| 单词 | sandbank |
| 例句 | On the sandbank she found not one but five of the precious wheels, and passing the cord through their softening centers, she swam heavily back, pulling them behind her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She pulled the craft onto sandbanks and poked as much caulking as she could into the cracks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They would lie out on sandbanks or float just below the surface of the water, carefully watching the animals that came to the river to drink. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I must have crossed the sandbanks into a side channel, she thought. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In those two weeks, Lucas and I had nearly searched all of the surrounding area ourselves, had kayaked down the river twice, getting out to search random sandbanks and things like that. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “So you’ll have to take a boat. Crocodile Guts’s boat was pulled up on a sandbank when he died. I doubt whether anyone has disturbed it.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounded as though the sandbanks were ripping out the hull. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As she walked across the sandbank at the edge of the river, though, she felt the weight of the calabash getting greater and greater. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z When we arrived, dozens of reptiles lay dozing on a sandbank, which was surrounded by a flimsy wooden fence. Personal Journeys: Hiking Deep Into Dogon Country in Mali 2010-03-05T04:11:00Z As we descended for landing on a soft sandbank by the Ayeyarwady River, we got a closer look at the exotic religious structures that dominate the land. The best way to see thousands of temples in central Burma: Hot-air balloon 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The plane crash-landed in the sandbank, off Deal in Kent, and was swallowed by the seabed – only to be exposed again five years ago. German second world war Dornier 17 bomber lifted from the Channel 2013-06-10T18:45:51Z Floyd’s Pelican Bar, built from driftwood and palm fronds on a sandbank in the middle of the ocean, has to be the area’s best-known spot. Encountering Another Jamaica 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Not the first time it's happened down on the foul reeking sandbanks of the Thames, and certainly not the first time to a discombobulated Scotsman. Doctor Who: Capaldi's wiser, older Time Lord cuts through the hype 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Five miles up the coast from La Pedrera is San Antonio, a settlement of about 30 houses that’s lined with sandbanks and is reportedly attracting Argentine actors and artists who want to escape the limelight. Latin America 2011 |?Next Stop: Uruguay?s Bohemian-Chic Beaches 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z This density of variation is contrasted with another drowned bell at Selsey, literally swept away along with St Wilfrid's monastery but which is still heard by fishermen venturing near the treacherous sandbanks. The Fabled Coast by Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer Westwood - review 2012-08-03T21:55:09Z You not only get a chance to see grey seals basking on the sandbanks, but you disembark at the distinctive, blue Old Lifeboat House, home to National Trust rangers and a visitor centre. 10 hidden beaches, bays and walks on the UK coastline 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z To recreate its natural habitat, conservationists use sandbanks as nesting sites. Return of Myanmar's smiling turtle is reason to be cheerful 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z On a recent morning, Salas brushed dirt away from a palm-sized rock grinding tool that he found protruding from a sandbank. Tribal leaders and researchers have mapped the ancient "lost suburbs" of Los Angeles 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z They used shovels to pull apart sandbanks where receding water levels revealed pockets of contamination. Tar balls are being found 100 miles downstream from Yellowstone River train derailment 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z A huge grain barge lay sprawled across a nearby sandbank. Ukraine war: Living without water in a town devastated by dam breach 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, a migrant boat navigating on that route slammed into a sandbank just off a Calabrian beach town and broke apart. More than 1,400 migrants are rescued from overcrowded boats off southern Italy by coast guard 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Jordan Grebby, from HM Coastguard, said it appeared that the whale had become stranded on a sandbank in the surf. Whale stranded off Bridlington's South Beach dies 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Just offshore, the boat, rocked by tall waves, slammed into a sandbank, splintering and rapidly taking on water. Suspected smuggler in deadly shipwreck sent back to Italy 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z A wooden boat that had sailed from Turkey ran into sandbank in rough seas off a beach in Calabria, the toe of the Italian peninsula. Italy fears huge numbers of migrants might sail from Libya 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Rescue teams faced challenges accessing the sandbank and later securing evidence amid tidal changes, officials said. Australia helicopter collision: Couple killed in crash named 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The other helicopter, which was carrying six passengers, landed on a sandbank, according to police. Helicopter collision near Australia’s Sea World park kills 4, injures 8 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z A second helicopter carrying six people landed on a nearby sandbank, with five people suffering minor injuries. Two British citizens among dead in mid-air helicopter collision near Australian theme park 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Authorities had faced challenges accessing the sandbank and later securing evidence amid tidal changes, officials said. Australia helicopter collision could have seen many more deaths, officials say 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z One helicopter landed safely on a sandbank, but debris from the other was spread across an area police described as difficult to access. Helicopters collide over Australian beach, passengers hurt 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z I ran down the beach, dived and hit my head on a sandbank. TV presenter Matthew Bassett shows life goes on with spinal injury 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Police told journalists at the site that it was initially difficult for emergency services to access the sandbank to reach those injured or killed in the crash. Helicopter collision near Australia’s Sea World park kills 4, injures 8 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Jack Kavanagh was just 20 when he hit his head on a sandbank diving into the sea during a Portuguese holiday. 'I had to find a new way of navigating the world' 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z The second helicopter landed upright on the sandbank. Australia helicopter collision could have seen many more deaths, officials say 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z When the sea recedes, birds forage the soaking wetlands, and hundreds of seals can be seen congregating on a sandbank. A Holy British Island, Where the Reckless Try to Outrace the Tide 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z More ships are expected to be found lodged in the river’s sandbanks, loaded with unexploded ordnance. European drought unearths sunken Nazi warships, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z In Germany, cargo vessels cannot sail fully loaded along the Rhine, a major artery for freight, and along Italy's longest river, the Po, large sandbanks now bake in the sun as water levels recede sharply. Tourist boats marooned, farm land parched as drought lowers Europe's rivers 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z But the small boats are beached as a large swathe of the river has become a sandbank. Italians wait for rain where longest river runs dry 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The HMS Gloucester, traveling from southern England to Scotland, ran aground while navigating sandbanks off the town of Great Yarmouth on the eastern English coast. Wreck of 17th-century royal warship found off UK coast 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The 74-gun ship was lost when the rudder jammed and it ran aground on a sandbank between Langstone Harbour and the Isle of Wight, capsizing three days later. HMS Invincible shipwreck: Rudder found on Solent seabed 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The lagoon didn’t come into existence until about the 16th century, when the rivers feeding into the Atlantic silted, and long sandbanks grew along the coastline. Taking the scenic route to Aveiro, on Portugal’s Atlantic coast 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Corpses floated in the sacred Ganges river and were buried on sandbanks, revealing an enormous toll not always reflected in official figures, experts said. Narendra Modi’s BJP wins key Indian state elections 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z "There are a number of recurring incidents, like people getting cut off on the sandbanks," said the volunteer of 44 years. Covid: Coastguard set for busy staycation summer on 200th anniversary 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Most of those rescued were on board the dinghy, but five people were picked up from a sandbank. Channel migrants: Thirty rescued as man dies off French coast 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z He spotted a sandbank along the river where a narrow alley came down to the water. ‘Alpha,’ by David Philipps: A Navy SEAL’s Behavior Worried Teammates and Changed How They Fought 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Ploughed in neat furrows and shored up by sandbanks inside a lagoon, they are home to a centuries-old system of agriculture that climate change threatens to wipe out. Tunisia's lagoon farmers cling on as sea level rises 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Now there was the urgency of getting things done before the rains returned, and people trudged along the edge of the highway, picking their way through the sandbanks exposed by the receding water. ‘They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z After a French Frigate called the Medusa ran aground on a sandbank off of what is now Mauritania in 1816, nearly 150 survivors crammed onto an improvised raft. Coping Strategies of Ocean Castaways Hold Lessons for the COVID Pandemic 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Salvaging that ship took 12 tugboats and three attempts, and part of the sandbank where the ship ran aground had to be dredged. Giant Ship Blocking Suez Canal Could Take ‘Days, Even Weeks’ to Free 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The Usumacinta — where howler monkeys screech from overhanging trees, crocodiles lounge on sandbanks and jaguars prowl adjacent rainforest — is more than 1,000 miles from the mostly arid environs of the Rio Grande. The other Rio Grande: Central American migrants navigate jungle river en route to the United States 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Dogger Bank is the largest sandbank in UK waters, and underpins the North Sea’s ecosystem. Bottom trawling ban for key UK fishing sites 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Refloating stranded whales from beaches and sandbanks is a labour-intensive, difficult and often dangerous task. Whale beaching: An enduring mystery 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The group, which is the biggest beaching in the country’s modern history, were first spotted a wide sandbank during an aerial reconnaissance of rugged Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania state on Monday. Australia says majority of 470-strong beached whale pod has died 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The pod of long-finned pilot whales was first spotted on a wide sandbank during an aerial reconnaissance of remote and rugged Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania state on Monday, launching a difficult rescue operation. Australia counts record 470 stranded whales as rescue continues 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The duo turned the wooden boat towards the frothing commotion in unusually shallow water near a sandbank. 'Rolling and rolling and rolling': the first detailed account of great white shark sex 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Three kitesurfers went to their rescue and one pulled them to a sandbank from where they were taken ashore and treated, before being released. Kitesurfers save teenagers swept out to sea 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z My art studio looks over Lisbon to the north and the mighty sandbanks of Tróia to the south. 'I raised hell': how people worldwide answered the call of World Oceans Day 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z In 1991, the MV Ross Revenge, a former fishing trawler that had replaced the MV Caroline, ran aground on a sandbank off the English coast. Ronan O’Rahilly, rebel rock broadcaster, dies at 79 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z On sandbanks, we saw the tracks of tapirs and large turtles. Blood Gold in the Brazilian Rain Forest 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Before dawn on Wednesday, 25 more migrants, including three children, were found stranded on a sandbank off the French port of Calais. Nearly 50 migrants rescued in 2 days in busy English Channel 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z After scrambling up the beach, he hid trembling behind a small sandbank and trying to calm his nerves with a cigarette, he asked the soldier crouched behind him for a match. 'I survived D-Day - then had my first champagne' 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z In the Orkney archipelago, the island of Hoy is popular with tourists but few make it to South Walls, which is joined to it by a causeway built on top of sandbanks. Walking on the edge of hidden islands 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z A third planned alfresco adventure—eating on a sandbank in the Indian Ocean—was thwarted by rain. We’d Like to Eat in the Middle of the Ocean Tonight 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Along the Danube and Sava rivers, sandbanks unseen for decades emerged as waters gradually subsided due to scarce rainfall. Depleted Western Balkan rivers hit power generation, up prices 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z A Marine helicopter plucked 12 migrants from the sandbank while the other 13 made their way to shore as the tide receded. Nearly 50 migrants rescued in 2 days in busy English Channel 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Rob Lott, a marine mammal scientist at Whale and Dolphin Conservation, said the whale was being monitored in case it "live strands" on a sandbank. Fears over 'very lost' whale in Thames 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z He poked around the sandbanks, looking for pieces of wood, clothes and the plastic bags that migrants use on the boats to protect their cellphones and valuables. A Tunisian gravedigger gives migrants what they were deprived of in life: Dignity 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z She said the excavation was a "race against time" to rescue the artefacts as the sandbank recedes, exposing the wreck to the elements and attacks from shipworm and gribble. Shipwreck's latest artefacts revealed 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Gaza’s protesters have vowed to break through the perimeter fence despite the presence of Israeli snipers deployed on sandbanks behind it. Israel at 70: jubilant US embassy opening masks fevered times 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Across the fence on the Israeli side, sniper teams lay low on sandbanks overlooking the area. One Palestinian killed and hundreds injured in Gaza protests 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z At one of Friday’s protests, Israeli soldiers had lain atop a towering sandbank that overlooked Gaza. The Gaza strip mourns its dead after protest is met with bullets 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z On a recent evening, beginners were learning that “Béal Feirste” is Irish for the mouth of the sandbanks — and also Belfast, the province’s capital. A battle over language is at the heart of Northern Ireland crisis 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The 74-gun ship was lost when its rudder jammed and it ran aground on a sandbank between Langstone Harbour and the Isle of Wight, capsizing three days later. Shipwreck's latest artefacts revealed 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z At this time of winter there are also perilous riptides and shifting sandbanks. French call off search for CEO of Quiksilver a day after his boat washed ashore empty 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z He took two wooden decoy ducks, and placed them against a sandbank. 50 & 100 years ago 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The Minke whale had been stuck on a sandbank close to Newcastle promenade. 'Amazing' whale rescue off Co Down coast 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Now, a team of researchers wants to to determine once and for all whether the formations clearly visible on the ocean floor are naturally occurring sandbanks or the remains of an ancient structure. Las Vegas, Catalonia, Puerto Rico: Your Wednesday Briefing 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z The river’s banks are sparsely settled, providing nesting places for migratory birds that are drawn to freshwater sandbank grasses and saltwater plants alike. TRAVEL: Learning along the mighty St. Lawrence River 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z China wants to remove rocks and sandbanks to allow ships of up to 500 tonnes to sail from its landlocked province of Yunnan to the sleepy Laotian town of Luang Prabang. China's Silk Road push in Thailand may founder on Mekong River row 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The expansion of land resulted in some loss of permanently flooded sandbanks that affected the availability of food for some protected bird species, such as the common scoter, the sandwich tern, and the common tern. Satellite Eye on Earth: December 2016 – in pictures 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The committee then mistranslated the words ‘shoal’ and ‘bank’ – both of which refer to underwater features in English nautical terminology – by using the Chinese word tan, which means “sandbank,” an above-water feature. The Long History Behind Territory Disputes in the South China Sea 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The migrants were discovered at the Varne sandbank about seven miles off Dover. Migrants rescued from sandbank off Kent coast - BBC News 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z One bomb had thudded into a soft sandbank near the beach and crumpled but remained intact. Decades Later, Sickness Among Airmen After a Hydrogen Bomb Accident 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Then one ordinary day in Mozambique, scanning a coastal sandbank, he saw something that didn't belong there. MH370: Blaine Gibson's one-man search for answers - BBC News 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Franck Dhersin, mayor of Teteghem near Dunkirk, stresses the difficulties of navigating the Channel with its strong currents, winds and sandbanks. Migrants determined to brave the English channel - BBC News 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Gibson, who said he’s been searching for Flight 370 over the last year, found the piece on a sandbank. Australia: Mozambique Debris 'Almost Certainly' From MH370 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z One item was found on a sandbank by an amateur US investigator in late February and the other in December by a South African tourist. MH370 search: Mozambique debris arrives in Australia - BBC News 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z On 27 February 2016 another piece of debris was found on a sandbank in Mozambique. MH370: What we know 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Gibson said half an hour after they started searching the sandbank, the tour guide spotted the piece lying on top of the sand and quickly called him over. US man says would be ‘lucky’ if part he found is from MH370 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z Gibson arrived in Mozambique on Feb. 20 and went to the sandbank a week later. An American adventurer says it would be a "very lucky discovery" if the piece of aircraft he found on a sandbank off the coast of Mozambique is confirmed to be from the Malaysia Airlines jet that vanished two years ago 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z Manna says in an interview with The Associated Press that he connected Gibson with a boat operator nicknamed "Junior," who took the American to the Paluma sandbank and first spotted the debris there. A hotel owner in Mozambique says the sandbank where what could be a piece of a missing Malaysian airliner was found is in waters with treacherous currents and is not normally visited by tourists 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z According to reports, the new object was discovered on a sandbank off the coast of Mozambique. Search for MH370: 'High possibility' debris from Boeing 777 - BBC News 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Sperm whales become disorientated in the shallow waters of the North Sea and become stuck on sandbanks. Why do sperm whales wash up on beaches? - BBC News 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z The modern island is the dark central area, made up of a series of beach ridges built by sands from the surrounding sandbank during storms. Satellite eye on Earth: December 2015 – in pictures 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Gibson said half an hour after they started walking on the sandbank, the tour guide spotted the piece lying on top of the sand and quickly called him over. An American adventurer says it would be a "very lucky discovery" if the piece of aircraft he found on a sandbank off the coast of Mozambique is confirmed to be from the Malaysia Airlines jet that vanished two years ago 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z He's keen on visual details: the ghostly swoosh of a white lab coat when air rushes in from a corridor, the grotesque profiles of bodies tumbling down sandbanks. 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials' is a wicked good game 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Egrets line a furrowed sandbank in the Orinoco River. Why Is the Man Who Predicted Climate Change Forgotten? 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Unable to reach her step-grandparents, she managed to climb down the steep slope and spent the night sleeping on the sandbank of a river. Wreckage found in search for 'miracle' teen Autumn Veatch's plane 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Squint eastward, into the clement spring sunshine, and see a procession of small craft ferrying engineers to the sandbanks where the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, is rising from the seabed. The view from Grimsby 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z A second option was to anchor it to the sandbank while plans were made to right its current position. Stricken cargo ship 'is drifting' 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z A second option would be to anchor it to the sandbank while plans are made to right its current position. Cargo ship refloating 'delayed' 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Forty whales were spotted on Tuesday in the shallow channels among the Blackwater Estuary sandbanks. 'Trapped' juvenile whale found dead 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin said that in Bangladesh for example, British cash was helping landless people living on precarious temporary sandbanks that appear for a few years in the middle of rivers. UK climate change spending defended 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Documents from the time suggest it ran aground on a reef or sandbank off the northern shore of Haiti on the night of 24 to 25 December 1492. Haiti wreck 'not Columbus's ship' 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Because the hull lifts above the surface, you can go at an incredible speed over grass, sandbanks and shallow water," he told me. "For me, it's my girl. British hovercraft's Colombian role 2014-05-08T05:20:07Z All summer, Boris watched the sun rise and the water lap the sandbank, which was covered in the empty mussel shells and decorative grasses that he had previously seen only on icons. Lyudmila Ulitskaya: “The Fugitive.” 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z "There have undoubtedly been some permanent changes driven by shifting gravel and sandbanks," Mr Dickens said. Fishermen's storm suffering goes on 2014-03-07T01:25:37Z The town began life as a sandbank, later growing to become the world's largest herring port. Film renews interest in fishing song 2014-02-09T00:08:30Z On the night of 5 February 2004, they ventured far out onto the sandbanks in the dark, with the tide already beginning to turn. Families left behind by cocklepicker tragedy 2014-02-04T21:20:18Z This low-lying sandbank in the Bahamas is one of 700 islands, cays and islets. Pictures: The best space pictures of 2013 2013-12-10T13:14:10Z In unforgiving waters, 23 men and women fighting to harvest cockles for criminal gangmasters at Morecambe Bay on England's North West coast drowned on a flooded sandbank. From Morecambe to New York's MoMA 2013-11-25T01:08:05Z Fran Murphy, 52, was paddling with friends on a sandbank at a resort near Perpignan when it collapsed, leaving her unconscious. Holidaymaker meets mystery lifesaver 2013-09-19T16:30:22Z The grey and white mammal became stuck on sandbanks on Thursday at Saltney Ferry, near Chester. Stranded dolphin rescued by lifeboat 2013-08-22T11:50:24Z This particular dying humpback had beached on a sandbank and could not move or be moved. How Harmful for Whales Is Shipping? [Excerpt] 2013-08-09T14:15:01.067Z Three masts visible above the waterline signal its menacing presence - a shipwreck packed with wartime bombs resting on a sandbank in a busy shipping route. Explosive 'threat' to airport plans 2013-06-28T01:47:08Z The Goodwin Sands are a series of shifting sandbanks, 11m long and six miles wide, that are also the site of historic shipwrecks. Fourth hub airport plan unveiled 2012-12-19T14:06:48Z The case rests in part on a tiny sandbank named Quitasueño, which, if defined as an “island” by the court, will be Colombian territory. Maritime disputes: Make law, not war 2012-08-23T15:11:37Z The Special Areas of Conservation at the Maidens include sandbanks, reefs and grey seals, while the areas protected at the Skerries and Causeway includes sea caves, sandbanks and reefs. Two new protected marine areas 2012-07-27T05:28:49Z George Bailey attempted to steer the innings, but he too hit the sandbanks, made a sluggish 65 and then perished when he tried to add late impetus. England power 2-0 up in ODI series 2012-07-01T19:57:54Z At about six in the morning the tide had left us high and dry, and the boundless expanse of sandbanks showed us how hopeless was our task on a dark night. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Various efforts were made to get the Medusa off the sandbank, and at one time she swung entirely, and turned her head to sea. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Claiming a line drawn seaward from its concave coast would be unfair, Bangladesh wants a “nuanced” boundary, accounting for undersea geology and a sandbank. Maritime disputes: Make law, not war 2012-08-23T15:11:37Z The men row in the direction of the lake, and row over the sandbanks which surround it, as soon as the tide has flowed sufficiently to enable them to do so. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z No sooner had he left than the steersman gave the helm to a grummet,48 and the result was that the current carried the vessel upon a treacherous sandbank. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z So far, that I was glad when the Boy, by skilful navigation, succeeded in avoiding the many sandbanks and could run the punt in and, picking me up, row me over to the fonda. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Vessels bound to the port of Canton have to enter the delta of the Pearl River, the area of which is largely occupied with isles and sandbanks. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Watch him when, roused from his doze on a sandbank, by the sting of a rifle bullet on his armour, he vanishes with lightning rapidity beneath the water. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z A foreign barque was wrecked on the Ship-wash, a sandbank eight miles from land, the nearest port being Harwich, from which its southern end is distant ten miles. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z On we flew, crossing one sandbank on the summit of a curling wave that broke with a sound of thunder on the next bank. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z If the wind would only blow fair--if the shoals and sandbanks of the Texel were once safely passed--then success was certain. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z I saw myself in imagination standing by her side, watching the Cumberland Hills lessen and dwindle, the while we streamed down the coast towards the sandbanks here. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z But the sandbank held the tree firmly, and that peril was past. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z He, after searching in vain for some little time, steamed for the Kentish Knock, and when half-way to it saw the Deutschland on that sandbank. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The newly-formed sandbank which I have mentioned appeared to increase and become a more serious obstacle to landing every day. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z Shelf, shelf, n. a board fixed on a wall, &c., for laying things on: a flat layer of rock: a ledge: a shoal: a sandbank:—pl. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z We afterward discovered that these were the customary refrains sung by the gay tide, as it washed over the wing-dams, swished around the sandbanks, and dashed against great snags and island heads. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z That was some rock or sandbank; the tree shook, and Samba was nearly toppled from his perch. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Gat, gat, n. an opening between sandbanks, a strait. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z In 1768 John Golborne advised the narrowing of the river and the increasing of the scour by the construction of rubble jetties and the dredging of sandbanks and shoals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z A few thousand others were throwing up sandbanks to check the water, while another gang of workmen was making a pontoon. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Selecting the central mouth,—for this is the delta of the Catfish,—we shot down with a rush, but were 59 soon lodged on a sandbank. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z With its experience of sandbanks the crocodile knew there was no permanency in this arrangement. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Its mouth is divided by sandbanks into many channels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z An hour afterwards, as Aladin was taking the she-elephant to water, he saw a figure going at a long slouching trot along the yellow sandbanks of the Some, making directly towards the north. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z High on its narrow trestle it leaps across my little river and disappears between the sandbanks. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The only dangerous sandbank is the Doom Bar at the mouth of the Bay of Padstow; but there are shallows in Mounts Bay and other places. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z His lumbering vessel was twirling round; and looking through the leaves, he saw that it was caught by the head on a sandbank in midstream. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z The world you steer through is full of rocks, and shoals, and sandbanks. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z The two then quietly returned to their sandbank, where they waited patiently to renew the robbery, should an opportunity occur. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z When crossing the lake I have seen wild fowl resting on the surface in such enormous numbers that they looked like sandbanks. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z It seemed absurd that two men, stranded, perhaps for life, on this bare sandbank, should be unable to live together in amity. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z On the sandbank, or in the water, his end would alike be speedy. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z It frequents sandbanks and the margins of rivers where it finds its food. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z They scoop out the bottom at one point, raise it at another, and the sandbanks in the current are continually shifting. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z At Nowkatta it runs parallel for a time with the road, and we took our evening walk on its dry sandbanks, finding many recent traces of tigers and wild elephants. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z We were as men who had died out there among the dead ships' bones and been born again on this sandbank, lacking everything. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Only on the near side was the river navigable at this season, even by canoes; on the other side the channel was wide but shallow, thickly beset by sandbanks. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Mountain, bay, and sandbank were bathed in sunshine; the water was perfectly calm; nothing was moving upon it, nor upon the shore, and I thought I had never beheld a more beautiful and tranquil scene. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Doom Bar, named after a hazardous sandbank in the nearby Camel Estuary, is the best-selling cask beer in the south west and increasingly a favorite tipple across England, and beyond. Insight: Beautiful Cornwall's struggle shows UK plight 2011-09-27T10:10:11Z The opposite sandbank too, was occupied in force by the Burmese, who held our former entrenchment, and one or two small stockades. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z But, if I may venture to say so—it is surely early days for you to have discovered the hollowness of life, and to feel ready to spend the rest of it on a sandbank. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Boveney and Bray Locks were made in 1839, and before that the river was much more rapid, and there was no sandbank at Lower Hope. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The commander explained that we had landed in the midst of sandbanks, and that it had been a difficult matter to draw near to us. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z The battery, with the rest of the regiment, and several others, about 200 guns in all, was massed behind a sandbank—not a wise arrangement. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z At last we reached Nigriting, and were landed on a dry sandbank five or six miles from the celebrated tea gardens of that name, and the nearest habitations. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z She was glad to be out of it ... even on this sandbank.... Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z After breakfast we basked on the sunny sandbank that rises from the shore, and gathered sea-shells. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z The vessel, thus left to a careless boy, was carried by currents on to a sandbank with such force that great seams opened in her sides. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z Off the southeast coast stretches a sandbank at least three hundred miles long, and in the waters nearby millions of cod and haddock are found every year. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z A graze almost from the outer point of the rugged surface of a reef might hurl her to destruction; but neither coral reef, nor rock, nor sandbank stopped her course. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z Fratangelo, unable to handle this steady drumming power, resembled a man in a rowboat weakly pushing off a sandbank with his oar. Straight Sets: Qualifying Tournament Is an Open Before the U.S. Open 2011-08-25T19:27:40Z At last they were stopped by thick masses of weeds, and a great bunch of the reed-mace, often called bulrushes, and decided to land on the sandbank. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z I have seen as many as eight herons standing together in a row on one such narrow sandbank in the daytime, in regular order like soldiers: there were six more on adjacent islands. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z "After the floods people were living on sandbanks," said one survivor, who gave his name as just Farmanullah. Anger still raw a year after Pakistani floods 2011-07-31T05:33:47Z Did God Almighty cast up this island as a sandbank for Englishmen to walk on? The Issue The Case for Sinn Fein 2011-07-26T02:00:19.407Z We passed through miles and miles of cut sandbanks, which were completely honeycombed by a species of martin, which were then busy nesting. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z The sandbank or islet in front was concealed, the water running over it, but its site was marked by boiling surge. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Even herons, though they fish separately, are gregarious in building, and also often in a sense pack during the day, standing together on a spit or sandbank. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Ahead lay the sandbank on which were hidden provisions in plenty. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z We had emerged from among the trees and built a large fire of drift-wood on a sandbank,—our object being to obtain illumination. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z When they came up, they were several times nearly being wrecked, and they passed half-a-dozen boats and scows fast on sandbanks, where they most probably still remained. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Another sandbank some way on the left they named Grey Crow Island, because a grey or hooded crow rose from it. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The water is then low; numerous small islands appear, and long narrow sandbanks run out fifty or sixty yards with shoals on either side. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z He was beginning to think that a slight error in the compass course had taken them past the low-lying and almost invisible sandbank for which they were steering. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The wind had almost ceased, so Max drew Gert’s limp body tenderly down the loose sandbank and laid him on his back. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z I think one could notice a man moving on the white sandbanks, the atmosphere is so clear. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z As they went southwards they passed several small islands or sandbanks, and every now and then a summer snipe flew up and circled round them, just above the water, returning to the same spot. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z I come from the warm Carolinas, and the sandbanks fringed with pines; where the great owl-rays leap and flap, like giant bats, upon the tide. The Water-Babies 2011-06-04T02:00:14.223Z "And here are we stranded on a desolate sandbank, with precious little grub in the locker," remarked Armstrong. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z I saw a sandbank full of pelicans and geese just below this place. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z When the ship ran aground on a sandbank, Thomas began to throw his consignment of bibles onto the shore. Chapel celebrates link with Korea 2011-04-24T07:43:47Z The officers and men encamped on a small sandbank near, 3 or 4 ft. above high-water, a considerable quantity of provisions, with many of the papers and charts, having been saved from the wrecks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z July 29.—Yesterday we embarked at Donauw�rth on the Danube steamer—crowded, filthy, and ceaselessly vibrating—the river the colour of pea-soup, with sandbanks on which we stuck every five minutes. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The pinnace grounded on the lee side of a sandbank, for there was little swell, although on the outlying coral reefs the sea was breaking heavily. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Then he rang the engines full ahead, steered clear of a sandbank, and regained the fairway. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z Lonely at the fog's cold heart, Each sees not each, though side by side; Their arms are tired, their vessels ride By sandbanks marked on ruin's chart. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z Some few manage to gain the beach and take refuge under the sandbank already mentioned. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z We're over the sandbanks off the mouth of the Elbe unless it's the Weser. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The group consists of two large islands and of about one hundred islets, rocks, and sandbanks. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z The German coast on the North Sea is only about a hundred miles from west to east, not counting indentations; and it is washed by very shallow waters, which are much impeded by sandbanks. 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 The trucks became stuck in a sandbank along the Kunduz River. Merkel Gives Testimony on 2009 Airstrike in Afghanistan 2011-02-10T21:05:12Z Come, now, bear with me this once, dearest uncle, and don't be angry if I throw myself, like a rock or sandbank, betwixt you and your harbor of refuge. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z The flaming combustibles cast their reflection upon the puddles of water on the sandbanks, and beyond them upon the two towers of the port. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Whole volumes of that great hotchpotch of criticism are lost in the sandbanks of my treacherous memory for ever. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z Honorine switched on the current, seized the tiller and skilfully steered the boat through the rocks and sandbanks which rose level with the water. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z He did not stop long, as he knew the tide was rising, and then he came to me afterwards and said that a sandbank had been deposited at least 30 feet in length. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z Assured that he was only unconscious, he dragged him to the sandbank, and there, breathing heavily, sank on his knees. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z After a time the fruits fall off, possibly on another island, and so this interesting tree is spread throughout these small coral sandbanks and islets. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z The path of tall grasses on the sandbank had caught the newly risen sun; they had just begun to flower, and were not yet in full bloom. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z The vessel had to pass backwards over the same sandbank which it had only just managed to get over. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z There was quite room enough, I knew, with good steering, between the head of the reef and the sandbank at the other side, to make the pier of Cardyllion. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z When the latter craft, which he could see contained two forms, came abreast of him, midstream, it turned shoreward and a few minutes later touched the sandbank near the boat that he had followed. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Many thousands of these birds still nest on Mud Island, a sandbank just inside Port Phillip Heads. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z It follows the grounding of the Chinese bulk carrier, the Shen Neng I, which leaked about three tons of oil into the sea after hitting a sandbank. Australia plans tough reef laws 2010-04-19T06:08:00Z This river has a great many sandbanks in it, and there are men called pilots who know just where these sandbanks lie, and they are the ones who can guide the ships safely into port. Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners Minna should go down to the stream and wait for him by the sandbank, and when he came, unlock the park gate and lead him up to her room by the new turret staircase. The Undying Past The forest that met the sandbank was silent but for the whirr of cicadas. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z They all scampered down the hill, master, on the first discharge—all save one brave, obstinate fellow, who stood firing upon us, not fifty yards away, half under cover of a sandbank. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 Some, like mussels, are distributed all over the world, others again are found, perhaps, on one rock, or on one small sandbank in a large district. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them The ship was stuck fast on a sandbank, and the foolish captain wished now that he had taken the pilot on board. Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners "Leo used to keep it years ago, lying on the sandbank, so that he could get over by it quickly to Uhlenfelde and the Isle of Friendship," Elly informed her. The Undying Past The spell did not leave until the boat grated upon a sandbank, close to a dark tangle of forest, and Da-yak sprang out. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z A spent shot, that had struck through a sandbank, came rolling on like a bowl, and, leaping up from a hillock in front, struck me on the breast. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 It was Regina, doing her washing, and wringing out the articles among the sandbanks and osiers. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The sailors cannot see the sandbanks, for they are all covered with water in the real river, so we will take a duster and spread it over these sandbanks. Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners Every sandbank and every drifting plank stood out black and sharply defined from the fiery gold channel beneath. The Undying Past Thus one of the Harwich submarines, when diving close to the mouth of the Ems river, struck a sandbank with her stem, and slid up it until her conning-tower was well out of the water. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War It is absolutely flat, a mere sandbank, except at the northern end where it swells up into hills and a lighthouse. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen Both are navigable, though comparatively shallow and filled with sandbanks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Now, take a tiny boat and ask one of the children to sail it up the river, keeping clear of the sandbanks. Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners The hungry river, like an enormous serpent, swallowed down terraces, villages, cornfields, and covered with its flood the tall grasses and wild casuarinas on the sandbanks. Stories from Tagore It was important to ascertain the channels between the sandbanks and reefs, that buoys might be laid down, since this little creek was to be the harbour. Abandoned Torrington, of course, never intended to retire to the Gunfleet—which was an anchorage protected by sandbanks off the coast of Essex to the north of the Thames—if he could avoid doing so. Naval Warfare She had the good luck to fall on a sandbank which became uncovered a few minutes later and which was soon joined to the mainland. The Tremendous Event West of Knysna, and separated from the seashore by a sandbank only, are a series of five vleis, turned in flood times into one sheet of water and sending occasional spills to the ocean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" In the evening the captains argued as to which of them had run the most on sandbanks. Our Caughnawagas in Egypt a narrative of what was seen and accomplished by the contingent of North American Indian voyageurs who led the British boat Expedition for the Relief of Khartoum up the Cataracts of the Nile. It is about 80 m. in length, but is shallow and abounds in shoals and sandbanks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Then, indeed, the fun will commence, for there are sure to be sandbanks and shallows, while I believe that crocodiles abound. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War The rivers are numerous, and, on account of the heavy rainfall, their currents are very strong, and all the more dangerous from the numerous sandbanks and rapids which obstruct their course. The West Indies and the Spanish Main New batteries were being armed on the sandbanks at Port Royal. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses They were on a sandbank basking in the sun. What We Saw in Egypt If you ever find me getting into shoal-water, and likely to touch a sandbank, just call out 'Stop her!' and you 'll see how I 'll reverse my engine at once. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Three hours later the increasing width of the river warned them that they were now approaching the mouth, and presently they were amidst the sandbanks and upheavals of mud which form its delta. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War On the flat sandbank they found at least a dozen large jellyfish, left stranded by the tide. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story One difficulty struck me; Port Royal stood upon a sandbank. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Eastward of Madagascar, we read, lies Tromelin Island–a sandbank a mile long. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Every turn away from this—either to the right or left—would immediately run us into the sandbank. The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative We’ll chance sandbanks, and hope that none will come in our path. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War It seems a stingy trick to take them out rowing, land them on a sandbank, and then spend all the rest of the time growling over the damage. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story This was a little sandbank covered with willow-trees, about three or four fathoms from the shore. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 The bay is much encumbered with sandbanks, which impair its value as a harbour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" No importance other than the danger to navigation was at that time attached to these mere sandbanks. The Last Cruise of the Saginaw A short distance off the shore are sandbanks, and between these and the mainland Yarmouth Roads provides a safe harbor and a good anchorage for ships drawing eighteen or nineteen feet of water. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North They waited for perhaps an hour and a half, while the sandbank grew to quite a respectable island. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story In 1805 they set sail from Philadelphia, but before reaching the Capes a terrific gale drove them on a sandbank, each moment threatening destruction. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. The bay encloses many small islands and islets, some hardly distinguishable from sandbanks and submerged at high water, giving rise to a native saying that “half the islands live under water.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The coast is blockaded on the northwest by numberless rocks, shoals, and sandbanks, impeding navigation, though the island can be circumnavigated, as already indicated, by means of the Paumben Pass, between Ramisseram and the continent. The Pearl of India I once was able to observe a herd of common long-tailed monkeys of the Indian plains at play on a sandbank in a river. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy We come every moment somewhat clearer of these sandbanks; with every moment, then, the sea packeth upon us heavier, and for all these whimperers, they will presently be on their backs. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) Whirlpools and narrows and shifting sandbanks also give some trouble, but much has been done to improve navigation since the British annexation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Yes, my friend, here near the city Lies a sandbank in the river. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. In the centre of Whairikauri is a large brackish lake called Tewanga, which at the southern end is separated from the sea by a sandbank only 150 yds. wide, which it occasionally bursts through. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" He found it a literal sandbank, surrounded by a coral reef, mostly submerged. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) "We always did," and so got the discussion afloat again off the sandbank of Mr. Brumley's inattention. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman South of Shan-tung and north of the mouth of the Yangtsze huge sandbanks border the coast, with narrow channels between them and the shore. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" "I already saw the sandbank," Said young Werner, "when I rowed there On the Rhine last night by moonlight." The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. The water is generally deep up to the shore, so there are very few sandbanks. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia We were pulled up with a jerk, which sent me flying over the left wheel, doing a somersault, and finally landing head first into a lovely soft sandbank. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. From Gillkicker Point beyond, a sandbank stretches about three miles out from the shore in a south-easterly direction, and is called the Spit. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel They frequent hot, dry places like sandbanks, and are often found in piles of lumber. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 Here and there on the sandbanks amid which the boat threads its way are sunk two or three hulls of vessels covered with a rich growth of vegetation. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 After that they didn't try that game any more, but just followed down in hopes we might stick on a sandbank. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California They seem to expect to find him sitting on every sandbank, and their faith is pathetic; they'll never see those tickets again, for the man will sell them to the next party of victims. Round the Wonderful World After passing New Brighton the water spreads out again to the left; its velocity forward diminishes; and after a few miles it has no power to cut away that sandbank known as the Bar. Pioneers of Science On your account sailors sail from our shores And fearlessly conquer the threatening winds, sandbanks and Dreadful rocks. All About Coffee With this determination they rushed on over the sandbank, closely pursued by the peccaries. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt The navigation of its mouth is extremely dangerous, on account of the constantly-shifting sandbanks and consequent alteration of the channel. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Sometimes we see them stranded on a hidden sandbank with the crew making frantic efforts to get them off again. Round the Wonderful World A storm dashed his vessel to pieces against a sandbank and destroyed all he possessed; he and his family were saved by a miracle, and settled in Rotterdam. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) And who shall say that ghosts of the dead and gone do not haunt this sandbank far away in the heart of the Peninsula? In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula "Might be worse," he ventured, endeavouring to steer between the respective sandbanks of disloyalty and odium. Anthony Lyveden For I could discover no trace of firm land, and supposed I was on some sandbank which the sea would overflow at high tide. The Red True Story Book A little creek runs into the bay through high reed-grass, behind a sandbank. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific E. to W. Long narrow sandbanks almost separate Chifunawuli, the western pan of the lake, from the main body of water, while the water surface is further diminished by a number of islands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" It was on this sandbank that To’ Gâjah and his people pitched their camp, building a small open house with rude uprights, and thatching it with palm leaves cut in the neighbouring jungle. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula I met Chips up the river, stuck on a sandbank, so I came along. Colorado Jim We had reached the American coast when a hard gale of wind sprang up from the south-east, and about midnight the ship struck on a sandbank off Cape May, near Delaware. The Red True Story Book With many a change of wind and weather, of calm and turbulent sea, of joyous or anxious feeling, the great sandbanks of New Foundland were reached on the 20th of June. The Voyage of The First Hessian Army from Portsmouth to New York, 1776 His mother came out and gave him a spank And threw him over a sandbank. Jerry's Charge Account As Barthelemy predicted the ship ran on a sandbank in the first storm which overtook her, and her crew all perished. The Corsair King As he looked, the punt struck a submerged sandbank and beached on it. Colorado Jim Before us are shifting sandbanks, occasionally displaced by the high tides; the galleys might ground there. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death For three or four days the ships remained in the vicinity of the sandbanks. The Voyage of The First Hessian Army from Portsmouth to New York, 1776 His mother came out and gave him a spank, And threw him over a sandbank. Jerry's Charge Account For six days Siegfried and his knights journeyed, and on the seventh they reached the sandbank by the Rhine which led them into Worms. Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children When at last he reached the dreary station by the flat sandbanks, at which he changed into the valley train, he was pale and careworn, and full of alarm. Tongues of Conscience They consist of two large islands and of about one hundred islets, rocks, and sandbanks. World's War Events, Vol. I Amusin' work at times, but nothing to the Dardanelles; we never got out there, though; spent all our time nuzzling sandbanks off the Ems and thereabouts. The Long Trick Before the successive waves of the northern inroad the citizens of the coast fled to the sandbanks which had long served them as gardens or merchant-ports. Stray Studies from England and Italy And in front of all, three hundred yards away, stood up the gray sandbank, the stopper of the bullets. At Plattsburg I placed upon it a couple of wash-deck tubs, put a shovel in one of them, and paddled myself ashore to the small sandbank about half a mile away. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise He digs into a cliff or sandbank a long tunnel quite as long as your arm, and just big enough for him to pop in and out with comfort. The Children's Book of London The Zaire had struck a sandbank, and was stranded high, if not dry. The Keepers of the King's Peace They had put out for security a few miles to sea, but the sandbanks on which they landed were still Venetia. Stray Studies from England and Italy Moreover, the guide says that he has had a free passage up a channel on one occasion that was impassable on another because of the shifting sandbanks. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea The two masts and the funnel were all standing, the sails bellied out with the wind that blustered across the sandbank. Faces and Places When I arrived I found that she was stuck on a sandbank one hundred miles down the river. An African Adventure Where is the wonder, man, that you should drive my ship upon a sandbank! The Keepers of the King's Peace The only person the Turk could see was myself, the sandbank protecting the others from view, and at least seven or eight bullets spluttered round me in the water. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" She swung half round, pitched and rolled dangerously, and then went up-stream like a drunken thing, swaying, turning, threatening to rush for cliff or sandbank, and endangering the life of every soul on board. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea The loud lunge of the sea was interrupted solely by the cry of the fisherman, and the "cockler's" whistle, plying his scanty trade among the shoals and sandbanks about the coast. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 This means that for a brief time the traveller enjoys immunity from the danger of running aground on a sandbank. An African Adventure From the cover of a sandbank, we had a view of all that was going on in the plain below. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 It was in anticipation of this that the others clung to the shelter of the sandbank and I was left to work alone. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" "Well spoken, master pilot; but if thou canst keep our lives free of danger from shoal and sandbank, we'll e'en try to do the rest." Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea On the other side of the channel are the Shingles, a dangerous sandbank, on which many vessels have been lost. A Yacht Voyage Round England The water had indeed overflowed the whole of the sandbank, and now swirled in a foaming current round the foot of their retreat, rising every moment a little nearer to them. The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life The Nore was a sandbank at the mouth of the river; the Downs is the roadstead off Deal. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents They could still perceive the black body of the reptile upon the white sandbank, writhing and struggling, while the flapping wings of the vultures showed that they still kept up their terrible attack. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Soon there was water of a navigable depth above every sandbank, and there was no longer a swirl to indicate a shallow. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea A few years ago there were only a few cottages on a sandbank, a small stream, and a decoy pond in the neighbourhood. A Yacht Voyage Round England The boat turned her course and made for the sandbank, and in a few minutes a bronzed old seaman had leaped over the gunwale and waded through the channel to their rescue. The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life He could see the white surf dancing less high above the sandbank, and he knew that in a few minutes he must be among those roaring, hissing, raging breakers. The Three Midshipmen Grainger saw that on the sandbank were a number of dead fish which had been swept down the creek from pools higher up. "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 So warm, so silent, so lonely was the place that it might have been an island in the Pacific; and upon the same yellow sandbank there basked, quite within view, a great, large-eyed seal. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands If the pilgrim visitors arrived at low water, they could get across by following the sandbank which connects it with the mainland; but they had to make haste, to escape being caught by the flood. A Yacht Voyage Round England The classes separated during the afternoon, some going for walks on the headland, and others strolling farther along the beach, searching for cockles on the sandbank, or throwing stones at a mark. The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life People hide from this explanation, and one of the favourite sandbanks in which this particular kind of human ostrich plunges its head is "Nature." Science and Morals and Other Essays Copenhagen stands on a dead flat facing the sea; it is defended by a large fort and two heavy batteries, thrown up on rocks or sandbanks. The Grateful Indian And other Stories The Goodwin Sands are a great sandbank, eight miles long and about four miles wide, rising out of deep water four miles off Deal at their nearest point to the mainland. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Between this and Yarmouth Roads is another long sandbank, at the south end of which is the Nicholas Gat; then comes the Corton Sandbank, over the end of which he was driven. A Yacht Voyage Round England The sandbanks, which only ten minutes ago had gleamed yellow in the sunshine, were now covered with water, and a huge white wave appeared at the mouth of the estuary, advancing with threatening speed. The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life On a mere sandbank, unsupplied either with arms or tools, the only edifice that can be built is one of sand, and sand affords the only means for its destruction. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' Set off to Nahant at 3; a beautiful sail among the numerous islands, saw ten seals on a sandbank. A Journey to America in 1834 The vast sandbanks, heretofore peopled only by the shrieking birds and rows of crocodiles, assumed a different and even more animated appearance. The Black Phantom During the gale and high tides of March last, the sandbank was entirely submerged, the sea smashing in the doors and windows, and flooding the keeper's quarters. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 The Duke of Buccleugh, on her next voyage to India, went to pieces on a sandbank at the mouth of the Hoogly, but happily the weather was moderate, and passengers and crew were saved. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Forty kilometres east of the northern extremity of the Lena delta Johannesen encountered three sandbanks, which he sailed round. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II He had never failed, if a boat could live, to be among the first to dash out to the rescue of his fellow-creatures when a ship had been cast on those treacherous sandbanks. Won from the Waves But, Suma was loath to give up the life of ease and plenty on the sandbanks for the sterner existence in the forested country. The Black Phantom Some stuck in the sandbank, inside of which we were making our way. In the Wilds of Africa It narrowed; softened to a sandbank; hardened into a wilderness of rocks and stones scattered between deep ruts dug by the wheels of ox-carts. The Car of Destiny Where at that time there were sandbanks, there are now large islands, overgrown with wood and grass. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The moment that revealed her to the spectators showed those on board how near she was to the shore, though evidently they were not aware of the still nearer danger of the treacherous sandbank. Won from the Waves Fish teemed in the water; 33turtles came in hordes to visit the sandbank; and birds in countless numbers filled the air with twinkling wings and harsh screams. The Black Phantom We might ground on one of the sandbanks, or some point might project from the western side and compel us to go round nearer to the eastern bank. In the Wilds of Africa The Investigator went to grief, and when the crew were transferred to the Porpoise she was wrecked, the ship’s company and officers living on a sandbank for fifty days. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Hence the course was shaped for Kolgujev Island, on whose sandbanks both vessels ran aground, but were soon got off again without loss. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II A quarter of a mile from where the brig lay anchored was a sandbank covered with a low, dense scrub about three feet high. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler To avoid such scenes as the above, every cellar which is not upon a dry sandbank, should be provided with a drain of some kind, which will be at all times, secure. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles A number of those strange birds, the scissor-bills, were flying about near a sandbank on one side. In the Wilds of Africa The dawn of day showed the shipwrecked crew a sandbank, to which some ninety-four men made their way and soon set sailcloth tents on the barren shore. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole On the 30th/20th they sailed out again over sandbanks in only five feet of water, and thanked God that their vessel was of so light draught. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II On reaching the neighbourhood of the sandbank all the canoes put to shore, and were drawn up on the beach. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Parties were sent forth to reconnoitre, while our remaining foremast was unshipped, and planted on the highest part of the sandbank with a signal of distress. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver We observed the hollows in which their nests were placed in the sandbanks, for they made no attempt to conceal them. In the Wilds of Africa Crossing to the southern shore, they found to their bitter grief that shoals and sandbanks made it impossible for them to reach the sea. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The latitude of the sandbanks was correctly fixed at 68° 48'. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II In the thick sunshine, below the cloudlike mountains, sandbanks unrolled themselves between the mouths of the equatorial rivers flanked by mangrove forests. Sacrifice It is some shifting sandbank in which the grains are Individual men,152 that according to the theory of Hobbes is hardened into the social rock by the wholesome discipline of force. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Now we had passed the sandbank, and a wide extent of water lay between us and the negro army. In the Wilds of Africa The snaky-like line represents a sandbank, which was then thought, and agreed, to be the limit of fishing. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole He had been trained in the hardest of all schools, that of the coasting trade, and he knew every swirl of the tide and every sandbank between St Abb's and Dungeness. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century An otter, rather larger than any I've seen at home, performed to us on a sandbank, danced, and rolled over its own shadow, or possibly a fish, in apparent exuberance of spirit. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Why that scared little old peddler would be afraid to rob a sandbank. The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow “See, see!” cried Timbo; “what are those creatures on the sandbank?” In the Wilds of Africa Three the east forces from the deep into shallows and quicksands, piteous to see, dashes on shoals and girdles with a sandbank. The Aeneid of Virgil Well, then, the zebu would come and live near the sandbank too—just so far as the crocodile would never see him. Danger! and Other Stories They lay their eggs on the sandbanks in numbers, and these fetch quite a big price, four annas each. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah It was in fact one of those faces into which words sink as into a sandbank—a white, puffy, long face, with a moustache of obsolete bushiness. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 150, February 2, 1916 I looked ahead, and there observed eight or ten large alligators and several small ones basking on the sandbank. In the Wilds of Africa Mind, I don't mean coasts with sandbanks lying off them; but a coast with a shelving beach, and pretty deep water, right up to it. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) Dimly they could discern the tall figures of herons standing upon the sandbanks, and farther off the line of river-side date-palms glided past them in a majestic procession. A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" On the very edge of the sandbank there's a string of white sea-swallows, sitting each on its own reflection. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah The river was here about two miles wide, and filled with shallows and sandbanks, which render the navigation difficult for vessels above fifty tons. Hudson Bay Where we were all this time we could not ascertain,—whether we were on a sandbank at a distance from the coast, or on the coast itself. In the Wilds of Africa To make matters worse it grounded on a sandbank that rose close to the side of the “Trident,” and could not be hauled out of the dangerous position in which it was thus suddenly placed. The Lifeboat And now Dominick was glad to find that he had been mistaken in supposing that the coral reef was a mere sandbank, destitute of vegetation. The Island Queen There is the wreck of a river steamer on a sandbank off Yenangyaung, its black ribs lie about like the bones of disintegrated whale; it is not pleasant to look at. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Of lighthouses there are 76; sixty-one of which, built of brick, stone, or timber, are on shore; eleven, of granite, are on outlying rocks; and four, on iron piles, are on sandbanks. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands Soon afterwards I caught sight of another creature resting on a sandbank, with a hideous long snout and a scaly tail and short thick legs. In the Wilds of Africa In fact, he found that he was established on a sandbank which had either been thrown up by the sea, or at no very remote period had formed part of its bed. Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land Not a scrap of vegetation on it, as far as I can see—a mere sandbank. The Island Queen When the steamer cleared off we were fairly marooned on the sandbank. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah We’ll dig a hole in a sandbank big enough to hold us all, an’ we’ll cut a big bush an’ stick it in front of the hole so as they’ll never see it. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan But Ailie had not set her heart on her possessions on the sandbank. The Red Eric Towards sunset they came to a part of the river where there were a good many sandbanks, as well as extensive reaches of sand along shore. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America Ian and Victor also received a severe buffeting before gaining the same sandbank, where they faced each other in a blaze of surprise and horror! The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood So we make a shooting engagement for the "morn's morn" if we are still on the sandbank. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah He found, as he surmised, that it belonged to Winifred Anstice, who sat reading, comfortably ensconced with her back against the low sandbank, and her feet stretched out in front of her. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Briant hurried off, and calling his friend, walked with him to the top of the sandbank, leaning heavily against the gale, and staggering as they went. The Red Eric "If you have been pilot on these waters twenty-five years," said a young man to the captain of a steamer, "you must know every rock and sandbank in the river." Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power Unable to find words to express their feelings, they turned simultaneously, and waded in silence from the sandbank to the shore. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Prome.—The sandbanks withdraw, and the wooded ranges of blue hills show more firmly in the background. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Ras Bernas is a long, wandering cape composed of rocky hills of ironstone and silicate curiously blended together, with shoals and rocks, and coral reefs, and sandbanks hanging on to it in very shallow water. Southern Arabia At the moment she spoke, an opening in the great white clouds let a ray of light fall on the sandbank, which had now passed almost beyond the range of vision. The Red Eric The tide was out and the warm air quivered over the sandbanks. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset We generally spent our nights on the dry sandbanks. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela The Chinese ponies on the sandbank huddle together. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah We had the lead going, for we were running through a narrow channel, with a lighthouse on one side on some rocks, and a sandbank on the other. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor The sandbank was so low that in stormy weather it was almost submerged. The Red Eric The sea might easily be sent rolling over them, were they not protected by long coral reefs and sandbanks of a circular form. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Should the wind suddenly shift southward, we may be driven on a rock or sandbank, and we and all on board will have a squeak for life,” observed Tubbs. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa Having lost some hours on the sandbank, they cannot now proceed up the river to Bhamo, as they had intended, so they returned with us to Mandalay. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah It was very evident that, favoured by darkness, they had slipped out with the last of the flood, and were by this time amid the sandbanks and shallows off the Flushing coast. The Boy who sailed with Blake On the following day it was resolved that a raft should be constructed, and everything that could in any way prove useful be brought to the sandbank and secured. The Red Eric The wind favoured us, and either the captain or his mate were continually sounding with long poles, to avoid the risk of running on any hidden sandbank which might lie in our course. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco They paddled on and on, keeping as close into the beach as they could venture; Ben observing, it would not do to run the risk of touching a rock or sandbank either. The Settlers A Tale of Virginia The searchlight on the bow plays on the sandbanks and desert beyond, and makes the land like a snow-field, and the slow movement of the white light intensifies the darkness and silence of the desert. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah The most dangerous of all those we sighted was the Sidney group, which consist of bare sandbanks, without the least vegetation, and are nearly level with the surface of the sea. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler In order that the reader may form a just conception of the sandbank on which the crew of the Red Eric had been wrecked, we shall describe it somewhat carefully. The Red Eric Still, the depth of water was considerable, so that we had no fear of being stopped by impassable sandbanks or shoals. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco There are not a few low keys and sandbanks to bring us up; or one of the enemy’s cruisers may be spying us, and it would give us a job to get away from her.” The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Still, as we rushed on, every instant approaching nearer and nearer the rocks and sandbanks of the coast of Central America, our anxiety increased. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days One, however, grounded on a sandbank, and several men were hit while they were endeavouring to get her off. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea One afternoon, about three weeks after the Red Eric had been wrecked on the sandbank, Captain Dunning went out on the point of rocks, and took up his accustomed position there. The Red Eric The boats had frequently to pass right up rapids and among rocks and sandbanks; thus it was only by the greatest exertion that the heavier boats could be forced along. The Three Lieutenants We soon get near an island, which I guess was one ob de Bahamas from de way de ship was steered, now in one direction, now in anoder, between rocks and sandbanks. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley The stoutest vessel ever built could not hold together for two minutes should she strike on rock or sandbank with the awful sea then running dashing over her. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days Beautiful flowers and abundance of wild honey was found on its shores, and large numbers of young alligators were seen sunning themselves on the sandbanks with their parents. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Soon after daybreak the wind moderated, and before noon it ceased entirely, though the sea kept breaking in huge rolling billows on the sandbank for many hours afterwards. The Red Eric We eagerly looked out for the prospect which daylight was to reveal, whether we were to find ourselves amidst reefs just rising from the water, or near a mere sandbank, or on an inhabited shore. James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat Fully convinced now that we had gone on a rock or a sandbank—being ready to imagine anything in my excitement—I rolled out of my berth and began to hurry on some clothes. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea I have seen two within the past hour, one swimming, and the other lying on a sandbank.” The Rajah of Dah In the centre of this was a sandbank just below the surface. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Before the day after the storm was far advanced, every one on the sandbank seemed to be as joyous as though there was no danger of starvation whatever. The Red Eric Now we did not know where we were going, except towards a region of rocks and sandbanks on which any moment the ship might be hurled. James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat “Was that on a sandbank we struck?” said Mark. The Black Bar “Better than a sandbank in a seal’s hole.” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days An enormous number of crocodiles were seen, and Mr Baker counted, on one sandbank alone, twenty-seven of large size. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The storm that at this time burst upon the little sandbank on which the shipwrecked crew had found shelter, was one of the most furious, perhaps, that ever swept the seas. The Red Eric It was another five days before the whole force was in position, for several of the most heavily laden craft stuck fast on the sandbanks at the fork of the river. On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War Sometimes she cannot find a sandbank to suit her purpose. The Boy Hunters The tide was just on the turn, and the dead low water showed up the sandbanks at the river’s mouth. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea Its inhabitants were living on low sandbanks, though they had left their property behind, fearing only being stolen themselves. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley They had now been several weeks on the sandbank. The Red Eric She has drifted on to a sandbank, and is not moving at all. More About Peggy “Two days ago—stranded on a sandbank!” repeated Escombe in bewilderment. Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru The emigrant from the sandbanks of Cape Cod revels in the profusion of the opulence of Ohio. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 One night, as they were sleeping on the summit of a large sandbank, a lion appeared on the opposite shore, who amused himself for hours by roaring as loudly as he could. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The summit of the sandbank was as smooth as on the day they landed there. The Red Eric And so they went, until at last they reached an island that was nothing but a sandbank in the very middle of the river, covered with crocodiles lying basking in the sun. The Substance of a Dream And how could I possibly have become stranded on a sandbank? Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru Appealing to reason as we do, we are in a sort of forlorn-hope situation, like a small sandbank in the midst of a hungry sea ready to wash it out of existence. Memories and Studies On the morning of the 21st she grounded on a sandbank and filled. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Of its entire length, 1780 miles, it is navigable only for a small distance, cataracts forming a hindrance in its northern course and sandbanks in the south. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria On all sides we were surrounded by swiftly flowing water, yet it seemed as if the water was standing still while the small sandbank rushed up the river at a terrific pace. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People I fell into the river in the quebrada, and I am prepared to avouch that there were no sandbanks there!” Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru Before stopping for the night we ran three more rapids, and camped on the right on a sandbank at the head of another forbidding place. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Steering directly northward they voyaged on for four days, having passed, they were told, all the dangerous rocks and sandbanks which are to be found above Youri or below Boussa. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley There was a high sandbank not far from the house, through which the small roots of the bushes growing protruded. Two Suffolk Friends An inexperienced steersman was at the Santa Maria's rudder, and let the vessel run on a sandbank, where it became a wreck. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People "Just a shade better than a sandbank on the Indus, eh?" he wound up with a chuckle of enjoyment. The Great Amulet At 5:15 o'clock we ran up to a wide sandbank on which grew a solitary willow tree and there Camp 99 was made. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Dangerous sandbanks and massive cliffs guard the coast, making navigation both difficult and hazardous. Denmark The wind apparently drowned his question; for Captain Salt started off without replying and led the way down across the sandbanks. The Blue Pavilions They were standing in a hollow between two sandbanks and it was dark. Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field Stuck on a sandbank for over an hour. The Great Amulet We camped at the end of the nine miles on a small sandbank, with the total height of walls about four thousand feet, breaking back in terraces after about eight hundred feet. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 They are separated from the sea by long narrow sandbanks, like earthen break-waters. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads To his left the gulls mewed across the cliffs and the remoter sandbanks that thrust up their yellow ridges under the ebb-tide. The Blue Pavilions Its upper part is beset with rapids, and its lower is of little value for navigation on account of the numerous sandbanks and blocks of rock which choke its bed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" If carried into execution, it will reclaim a vast extent of sandbanks lying within it, and greatly improve the navigable channel of the river. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 Our stop for the night, Camp 92, was made on a wide sandbank on the left, with some mesquite growing nearby, our first acquaintance with this tree on the river. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 On the Mariana hills, rising from Lake Biguglia, one of the many lagoons on the eastern coast, separated from the sea by narrow sandbanks. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads He gazed across the sandbanks upon the blue leagues of sea, and rubbed his fingers softly up and down the unshaven side of his face. The Blue Pavilions There was no immediate cause for haste, because the Spanish admiral could not cross the sandbanks into the Gulf until he had obtained flat-bottomed boats from Caracas. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. The river was low, and the people were growing lettuce, while they might, on the dried sandbanks. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad The hazards consist of a cliff, sandbanks, pits, stone walls, and water. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway As Helles, Anzac and Tenedos have each been ruled out, we are going to doss down on this sandbank opposite us. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I When high water came, the troops crowding the sandbanks watched with breathless interest the fight of the boats to enter. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes Over against the inhabited part of the island is what is now a mere sandbank. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. No, Will Locke's was not a life wrecked on the rocks of adversity, any more than Sam Winnington's was stranded on the sandbanks of prosperity. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Then he set the Petrel going dead slow, ran her gently on to a sandbank, and let fall the anchor, which was hanging from her bows. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World There was a line of men lying flat down under cover of a little sandbank in the centre of the beach. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I King's Channel runs straight up towards the city, but a huge sandbank, like the point of a toe, splits the channel into two just as it reaches the harbour. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes The point which Forde had selected to erect his batteries was on some sandbanks, eight hundred yards from the eastern face of the fort. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Green flags on a sandbank far out in the stream, their roots covered and their bent tips only visible, now swing with the water and now heel over with the breeze. Nature Near London Most of these rivers have wide and deep mouths, with excellent havens for large ships, without sandbanks or sunken rocks. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 The shoals and sandbanks which abound on the outside of the bay, continue to encumber the navigation after it is entered, and the fleet was in consequence compelled to anchor every night. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 On the evening of August 1, 1798, thirteen great battleships lay drawn up in a single line parallel with the shore, and as close to it as the sandbanks permitted. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes Three more Fierce Eurus from the deep sea dashed ashore On quicks and shallows, pitiful to view, And round them heaped the sandbanks. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor One day, sitting on the sandbanks on the coast of Hobson’s Bay, I saw one dragging along a large spider. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. This theory should be borne in mind by those who visit sandbanks in March. A Bird Calendar for Northern India To land on the outer side of the sandbank was made impossible by the surf. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 We had to jump ditches, and struggle up sandbanks, tear through undercover, and finally H—— got "stogged" in a treacherous green marsh. Round About the Carpathians Neptune plies amain His trident-lever, lays the sandbanks low, 172 On light wheels shaves the deep, and calms the billowy flow. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor I glanced along that apparently desolate sandbank, barely a hundred feet away, feeling a thrill of uneasiness sweep over me at the revelation of his words. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country Grand Quay is a small town upon a sandbank; the houses low and built of wood. The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave The boats reported that the sandbanks made the approach impossible. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 The dwellings are not houses, but are simply holes burrowed in the sandbanks, with an upright stone set up in front to represent a door; windows and chimneys are unknown. Round About the Carpathians On Wednesday night, we anchored off a sandbank, and on Thursday, off a miserable-looking island, called Village Island. Adventures in New Guinea I edged the Okapi on after the first ball shot was fired, and as we drew nearer I was sure there was a long sandbank. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa Through this sandbank the sea had pierced several channels. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century Beyond Scotland and the Scotch Isles there was the open ocean, and in the open ocean there were no sandbanks and no English guns. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 The The same day at low tide we saw a large sandbank, S.E., The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 We steamed round by the Leocadie, through what forms a good harbour for small vessels, and over by the sandbanks in Catamaran Bay. Adventures in New Guinea Get out the sculls, Venning, and keep her towards the sandbank ahead. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa The train rushed on past the Rhone with its sandbanks, then through yellow plains, bright villages, and a wide expanse of country, shut in by bare mountains, which rose on the distant horizon. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 If by evil fortune the north-wester should come down upon him, with the shoals and sandbanks close under his lee, he would be in a bad way. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 The Benedetto was lying outside of that sandbank, and that is the torpedo which is lying on the beach. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia The deep sandbank of Carsethorn was expected to arrest the career of these desperate navigators; but they passed, with the celerity of water-fowl, over an obstruction which had wrecked many pretty ships. Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland Actually, I think that you are steering your course towards the sandbanks. A Lost Leader One shipmaster turned out a crew of wealthy merchants on to a sandbank and bade them call a new Moses to save them from the sea. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 In some strange way or other, then, long before Columbus set foot upon the low sandbank of Cat's Island, the banana had been transported from Africa or India to the Western hemisphere. 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