the camp were only two miles and a quarter apart, as the crow flies. The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolf So: It lies between the Coppersmith's Gully and the pipe-stem sellers' quarter, within a hundred yards, too, as the crow flies, of the Mosque of Wazir Khan. Indian Tales The sigh was only half hove when the herdic backed up to my destination, which was about 300 feet from where I got in, as the crow flies. Remarks Half a dozen miles onwards, as the crow flies, and his feet would tread its soil. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII A few miles away, as the crow flies, but many weary leagues as a man must travel, a brother settler, racked with rheumatism, gave to his creek the name of Misery. The Call of the Cumberlands With the first gray of dawn they swung stiffened forms into the saddles and rode on, straight as the crow flies, for the Salt Fork. Keith of the Border Towards the west it is quicker, involved, fold doubling almost completely on fold, so that it takes sixty miles to accomplish thirteen as the crow flies. The Early Life of Mark Rutherford (W. Hale White) The distance to that pass as the crow flies was only a little more than thirty miles. The Path to Rome The hill was only four miles off as the crow flies, but the ground was frightfully cut up, and it was not until after six hours of tremendous work that they reached the summit. With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader But we were told that, although scarcely a mile off as the crow flies, it was, such are the windings of the river, at least twelve or fourteen hours' journey from the Landing. A Trip to Manitoba A hundred and fifty miles as the crow flies, and sand all the way, except for the valley of Salt Fork. Keith of the Border "I shall hardly give him the trouble; why, the distance must be eighteen miles as the crow flies." Rob Roy — Volume 01 From Brienz to the top of the Grimsel is, as the crow flies, quite twenty miles, and by the road a good twenty-seven. The Path to Rome I don't know how far it would be by the way we should have to go, but as the crow flies it is about three hundred miles from here. With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader Peking is 100 miles as the crow flies from the nearest point of the coast, at least six or seven days' march for such a camp, and the direction is south-east, or nearly so. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 He knew they were heading for the Channel port as straight as the crow flies. Air Service Boys over the Atlantic Wayeeses had chosen her den well, on the edge of the untrodden solitudes—sixty miles as the crow flies—that stretch northward from Harbor Weal to Harbor Woe. Northern Trails, Book I. Now Lugano was not fifteen miles as the crow flies from where I stood, and I determined to cut off that angle by climbing the high hills just above me. The Path to Rome From the reef of Heligoland, the main German base in the North Sea, to Jutland, is about one hundred miles as the crow flies. The Boy Allies at Jutland From Pry's house, where McClellan's headquarters were that day, to Burnside's, was over two miles as the crow flies. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 From Bombay to Narel, a station situated at the foot of this mountain, we are to travel four hours by railway, though, as the crow flies, the distance is not more than twelve miles. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan I might as well be told it is one mile as the crow flies. Public Opinion He happened to know that it was a "short cut" to Red Roof and less than a mile as the crow flies. The Prince of Graustark And here I was, at five, six and a half miles from its limits as the crow flies. Over Prairie Trails Certainly neither guessed that another heart, far distant as the crow flies, had felt the stream of his vital, creative thinking, and had thus delicately responded and sent out a sympathetic message of belief. A Prisoner in Fairyland Fifteen miles as the crow flies is the usual limit of vision. Following the Equator, Part 7 "A matter of twenty-five miles, as the crow flies." Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery "Five miles, as the crow flies," returned Rand, "and near six by the road." The Boy Scouts Patrol As this settlement was on the coast, and only sixty-five miles, as the crow flies, from San Francisco, it will be seen that the Spanish authorities had some genuine cause for alarm. The Famous Missions of California Its course must have been, and doubtless was, an actual flight under water, and half as fast as the crow flies in the air. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers Often a part of the road that is but a mile away as the crow flies requires an hour's steady going to reach it; but the mountain scenery is glorious. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran The situation was not entirely desperate, for, as Uncle Sammy said, he could reach the Ox Road forks before Blount possibly could, by going as the crow flies through the pine woods. The Prodigal Judge Fort Lincoln is all of sixty miles from here as the crow flies. A Texas Ranger "Fire," said Bill, "in the form of a common cowshed, is burnin' about nor'-nor'-east as the crow flies." The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff The equestrians were obliged to walk down the hill, and when they reached the bottom David was going as the crow flies across some meadows half a mile ahead. Love Me Little, Love Me Long Meadows' house was about four miles and a half distant as the crow flies, and he went home to-day as the crow flies, only faster. It Is Never Too Late to Mend He was upward of seven feet tall, as the crow flies, and very thin and rigid. Europe Revised About fifteen miles, I reckon, as the crow flies. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, Chengchiatun is a small Mongol- Manchurian market-down lying some sixty miles west of the South Manchurian railway by the ordinary cart-roads, though as the crow flies the distance is much less. The Fight for the Republic in China As far off as Offenburg they had traveled by the railway in the prosaic fashion of commercial travelers, from there they had tramped like Canadian backwoodsmen, and reached Hasslach—twelve miles as the crow flies. The Malady of the Century Straight as the crow flies, when you have passed the factory, and cemetery, and turned to the left. At the Mercy of Tiberius I have seen a fox run fifteen miles as the crow flies, and only three of us in at the death. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn A few miles away as the crow flies Gilbert Palgrave In his bedroom in St. James's Palace cursed himself and life because Joan was still as difficult to win as sunshine was to bottle. Who Cares? a story of adolescence "About—well, about seven mile, as the crow flies." Such Is Life To the south, 30 miles as the crow flies, over the slate country, the Berwyns are seen clearly. Short History of Wales Though we are but little distance from them as the crow flies, the way is far to travel. The Lady of the Shroud According to the ordnance-survey map, the distance is about two and a half miles as the crow flies. The Mason-Bees Camden, on the Wateree River, lies inland from Charleston about a hundred and twenty-five miles as the crow flies. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence To the south was the headland, perhaps two miles away as the crow flies. The Man We average from two to two-and-a-half miles an hour in a straight line, or as the crow flies, and seldom have more than five or six hours a day of actual travel. 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 Lay hold of my stirrup-leather and be lashed to it, and show me straight as the crow flies to where the weapons are hidden. Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners) That's over yon, on the North Ridge," said the ostler, "about two miles as the crow flies and five by the trail. Snow-Bound at Eagle's I am only twenty miles, as the crow flies, from your border. Soldiers Three - Part 2 The cost of sending a letter from Peking to Hankow—650 miles, as the crow flies—being no more than eight cents, or four pence. Historic China, and other sketches It is sixteen miles, as the crow flies, to Barnham Church—thirty-two miles there and back. Peter Ruff and the Double Four The town of Portsmouth stretches along the south bank of the Piscataqua, about two miles from the sea as the crow flies—three miles following the serpentine course of the river. An Old Town By the Sea It is a short distance as the crow flies from Rovereto to Munich, but not as the big gun travels. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war By the road she must be thirty miles from home if she were a step; across country as the crow flies, perhaps twenty. Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West Their house lies over the crest of the moors which rise above Haworth, at about a dozen miles' distance as the crow flies, though much further by the road. Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 That faint blue outline far in the north was Lyon Mountain, nearly thirty miles away as the crow flies. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness He had travelled about ten miles from the sea, as the crow flies. A Voyage to Arcturus The trail toward the west was straight as the crow flies; the moccasin prints that indented the soil were wide apart, and to an inexperienced eye looked like the track of one Indian. Betty Zane You brought us 'cross country straight as the crow flies, and that's the sort of service I appreciate. Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister It is not so unlike the Court of Chancery but that we may pass from the one scene to the other, as the crow flies. Bleak House |
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