| 单词 | balsa |
| 例句 | In a birdcage by the window, a green parakeet, the last surviving member of my grandparents’ former aviary, was moving back and forth on its balsa wood perch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the river, the canoes were tied together in pairs to form a balsa, or raft. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I carved the model out of balsa wood, and painted it in red and white racing colors. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, balsa wood would be perfect for the seesaws—it’s really easy to cut. I think my dad might even have some.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Whatever Comrade Pillai stored in his curtained cupboard, it wasn’t broken balsa airplanes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Weary had a block of balsa wood which was supposed to be a foxhole pillow. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good balsa wood isn’t so easy to come by these days, Colonel. I just didn’t think it was a good idea to pass up the chance to buy it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Balsa wood? What are the mess halls going to do with balsa wood?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A toy bus from Carolina Herrera, and a balsa wood D.I.Y. airplane complete with airsickness bag from Louis Vuitton, that seemed to symbolize a time when we were free to travel without thought. Artifacts of the Lost Year 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Working in a community called El Refugio, artisans carve and paint balsa wood to create colorful fish, birds, frogs and turtles. Explorer: On the Solentiname Islands in Nicaragua, an Eden With Art 2012-03-02T23:25:09Z Lynn kept the look minimal and organic by forgoing clunky ornaments and decorating the Fraser fir with burlap ribbon and paper cones filled with balsa wood flowers. Elegant Christmas Dinner Party 2011-12-12T19:20:07.153Z Newson spent hours in his grandfather’s garage dismantling watches and radios and building bicycles and balsa airplanes. Is There Anything Marc Newson Hasn?t Designed? 2012-01-27T17:23:09Z Richmond uses silver, balsa wood, paper and sometimes pearls. Jewelry exhibition is witty, wordy, all by women 2013-02-16T23:50:28Z In the 1940s a German biologist fashioned a mechanical model of a pterosaur from balsa wood, wire, tissue paper and a rubber-band motor, and flew it at a professional conference. Exhibition Review: Natural History Museum Explores the Wonders of Pterosaurs 2014-04-10T14:00:02Z Once when I pressed him, he described working on the new novel as like wrestling sheets of balsa wood in a high wind. In search of David Foster Wallace's Pale King 2011-04-08T09:17:13Z A Norwegian sailor sails from Peru across the Pacific on a balsa raft to prove the truth behind a Polynesian myth. 11 Books About Obsessive Searches 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl sailed from Peru to the Polynesian islands on a simple balsa wood raft. Heyerdahl film sets sail to Toronto 2012-09-06T07:18:34Z His books are built of balsa wood, but they are beautifully constructed all the same. Books of The Times: Carl Hiaasen’s ‘Bad Monkey’ Features a Cast of Oddballs 2013-06-17T20:34:20Z Swoon packed the cardboard and balsa scale models for the new iteration of her musical shantytown project, “The Music Box,” into her suitcase for her travels. Swoon Blurs the Line Between Art and Activism 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z “Da Vinci’s Workshop: The Art of Flight” will engage children 4 and older in studying his work and making their own flying machines from materials like balsa wood and cardboard. Spare Times for Children Listings for March 4-10 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Axel liked making model airplanes out of balsa wood and tissue. Double Solitude 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z As a hobby he produced a fanciful menagerie of intricate paperboard and balsa wood sculptures of animals. Irving Harper, Creator of the Marshmallow Sofa, Dies at 99 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Dornan has the bland affect of a model, by which I mean a figure made of balsa wood or Lego. Review: In ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Movie, Sex Is a Knotty Business 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z With the help of 3D software, a piece of balsa wood and a hobby knife, he constructed his first miniature farm scene. Miniacs Live in a Small, Small World 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z A rickety, balsa wood bus trundled on, then fell apart like a cheap circus prop. Why we need Iron Maiden for the Olympics 2010-03-25T14:58:00Z And Karla Black's pastel powder creations bring the sense of smell to her vast constructions of paper and plastic through the use of balsa wood, moisturizer and nail varnish. Favorite Martin Boyce scoops UK's Turner Prize 2011-12-05T21:09:26Z To the baseline challenge of his dizzyingly dense phrases, Mr. Brooks adds the task of maneuvering sheets of balsa wood, one for each of the piece’s six performers. Review: Brian Brooks Moving Company Keeps Things Off-Center at the Joyce Theater 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Jordan’s response: "If he did that to me, I'd snap his neck like a twig of dried balsa wood." Jim Jordan and Donald Trump's dumb week reminds us: MAGA "tough guys" are cowards at heart 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Mike Flusche, a fellow wrestler around the same time, said he remembers hearing Jordan’s “balsa wood” comment. The sexual abuse scandal that haunts Trump's pick for House speaker 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z “Going through my brain were suitable expletives. I hit the brakes, by which time it was too late, it was like balsa wood flying absolutely everywhere.” Another Day, Another Crash: Life by Britain’s Most Bashed Bridge 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z He laid out the physics hurdles of such an epic voyage and even crafted a prototype spacecraft from poster board, balsa wood, and Elmer’s glue. ‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe mysterious region beyond our Solar System 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z It often involves getting rid of oils, chemicals and plastics, before you even get to the hull - layers of polyester resin that can be mixed with balsa wood and foam. Boats: Call for rules to stop old vessels being dumped 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z "My mother gave me her grandfather's hammer and some nails and I had some very soft wood called balsa wood so I'd hammer nails into it and make sculptures," he said. Boy carpenter's Ukraine bowl raffle smashes target 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z "The Britannia Shipping Company drops you off round the Isle of Wight. I'll be in a nice white nightie and they wrap you in a balsa wood coffin and weight it." Obituary: June Brown 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Guided by laser markings, the crew is lining the sides with panels of balsa wood. Will War Make Europe’s Switch to Clean Energy Even Harder? 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z We also found trees that are well known in the forests of South America like Hura, or sandbox tree; Anacardium, a type of cashew tree; and Ochroma, or balsa. A volcanic eruption buried a forest in Peru – now the petrified trees are showing us their stories 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Built from balsa wood and hobby shop tires, it was just 15 inches long. It looks like the Batmobile, works on solar energy, and could be the future of cars They are a sandwich composed of fiberglass, sheets of balsa wood and a chemical called an epoxy thermoset resin. New Wind Turbine Blades Could be Recycled Instead of Landfilled 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z “Then I started making things out of balsa wood because it’s easy to carve. My dad is a hobby carpenter, so I guess the influence always made me feel handy.” Artist gives life to Belgian boot-scrapers during pandemic 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Supplies of balsa wood, a major component of wind turbine blades, became scarce this spring because about 95 percent of it comes from Ecuador, which was overwhelmed by the pandemic. How the Virus Slowed the Booming Wind Energy Business 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z It was 36 inches long, constructed out of fiberboard, balsa wood and copper at the dining room table of their Alexandria home. Perspective | How do you lose a bridge? It’s easy when it’s only 36 inches long. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Another roads policing officer called the vehicle a "homemade electric motorcycle" which was "made from bits of balsa wood and duck tape". 'Most unusual' vehicle stopped on M25 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z It had balsa wood gliders, some of the latest radio-controlled cars, planes, and the parts to keep many early and older models running. One of Southland’s last model and hobby shops will close because of rising rent 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z A student uses a soldering iron to build the solar panel, which is attached to the balsa wood sculpture. Kinetic sculptures and sound circuits: building solar-powered art at Pioneer Works 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Once, it suggests, we lived in better, slower times, and the only way to revisit them today is with great concentration and ingenuity, and tweezers and balsa wood and glue. Shrinking the world: why we can't resist model villages 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Teams of workers gradually fill a mold with strips of fiberglass interlaced with balsa wood for strength. Windmills with blades as long as a jumbo jet’s wingspan are making clean energy mainstream 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Several hundred layers of fibreglass and balsa wood are being tucked into giant moulds by hand. Wild is the wind: the resource that could power the world 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z The Mosquito, which was largely made from plywood and balsa, was decommissioned by the RAF in 1943. WW2 Mosquito aircraft blueprints found at Airbus factory - BBC News 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Others were made of balsa wood and were more triangular in shape. Kinetic sculptures and sound circuits: building solar-powered art at Pioneer Works 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Enabled by new innovations in balsa wood surfboards that had opened new vistas to surfers in the 1940s, they returned again and again, despite the risks. See Vintage Color Photos of Surfers in Hawaii in 1963 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z In 1947 Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl sailed the balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki from the Peruvian coast to Polynesia to advocate his idea the region was colonized from the east by descendants of the Incas. Fantastic Voyage: Polynesian Seafaring Canoe Completes Its Globe-Circling Journey 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Gustafson first began carving with balsa wood, which he purchased in Lincoln. 94-year-old crane carver continues creating after 20 years 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z According to an oral tradition recorded by two colonial-era Spaniards, a king named Naymlap arrived somewhere on the coast, around 650AD, with a fleet of balsa rafts and nearly all his people. Ancient tombs in Peru hint at human sacrifice and link to legendary flood 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z We then discovered a local rocketry club and started building and flying bigger rockets we made out of cardboard and balsa wood with plastic nose cones and little thin plastic parachutes. From zero gravity to Ride & Tie: the quirky hobbies of the tech elite 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Later, he started crafting small balsa wood models of those same houses. Retired teacher builds miniature version of Indiana town 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z The rafts are made of balsa wood, a tree species lighter than cork and native to the Americas. Kon-Tiki2: Why would you cross the Pacific on a wooden raft? - BBC News 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z In competitions a solid lance is normally used, but in choreographed events and historical shows knights use a lance with a balsa wood end, which shatters for dramatic effect. Lance encounters: Why do people risk death jousting? - BBC News 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z It is solid balsa, weighs close to 30 pounds and is designed for tow-in waves. Surfer Laird Hamilton’s Favorite Things 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z A balsa turtle hung from the end of our toilet pull. A Nicaraguan Paradise That May Soon Be Lost 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Until the 1950s, surfboards were made of wood — at one time redwood, but after World War II usually balsa, a buoyant wood native to Mexico and South America and commercially cultivated in Ecuador. Dave Sweet, a Quiet Pioneer of Surfboarding, Dies at 86 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z It was far more than just a facade of balsa wood and foam core. Chanel wants you to dress like a bistro waiter this fall. It’s actually a good idea. 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z While the cars are cut from a block of balsa wood and powered by a gas canister, the technology applied to them is sophisticated. 'F1 in Schools' a class act for budding boffins 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z In 1967, the eraser was celebrated by the artist Vija Celmins, who produced a series of painstakingly crafted Pink Pearl sculptures from balsa wood, shaped and painted to look just like the real thing. The stories behind five stationery icons 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Last year the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering shipyard in South Korea experimented with suits that let workers walk around carrying 65-pound slabs of metal like they were balsa wood. Robotic Exoskeletons Giving (and Gaining) Support 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z A postwar balsa shortage contributed to Mr. Sweet’s urge to build boards from something else. Dave Sweet, a Quiet Pioneer of Surfboarding, Dies at 86 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z There's no doorman, no signs, no carpets and the rooms in this dark warren appear to be partitioned by sheets of balsa wood. The eclectic, electric collective 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z “When he was 17, a guy showed up with a balsa board. They switched, and my dad knew this was what he needed to learn how to surf.” Hobie Alter, Surfboard and Sailboat Innovator, Dies at 80 2014-03-31T15:40:38Z To begin, Jack’s team simply played with the balsa wood, breaking it, cutting it, thinking about how to put the pieces together. Norwood School embraces Odyssey of the Mind 2013-05-21T20:27:40Z Then, his first prosthetic leg was made of balsa wood with plastic laminate; today they contain carbon fiber, titanium and microprocessors. War and Sports Shape Better Artificial Limbs 2013-04-18T00:53:20Z Mr. Sweet’s boards, lighter and thus more maneuverable than their balsa progenitors, became the choice of many competitive surfers, but they were also boutique items, elite accessories. Dave Sweet, a Quiet Pioneer of Surfboarding, Dies at 86 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z He loved model making even as a child and spent six months in 1944 assembling a battleship from balsa wood. Malcolm Morley Opens the Parrish Art Museum’s New Home 2012-11-25T01:38:56Z That summer, in 1950, Mr. Alter fashioned his own balsa board in the garage at Laguna Beach. Hobie Alter, Surfboard and Sailboat Innovator, Dies at 80 2014-03-31T15:40:38Z The drones that Schmale and his team use are made from balsa wood or fiberglass and are powered by an electric motor. Nonmilitary drones take to the skies in larger numbers 2012-09-10T20:40:48Z There are tiny models striding about his studio desk and a fat beam above, doll-size furniture made from foam and wire, paper and balsa wood. Designer Takeshi Miyakawa Returns From Rikers Island 2012-06-07T03:27:17Z One of the many mysteries about the Jupiter-like planets being found around other stars is why their density is so low—some are as fluffy as styrofoam or balsa wood. Magnetoastrocoolness: How Cosmic Magnetic Fields Shape Planetary Systems 2012-01-13T16:15:05.427Z They stayed put until Monday morning, except for the one who left to visit a hobby shop and returned with balsa wood, glue, carving tools and silver paint. Holden Withington, Last Living B-52 Designer, Dies at 94 2011-12-17T21:27:23Z Mr. Hill, for his part, once admitted that on the third day of their honeymoon he went to the store for balsa and glue. Maynard L. Hill, Small-Scale Lindbergh, Dies at 85 2011-06-13T03:23:04Z Perhaps the strongest argument in favor of identifying Fletcher's "canow" as a tule balsa lies in the fact that he states that a single person came out to the Golden Hinde. Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 2011-05-26T02:00:16.780Z They alone employed a plank-built canoe instead of the balsas or canoe-shaped bundles of rushes of the greater part of California. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Their car is built from balsa wood and powered by a compressed air canister. Balsa wood car carries UK's mini F1 hopes 2011-03-16T09:23:18Z He and his teaching partner* started with a fairly familiar engineering exercise — teams of students designing bridges from a standardized supply of balsa components, then adding weight until the break. Dot Earth: Breaking Things on a Path to Breakthroughs 2011-02-22T15:52:42Z As a teenager, he loved building model airplanes from balsa wood and tissue paper and flying them in indoor competitions. Charles H. Kaman, Helicopter Innovator, Dies at 91 2011-02-03T02:50:01Z One other account may be cited to support the identification of the "canow" with the balsa. Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 2011-05-26T02:00:16.780Z Nelson gets giddy when asked about the balsa wood, shoebox-sized car, rattling off statistics about gear ratios and turn ratios. Teenage Girl Tops White House Super Bowl Honors: Scott Soshnick 2011-02-02T02:23:34Z Hasselbeck is a consummate pro with who has had an outstanding career, but he could snap like balsa wood at any time. The Fifth Down: Saturday's N.F.L. Wild-Card Matchups 2011-01-06T16:30:27Z He became interested in rocketry as a teenager and constructed balsa wood missiles filled with a rudimentary propellant of powder from shotgun shells and glue. Rocket scientist Robert C. Truax dies at 93 2010-09-29T15:40:00Z Our contemporary fondness for them probably began with the Kon-Tiki expedition, an acclaimed mission led by Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl who sailed from Peru to Polynesia in a balsa wood raft in 1947. Captain Bligh sets sail again ? for charity 2010-04-26T19:00:00Z Wagner says in answer, "To this it may be objected that ... tule balsas were in use in Drake's Bay in 1595 and were so recognized without difficulty." Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 2011-05-26T02:00:16.780Z At the shore of the lake, he and his escort stepped upon a balsa, or raft made of rushes, and moved slowly out to the middle. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day The balsa of the Indians of the north coasts of South America is a very good representation of this kind of boat. History of Human Society He grabs the disintegrator just as I belt him over his ugly noggin with a wrench about two feet long and which was certainly not made of aluminum or balsa wood. Operation Earthworm The wider and smoother rivers were crossed on 'balsas,' or rafts with sails. The Red True Story Book But all showed that they knew how to place their hopes in God, and they arrived at the river which they crossed in balsas, swimming the horses, because the bridge was burned down. An Account of the Conquest of Peru It represents the chief and attendants upon a balsa, or raft, and is considered to be a striking confirmation of the tradition. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day A canoe formed from the trunk of a large tree, generally cedar or balsa wood. 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 Commander, clad simply in his wrist-watch and uniform cap, was standing on the balsa raft, with scores of men hanging to its support. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions But as he drew near he saw it was one of the huge rafts, called 'balsas,' made of logs and floored with reeds, with a clumsy rudder and movable keel of planks. The Red True Story Book At length the Spaniards embarked in twenty balsas, and came in sight of the native squadron. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Apparently the Peruvians did not know; yet when the balsa rounded the point, there was the bay, and there the stone pier or wharf of which Phil had spoken! Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess These skin boats, if boats they are, are called balsas. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading Their boats or balsas were looked upon as ingenious contrivances. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold I’m wearing Mark 6,” he said, as one might say, “I’m carrying the genuine Cross, not one of the balsa ones.” The Creature from Cleveland Depths This watery labyrinth was navigated by the Indians in their balsas; and, secure in their retreat, they contrived to make inroads on the Spanish towns in the neighbourhood for a length of time. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The average length of the rushes was about twelve feet, but by a kind of interlacing system a raft, or balsa, of almost any required dimensions could be constructed. In Search of El Dorado The launches could not come close inshore, so that every one and everything had to be transported to them on balsas. At the Point of the Sword When once they have tasted human flesh, it is asserted that they will take great pains to obtain it, upsetting canoes, and seizing people asleep near the banks, or floating on their balsas. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas I have before mentioned the delicious fruits that may be found in abundance in the city; and I described the curious balsas, on board of which the natives navigate the coasts and rivers. On the Banks of the Amazon The Spanish troops sent against them waded to some islets, but the Indians, hovering round them in their balsas, prevented them from advancing further. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America No interruption occurred, however, and in less than an hour the reeds were all cut and the construction of the first balsa was begun. In Search of El Dorado There we got on a balsa, or raft, which carried us to a launch, whose crew at once took us alongside a fine North American schooner. At the Point of the Sword The first time was when, during my passage of the lake on a balsa, one of my companions had the misfortune to fall into the water. Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru They were made of light balsa wood, which is very buoyant. On the Banks of the Amazon Numerous rivers flow into it; in some places it is very deep, but in others so shallow that there is only just room to force the balsas through the rushes. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The balsa, it may here be explained, was a very simple affair indeed, consisting merely of a flat bundle of reeds, firmly bound together in such a way as to form a sort of raft. In Search of El Dorado Marching and conquering on the coast of Manta, and the island of Puna, and Tumbez, there arrived at Tumbez some merchants who had come by sea from the west, navigating in balsas with sails. History of the Incas But no; there was no sign of his young master in that direction; moreover, the balsa was lying moored in its proper place; also the cutter was at her usual moorings. Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru Arthur suggested that we might possibly find a canoe, in which we could go back by water, or, if not, we might build a balsa, such as we had seen used on the Guayas. On the Banks of the Amazon The Indians, however, going in and out among the lanes and rushes, baffled their oppressors, cutting off several Spanish balsas. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Unfortunately, perhaps, they were obliged to abandon the balsa about mid-afternoon, the water channel abruptly coming to an end, and thus necessitating a return to their original mode of travel. In Search of El Dorado So Viracocha was enraged against Taguapaca, and ordered the other two servants to take him, tie him hands and feet, and launch him in a balsa on the lake. History of the Incas What hope for his life would a man have if he chanced to fall off his balsa at a moment when one of those monsters happened to be close at hand? Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru But the balsas are the most original, and, therefore, the most attractive sight. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The balsa moved slowly towards the opposite shore and swiftly down-stream, the stalwart Irish soldier's feet settling into the loosely bound stems as he poled. Captured by the Navajos In 1632 a minor revolution of Indians occurred, which resulted in a quaint species of naval engagement on Lake Titicaca, with the native balsas, or rafts, posing as diminutive battleships. South America The balsa generally carries only one large sail, which is hoisted to what we call a pair of shears, formed by two poles crossing at the top, where they are lashed together. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels Ere the balsa could be stopped and paddled back to where the man was struggling, two of the monsters appeared and tore him limb from limb. Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru These are rafts made of light balsa wood, so buoyant as to be used in coasting voyages. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The Mojaves, whose village was five miles above La Paz, came down on freshly made balsas every day, but walked home, carrying their paddles. Captured by the Navajos He failed in this object, but brought off a few bladders full of water, and three or four balsas, very artificially sewed and filled with wind, which are used for landing on this dangerous coast. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. An immense balsa was dashing out before the land-wind, and sending a snowy wreath of foam before her like that which curls up before the bow of a frigate in chase. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels We were ferried across on the usual balsa, a platform on three dugouts, running by the force of the current on a wire trolley. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The rivers are crossed on large flat-bottomed boats called balsas. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America He made a landing on a sand-spit that struck off from an outward curve of the bank, and dragged the balsa out of the water. Captured by the Navajos At this time also, the master of the small bark came off in a balsa. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. The balsas are clumsy, and difficult to paddle. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru We only ran in a clear course for ten minutes all told, and spent eight hours in portaging the loads past rapids down which the canoes were run; the balsa was almost swamped. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Now I go to make ready the balsa and to warn the maidens lest they be frightened. The Virgin of the Sun I soon learned that Henry had been seen to paddle out of the lagoon on a Mojave balsa, accompanied by Vic, and that Frank and Clary had gone quail-shooting. Captured by the Navajos My new friend buys balsa by the ship load and sends it to the U.S. and England. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' The balsas cannot beat to windward, but behave very well in shallow water with a favoring breeze. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru In the balsa only two were left fit to do anything, and Kermit plied a paddle all day long. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Remain here in the balsa, Lord, while I talk with these people, and when I summon you be pleased to come. The Virgin of the Sun In a few minutes the balsa lodged against the shore in the still water of a little cove. Captured by the Navajos A balsa — that is, a flying bridge worked by a cable — plied fitfully across the Paraná to Ytapua, also a little ex-Jesuit town upon the other side. A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 On the other hand, large balsas constructed for use in crossing the rough waters of the deeper portions of the lake are capable of carrying a dozen people and their luggage. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru Here there is a balsa, or ferry, run by two Parecis Indians, as employees of the Telegraphic Commission, under the colonel. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Behind yonder rock is my balsa and with it are the two maidens. The Virgin of the Sun Another thing that amused the boys was a balsa, or raft, made by the Mojaves, of the cane-grass which grew in the river-bottoms to the height of fifteen feet. Captured by the Navajos The balsas are described with equal minuteness by Stevenson. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas To give greater security two balsas are sometimes fastened together in the fashion of a double canoe. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru He at once caused balsas, broad and clumsy barks, or rather rafts, of the country, to be provided, and by this means passed his men over, without opposition, to the other side of the river. History of the Conquest of Peru "Yes," I answered, "unless the balsa oversets, when I shall find mail hard to swim in." The Virgin of the Sun Also, after all Urco and some of his captains, breaking out of the burning temple under cover of the smoke escaped, either in balsas or, as many declare, by swimming the lake. The Virgin of the Sun He at once caused balsas, broad and clumsy barks, or rather rafts, of the country, to be provided, and by this means passed his men over, without opposition to the other side of the river. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas Of course the balsas eventually become water-logged and spend a large part of their existence on the shore, drying in the sun. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru We built a fleet of balsas with reeds and blown-out sheepskins, and followed him. The Virgin of the Sun Moreover, besides the oars, they rigged a square cotton sail upon the balsas which enabled them to run before the wind without labour, steering the craft by means of a paddle at the stern. The Virgin of the Sun Although it was so clumsy the balsa moved through the water at a good rate, covering quite two leagues the hour, I should say, before that strong and steady wind. The Virgin of the Sun He at once caused balsas, broad and clumsy barks, or rather rafts, of the country, to be provided, and by this means passed his men over, without opposition to the other side of the river. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas Now we were in them, for the first of those hungry, curling waves got a hold of the balsa and tossed it up dizzily, then flung it down into a deep valley of water. The Virgin of the Sun Also among the ruins of the balsa we found some of the dried fish that was left to us, and having washed it, filled ourselves. The Virgin of the Sun Passing through the gates the bearers placed the balsa on the ground and fell back. The Virgin of the Sun |
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