| 单词 | sierra |
| 例句 | The train clicked by the Union Stock Yards, doubly pungent in the day’s strange warmth, and skirted sierras of black coal capped with grimy melting snow. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Even as swathes of western Mexico descended into drug-fueled violence, the rugged sierra and pristine beaches of Mexico’s Nayarit state appeared insulated from the bloodshed. Mexican state's drop in crime seemed too good to be true – because it was 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z But to do so we would have to traverse another sierra, Bahoruco, on a remote road whose condition Amadeo’s contact hadn’t gotten back to him about. Driving the Seam of Hispaniola 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z What’s most remarkable about our culture’s whirring fidget spinner fetish is that it didn’t happen sooner; that this peak fad didn’t emerge from among the long, rolling sierra of hollow amusements that defined the 1990s. CNN’s “The Nineties”: Empty nostalgia for a decade we should let die 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z After all, “sierra” is Spanish for “mountain” — and, as one Redditor put it, “dew is just resting mist.” Pepsi replaced Sierra Mist with Starry, and it tastes awfully familiar 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Although it was just for a moment, the peak of Breath of the Wild’s sierra reminded me of how I felt when I physically pulled myself up a Himalayan mountain. Death Stranding and Zelda offer the clarity of hiking without the exhaustion 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z “Mexican Mormons, innocent women and children were ambushed in the Chihuahua sierra, shot and burned alive by the Cartels that rule in Mexico!” At least 7 members of Mormon family brutally killed in northern Mexico 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z “People in the sierra are tired of the narcos’ tactics and organised crime.” Jobs, roads and schools: Mexico's new president makes a play for El Chapo's homeland 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Even with that approach there will still be fires, they would just be less likely to start at the crest of the sierras and stop at the Central Valley, he said. Rebuilding Paradise: California town devastated by fire looks to future 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Numb to greatness, a humdrum appreciation comes with his sierra of staggering statistics. 'I’m like fine wine. I get better with age': After 15 seasons, LeBron James not slowing down 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Terrorist groups killed some 17,000 people and controlled large swaths of the sierras. The Elder Statesman of Latin American Literature — and a Writer of Our Moment 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Ten miles southeast of Guaynabo is the city of Caguas, nestled in a valley ringed by steep sierras and narrow mountain passes, with homes built densely on the edges of gravity-defying slopes. A tale of two Puerto Ricos: What Trump saw — and what he didn’t 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z These animals continue to shape the sierras and surrounding mountain landscape. Spanish Caves Reveal a Trove of Biological Treasures 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Currently, the western sierras are densely wooded, and that isn’t necessarily the best model for the forests to get through fires, said Thomas Scott, an expert on wildfire at the University of California, Berkeley. Rebuilding Paradise: California town devastated by fire looks to future 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z I am now donating to the sierra club. Polar Bears’ Path to Decline Runs Through Alaskan Village 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z He’ll be remembered as much if not more as a tragic caudillo, a reminder that revolutionaries are usually a lot less romantic when they come down from the sierras and govern. Former Cuban President Fidel Castro Dies at 90 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z But with a little bit of luck Mexico’s most wanted man might once again have escaped into the wooded sierras of Sinaloa and continued to run a vast, underworld empire. Blood, mud and lube: how El Chapo's luck came up short in small town sex motel 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z When the sierras received more precipitation and were frequently snow covered, this animal is believed to have occurred in the soil on the surface. Spanish Caves Reveal a Trove of Biological Treasures 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z He stopped driving his taxi through the dirt roads of the sierra. Against Odds, Seeking Hope for Mexican Students Who Vanished a Year Ago 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The chocolate chip flavor is usually my go-to, but I am warming to the "sierra trail mix," which adds in seeds, raisins, and peanuts. What’s in your bag, Josh Lowensohn? 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z He is not just a great lose for sierra leone but africa as a whole.He will be always remembered for his democratical values on issues. may Allah grant him erfect rest. Sierra Leone's war leader dies 2014-03-13T21:37:11Z Guzman, arrested last weekend, started life in the village of La Tuna high in the sierra of Mexico's northwestern state of Sinaloa. Mexican kingpin's fall clouds future of drug heartland 2014-02-28T06:13:47Z Our work in the sierras will be conducted over the next two years. Spanish Caves Reveal a Trove of Biological Treasures 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Highway 040 is the main artery connecting Brazil’s storied seaside metropolis with a steep sierra, a favored weekend getaway and summer retreat for well-heeled Cariocas, as Rio natives are known. A Mogul’s Brutal Fall 2013-06-25T08:45:00Z Alameda is surrounded by neat rows of olive trees that stretch for miles towards the distant sierra. Where jobs are a lottery 2012-11-29T02:05:56Z The Government of sierra Leone should give him a befitting buried. Sierra Leone's war leader dies 2014-03-13T21:37:11Z Canary Wharf rises with exceptional abruptness, as a sierra of wealth among what is still a dislocated and dingy hinterland. London 2012: the East End itself is the real Olympian challenge 2012-07-07T19:15:28Z The Sierra San Carlos may have been isolated for a long time and interchange between its fauna and those of the other two sierras, therefore, may have been slight. The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico 2012-04-06T02:00:23.953Z The lower slopes of the Guadarramas rise behind it, but at a little distance, and the town comes between it and the sierras. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z When found near the base of the sierra they were almost always associated with the common Zonotrichia. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z They are not seen in dense forests, but only out in the open, on some old, usually dead, tree, and I think I observed them as far south as the sierras of Cordoba.” Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z He seemed entirely to forget his companion, and the sun, and the Andalusian sierras across the plain; he was desperately hunting the Tarifa along the Spit to the Lizard point. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The area is in general a flat plain inclined to the sea but this plain is broken by several small sierras. The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico 2012-04-06T02:00:23.953Z Often in Seville, seeing him galloping back from polo, or returning from a week's hunt in the wilds of the sierras, our intense hopes went out to him. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z A Cinclus is found in the mountains of Colombia, another in the Andes of Peru, and a third has lately been discovered in the northern sierras of the Argentine Republic. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Slingsby looked out over the harbour to where the sun was setting on the sierras. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Charnock stood in front of this table looking out of the window across to the sierras; so that the book was just beneath his nose. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z As I spoke, I pointed to a long white ridge that was slowly rising over the wooded hills and sierras. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z She is a land of violent contrasts; level plain and broken sierra, elysian garden of Andalusia and tractless wastes of Castile, frosty Burgos and sunny Seville. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The larger rivers still carry their waters from sierra to sea, but a more adaptive genius than that of the Spanish people is required to utilize these for purposes of irrigation. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Far away, across the yellow wheatfields, and beyond the vine-clad slopes of the middle distance, rise the huge shoulders and purple peaks of wild sierras. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The city of Cordoba, in the fertile and well-watered slope at the foot of the sierra, was the capital of the province, the seat of a university from 1613, and the centre of Creole culture. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z But Salvatierra remained firm in his resolution to spread the power of Spain and of his church among the wild tribes at the feet of the western sierra along the Pacific coast. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z The moon was rising above the tall sierra that ran in a rugged line across the sky. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z To the simple folk whose duties took them to the sequestered farmsteads or along the lonely veredas, or bridle-tracks, leading towards the sierras, there appeared to be something "uncanny" about this raterillo. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z It was the country's window to the developed world – a desert beacon, symbolized by the towering Faro de Comercio, or Lighthouse of Commerce, thrusting lasers into the surrounding sierras. Mourning Monterrey: Drug Mafias Darken Mexico's 'Lighthouse' 2011-08-27T20:15:24Z The sun was already close down to the summit of the sierra, when the Yellow Chief and his followers once more surmounted the ridge that brought them in sight of the encampment. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z The country was open there, being outside the "sierras," and a young Englishman called Charles Bent had arranged to take charge of this flock not long before I came upon the scene. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z I am hunted among the sierras, I hide in the fever swamps; but where I pass I leave a spark that tyranny cannot trample out. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Here, on an isolated mountain, detached from the adjoining sierras, and affording neither the refuge of snow-fields nor jungle, the mother-wit of a segregated band of ibex managed to discover a sanctuary scarcely less secure. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Though the new year was well launched, snow had not yet fallen, no dismal sierras of mud, slush and rubbish disfigured the city streets and hindered their swift business. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z This crimson rim, the sierra or chromosphere as it is usually called, is always to be found edging the entire Sun, and therefore must carpet the surface everywhere. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z They seldom made a mistake; bred among the sierras, they were quite at home there, and you soon learnt to give them their head, and to trust that all would be well. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z To the left there, señor, are smugglers from Cadiz; many a contraband bale has galled the backs of their mules as they moved over the sierra by moonlight. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z Late one March evening we encamped on the spurs of a great Andalucian sierra. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z A high range of mountains; the Spanish sierra. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z This rancho has many deep ravines which bring water from hills and sierras. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z As the weather got cooler, I was continually out among the sierras looking after cattle, and I almost always went alone. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z There's my own brother, for instance, he who lives in our village under the sierra yonder. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z One evidence of human presence is, however, inevitably in sight—the blue, curling smoke of the charcoal-burners, the sign of a wasteful process that is ruthlessly destroying the silent beauties of the sierra. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z District or country of sierras, or mountain ridges. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z These are the stones which form the sierras of Spain and Portugal; those singular mountains which rise in naked horridness, like the ribs of some mighty carcass from which the flesh has been torn. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z I then told him all that had happened, and also what I had heard about Mamerto Gomez and his men having been seen entering the sierras. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z All the more from its standing solitary and alone; no other eminence within view of it, neither sierra nor spur; so looking as if strayed and lost—hence the quaint appellation it bears. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z On two occasions in the Castiles has our advent to some hamlet of the sierra been hailed with joy as that of a strolling company of acrobats! Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The place might be more successfully assailed from the rear—by an enemy coming over the top of the sierra. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z It headed through the sierras that separate the two countries, looping through the Atacama to Chile's Pacific coast, and finishes back in B.A. on Jan. 16. Dakar 2011: Chile, Argentina and the Most Dangerous Race 2011-01-15T14:25:00Z They were swift of foot, knew every turn and twist of the rocks, and so long as they kept inside the sierras it was difficult for anyone to get hold of them. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z The wily Abebeiba departed for the sierras, and the Spaniards watched him out of sight. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z The ibex of these higher sierras never descend to the level where pines, high brushwood, or indeed any covert can grow. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The spirit of rebellion was effectually crushed in the sierra of Bentomiz. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies The Indians fled to the sierra from which they threatened, but did not attack. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California The hills back of Santiago Bay, separating it from the Valley of the Cauto, are similar in structure to the northern foothills of the main sierra. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 Between the Chiquitos sierras and the Andes are the Llanos de Chiquitos, which have a higher general elevation and a more diversified surface. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Even as it is, their survival is, we fear, in some cases, only a question of years, for the tiradores of the sierra hunt them in season and out. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Mondejar sent two detachments of soldiers into the sierra, to discover his haunts, if possible, and seize upon his person. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Almost completely encircled by wild sierras, it was yet situated upon a plain, as it were let into the very heart of the mountains. The Firebrand The amphibians and reptiles of the coast and coastal sierra of Michoacán, Mexico. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México The Bermejo, which is an Argentine river, receives one large tributary from the Bolivian uplands, the Tarija or Rio Grande, which drains a small district south-east of the Santa Victoria sierra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Eventually, after dragging the lame beasts some twenty miles, we got clear of the sierra, but found that our absence had caused much anxiety at Jerez. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z He made a rapid visit to the most important places in the sierra, everywhere calling on the inhabitants to return to their ancient faith, and to throw off the hated yoke of the Spaniards. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Farther up, euphorbias and hibiscus prevailed, and the upper limit of the foot-hills is marked by the paler green of the cork-oak forests that cover the slopes of the sierra proper. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Whatever he is, I love him,—primitive, elemental, kin of the woodland gods, habitant of the white sierras, the august forest, and the sweet wild pastures. A Man in the Open It is not only the loftiest part of the sierra, but also the highest land in the whole Ionian group. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Jautor is surrounded by towering sierras, and we proceeded on foot up a rough goat-track, choked with strong brushwood, and leading up the steep southern acclivity. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z It was in vain that the Spaniards, enraged at the loss of the quarry, questioned Aben-Aboo as to the haunts of his kinsman, and of El Zaguer, his uncle, in the sierra. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies In the northeast this sierra becomes linked with the ramifications of the central Cordilleras, and connected with our ridge by one of the densely-wooded spurs that flank the plateau of the Llanos Ventosos. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Others, especially in the foothills of the high sierras, are utilized to irrigate the fertile valleys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" This deplorable state of affairs was brought to an end by the intervention of the Governor of the village of Tikax in the sierra. History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. We crossed the ridge of the sierra and entered an upland valley beyond, where, in a tall poplar, standing slightly apart, was a rather small nest containing a single eaglet. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The request was readily granted; and the grand-commander of St. James, without loss of time, led his battalions into the heart of the sierra. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies In the suburbs of the village we commenced ascending the sierra, from the top of which we saw at the foot the hacienda of Santa Maria. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. We descended the sierra, and at the foot of it struck the camino real. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. Malgares has told me of that gigantic peak and the sierra you crossed. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Here, in Gredos, and also in the Andalucian sierras, it has not hitherto been our good fortune to fall in with ibex where a stalk was even remotely possible. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Beacon-fires were to be seen along the highest peaks of the sierra, throwing their ominous glare around for many a league, and calling the bold mountaineers to the foray. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Descending the sierra, we rode up to the hacienda, and saw three gentlemen sitting under a shed breakfasting. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. In an hour we came in sight of the sierra which traverses at that point the whole peninsula of Yucatan from east to west. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. To the eastward or northeastward of Santa Fe lies a vast snow-clad sierra. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Our lofty perch commanded a grand mountain landscape—sierras extending range beyond range in swelling stony masses or jagged sky-lines. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z In the meantime, the beacon-fires, which for some hours had been blazing from the topmost peaks of the sierra, had spread intelligence far and wide of the coming of the enemy. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies The city stands at the foot of the sierra. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. For a short distance the road lay along the ridge of the sierra, a mere bed of rock, on which the horse's hoofs clattered and rang at every step. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. A love that could draw a man across that vast desolation of desert and sierra! A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Good luck and long life to this dear old man, whose cheery face and voice and ready guitar have been the life and soul of our camp on some wild nights in the sierra! Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z There seem to have been few other Christians who dwelt among the Moorish settlements in the sierra, except, indeed, the priests who had charge of the spiritual concerns of the natives. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Our road lay for some distance along the sierra. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. Immediately behind the village we crossed the sierra, the same broken and stony range, commanding on both sides the same grand view of a boundless wooded plain. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. The Mexican mountains, the fabled sierras of New Spain! A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Some years afterwards, passing through this sierra on March 1st, we found the three stacks occupied as before, each nest containing a single egg. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z There they stood, crowning every peak and eminence in the sierra, frowning over the horrid waste, the sad memorials of the conquest. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies At the distance of three leagues we commenced ascending the sierra, and for two hours the road lay over an immense ledge of solid rock. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. Twice before I had crossed that sierra, and had looked upon it almost with delight, as relieving the monotony of constant plains, but now it was a horrible prospect. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. Such was the vision—whose reality I knew to be awaiting me somewhere south and west, beyond that snowy sierra. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois One by one the scattered guns turned up: some, who had taken a circuitous course, arriving before others whose ardour had led them to follow direct—so dense was the brushwood and rugged the sierra. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z But by far the larger part of the Moorish population was scattered over the mountain-range of the Alpujarras, south-east of Granada, and among the bold sierras that stretch along the southern shores of Spain. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Far as the eye could reach was visible the great sierra, running from east to west, a dark line along the plain. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. In an hour I reached the top of the sierra. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. Then rose chain upon chain of glorious mountain scenery, the jagged sierras of Stellenbosch and the far line of Hottentots Holland melting in blues and purples upon the horizon. Tales of South Africa Truly the arriero is a type of rural Spain: his monotonous chant, and the gaudy trappings of his mule-team appearing and disappearing with every winding of the mountain-track, bespeak the spirit of the sierra. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z His patient toil had constructed terraces from the rocky soil, and, planting them with vines, had clothed the bald sides of the sierra with a delicious verdure. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Now they were descending the steeper face of the sierra, and the way led over bottomless crevasses, sheer drops and sheer ascents, sheets of traitorous glare ice. When the Mountain Shook It was nearly dark when we reached the foot of the sierra, and, as we ascended, the clouds threatened rain. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. Under the setting sun the crests of these distant sierras were rapidly becoming rose-tinted, and the warm browns and purples glorified a thousandfold. Tales of South Africa Such, in outline, are the habits of the ibex of the higher sierras. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z But the frequent reverses of their countrymen seemed to have broken their spirits; and they were soon thrown into disorder, and fled in various directions into the more inaccessible tracts of the sierra. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Some of them live upon the sierras of Patagonia, some in the stonier streets of Askelon, some inhabit caves in the deserts of Maceria. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. The bald peaks of the sierra still rise above the ruins of the monastery. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Countless small streams also descend the eastern slopes of the sierras and are lost in the great plains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Both in this sierra, in Nevada, and other alpine ranges, we have kept a strict look-out for ptarmigan, but not a sign of them have we met with. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Seron was a town of some strength, situated on the slope of the sierra, and defended by a castle held by a Morisco garrison. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Here, much to my surprise, commenced a well-constructed military road, very broad, and coped in by a wall of loose stones, winding around the eastern brow of the sierra. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The "sierra" through which our path lay was singularly wild and picturesque. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas In the valleys and well-watered foothills of the sierras, however, cereals, alfalfa and fruit are the principal products. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The following are the maximum dimensions of the heads of male ibex, measured by the authors—all from the central and south-Spanish sierras. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The vegetation was of a thin and stunted growth, seldom spreading out into the luxuriant foliage of the lower regions; and the winds swept down from the neighbouring sierra with the violence of a hurricane. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies I came back because I was sick of mining camps and boundless sierras. The Bartlett Mystery I pledged myself to live with her amidst the sierras of the Far West, or, if she liked better, in some city of the Old World. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas If there be, a huge cliff or gorge is formed at that spot, not a sierra. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) The hamlet hung on the steep slope of the sierra, whose snow-clad heights and jagged peaks, towering away into cloud-land, gave us a fair forecast of the labours in store. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z If the youngsters and amateurs wanted to amuse themselves plotting hypothetical attacks on unclimbable sierras, that was all very well, but it was, if nothing worse, a great waste of time. The Planet Savers These promises did not reach Cort�s till he was descending from the sierra. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Near the sierras where irrigation is possible, fruit-growing is so successful, especially the grape and fig, that the product is considered the best in Chile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Joe, under the pressure of long hours of retreat under fire, had finally sent the others on back, and found himself a crevice, near the top of a sierra, which was all but impregnable. Frigid Fracas These are the sierras, and the rolling corn-lands, at both of which we have already glanced. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z This great institution rose upon his imagination like some insurmountable sierra, blue and sombre, between himself and the life of Lady Harman and all that he desired. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman This fortification, which extended more than two leagues, rested at either end on the bold natural buttresses formed by the sierra. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West In the land of “Geryon’s sons,” the paths which scaled the sierras were attributed to the toils of Hercules. Old Roads and New Roads Not even spring could change one feature of that desolate scene; and the windows looked down across a plain, snowy with alkali, to ranges of cold stone sierras on the north. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) They are unknown to the cazadores of the sierras, and it appears certain that none exist in Spain, save in the Pyrenees. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z It came out of malarious lowlands, and over several snowy sierras. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI At last they reached the crest of the sierra which unites Popocatepetl, the "great Volcan," to its sister mountain the "Woman in White." The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West From the moment when Cortes had gained the crest of the sierra of Ahualco, his progress was comparatively easy. Old Roads and New Roads That same night Rodrigo lay again among the sierras, quite ready for the first bullion convoy or beautiful marchioness passing by. The Missourian To this sierra we projected a spring campaign. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Some miles westward of the village there was a gap in the sierra, from which the eye plunged direct upon the residencia; and thither it became my daily habit to repair. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI "Who's got all that land stretching away there; that little blunted sierra of pines and escarpments I mean?" The Passionate Friends The moon was now up, silvering the summits of the groups of trees with which the narrow plain was sprinkled, and defining the gloomy peaks of the sierra against the star-spangled sky. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 By day there were sierras, and valleys, and wayside crosses marking violent deaths. The Missourian Capileira is the highest hamlet in the sierra, and is celebrated for its hams, which are cured in the snow. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The locality referred to is the eastern slope of the sierra towards the coast between Orizaba and Jalapa. Aztec Land It revealed the neighbouring fields, stretching toward the sierras, whose sinuous blue lines were relieved against the horizon. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories I’ve always aimed to range that way, but the lost mine is closer than the eastern sierras––must be! The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Many of the sierras are indeed covered with snow, but to no great depth, and the coating soon melts under the summer suns, and passes rapidly away.’ A Supplementary Chapter to the Bible in Spain The guide took a line leading towards the higher sierra, and avoiding the frequented track. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z They commenced their descent the same day, and rested at night on the place of their previous encampment, a narrow shelf of the sierra. Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America Resulting in the Discovery of the Idolatrous City of Iximaya, in an Unexplored Region; and the Possession of two Remarkable Aztec Children, Descendants and Specimens of the Sacerdotal Caste, (now nearly extinct,) of the Ancient Aztec Founders of the Ruined Temples of that Country, Described by John L. Stevens, Esq., and Other Travellers. If he could say that of Spain's bare sierras and bleak barrancas, what would he not have said of this land, whose splendid woods and forests clothe the hills and fill the glens with verdure. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand He had not heard her father’s name, but he was a Spanish priest and her mother an Indian half-breed girl––some little village in the sierras. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine We could even see the tall waving poplars of our own estancias, and away westward a vast rolling prairie of pampa land, bounded by the distant sierras. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The only birds seen in the high sierra were choughs and ravens: ring-ouzels a little lower down. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The ever transparent atmosphere, and the lovely cloud effects that prevail, are accompaniments which will hallow the desolate sierras for the artist at all seasons. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months They are found on both sides of Lake Maracaibo—in the sierras Perija and Merida. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Simple Benito and his brother, and soft-voiced motherly Valencia who could conceive a worse death for the German Judas than crucifixion, were typical of the primitive people of desert and sierra. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Here, however, was a stream as clear as crystal, that doubtless made its way from springs in the sierras that lay to the west of us at no very great distance. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The Black Vulture we have never found actually breeding in Andalucia, though it does do so: and we have observed single pairs, associated with Griffons, in the sierras in May and July. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z One ran through the low lands by the sea, the other over the great plateau, through galleries cut for leagues from the living rock, over pathless sierras buried in snow. The Red True Story Book They are equally common in Bolivia, and in the sierras of New Grenada and Venezuela. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Doña Dolores probably spells politics, but Doña Jocasta is a wildcat of the sierras, and I can’t figure out any harmonious days for a man who picks two like that.” The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine The southern division is one mass of rugged granitic sierras, interspersed, however, with sheltered and well-watered valleys, abounding with rich vegetation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Vultures, though found all over Spain—whether in mountain, marsh, or plain—breed only in the sierras. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z They are poor in gold and silver, and what they have is because those who live in the sierra exchange it for goods. An Account of the Conquest of Peru Important remains of the ancient people exist in many other places; and “thousands of other monuments unrecorded by the antiquaries invest every sierra and valley of Mexico with profound interest.” Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology That beautiful valley of the green border is the sumidero,––the quicksands from hidden springs somewhere above,” and she pointed to the blue sierras. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine The moon now rose, and I can hardly describe the marvellous effects of light produced by its rays on the sierras. Adventures of a Young Naturalist Here they may fairly be said to swarm, and in our many campaigns in these sierras we have had abundant opportunities of observing them "at home." Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The sierra is very high and rather broad, and with all this, it is excessively cold. An Account of the Conquest of Peru There is mention of one which was a hundred and fifty miles long, and of another which was extended four hundred and fifty miles across sierras and over rivers, from south to north. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology She spoke as all Altar spoke, with a certain pride in the ability of the man she had known as a burro driver of the sierras. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine The insurrectionary forces were in scattered and isolated bodies, either besieged in towns or pursued among the sierras. The Tiger Hunter A ride through the wilder regions, and especially among the sierras, involves, however, an amount of forethought and provision that, to those unacquainted with the cosas de Espa�a, would be well nigh incredible. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The southern portion skirts the bleak shores of Patagonia in a single sierra, for a distance of nearly one thousand miles, in some parts rising to the height of seven thousand feet above the ocean. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America These roads went over marshes, rivers, and great chasms of the sierras, and through rocky precipices and mountain sides. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology Though the sun had not set, half the sky was dark over the eastern sierras. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine There is nothing in the music itself which tells of the natural sounds most common in the desolate steppes of Russia, the woody sierras of Spain, or the rocky glens of Scotland. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 Besides these humble and harmless inhabitants, the Spanish sierras have also ever afforded a refuge for the brigand and outlaw, and many deeds of murder and violence are associated with these wild regions. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The great chain of the Rocky Mountains rose their snow-clad sierras in endless succession and in unclouded glory. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure As for me, I shall meet more than a hundred of my own men at Orizaba, ready to escort me across the sierra into my own State of Puebla. Ahead of the Army Before the sun was above the sierra today he was far there coming across the mesa.” The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine For the Gran Chaco is no sterile tract, like most parts of the Navajo country in the north, or the plains of Patagonia and the sierras of Arauco in the south. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The immense extent of rugged sierras which intersect the Peninsula partly explains this; but a certain sense of insecurity and a hatred of rural life inherent in the Spanish breast are still more potent factors. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z It was agreed that they meet at Caxamalca, a strongly fortified city among the sierras. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania At all events, it was a pleasanter place to be in than any icy pass among the Mexican sierras, and his thoughts were at liberty to come back to his present situation. Ahead of the Army White as snow on the sierras, and gold on all the harness! The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine The Spanish word "sierra" means, in English, a saw, and also a ridge of mountains and craggy rocks. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Thus occurred—over twenty years ago—our first introduction to Bonelli's Eagle: since then we have met with them frequently in the southern sierras, in the Castiles, and once in the Biscayan Provinces. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z I knew my Moro too well; and after I had cleared the ten miles of valley, and was springing up the steep front of the sierra, I saw my pursuers still back upon the plain. The Scalp Hunters At intervals a peak broke sharply above the battlements, or a rift in a closer sierra opened to show the stars. Laramie Holds the Range On the south, the same mountains,—here running in separate sierras, and there knotting with each other. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The reception over, the royal party was conducted to where waggons and teams awaited them to take them to a suburb at the foothills of the great sierra. The Philippine Islands Once established amidst the sierras and wildernesses, it was no easy matter to dislodge them, or even to hold them in check. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The two sierras appear to converge at the eastern end of the valley. The Scalp Hunters "Isn't Ferguson with you?" asked Onthank, anxiously, for he knew that a boy of sixteen, even if armed, was no match for the king of the California sierras. The Young Miner or Tom Nelson in California There were five or six pages, one after the other, each of which contained a picture, large or small, of men engaged in mining for gold among the Western sierras. The Talking Leaves An Indian Story Professor Oman abandoned Wellington somewhere amidst the declivities of the sierras without one qualm, and immersed himself in computations warranted to make the plain man's hair stand on end. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 The other section is more exclusively nomadic, roaming at large over the wilds of Spain, having no home save the shelter of forest or sierra, and to some extent actually migratory. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Could we not turn the southern sierra, and come in through the forest itself? The Scalp Hunters It was the foot of a rocky gorge, up which might be seen trees and bushes mingled with jagged rocks and dark caverns, with a lofty sierra or mountain range in the background. Martin Rattler No. I was on a hunt in the sierras that day. The Talking Leaves An Indian Story He urged on his horse with desperate speed over the rocky and broken ground, at the foot of the sierra on which we stood, the soldiers every now and then discharging their pieces at him. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas Before dawn we started for Jerez, and in a detached crag of the sierra we obtained a fine adult male golden eagle which had breakfasted early on a rabbit. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z We approached the Mimbres in a diagonal direction, as it was our purpose to pass through the sierra by the route of the old mine, once the prosperous property of our chief. The Scalp Hunters His heart would be with his co-religionists, and his prayers would ascend with theirs as he followed his mules over the sierra. The Last Look A Tale of the Spanish Inquisition If they were men to be "watched" at any other time, even the sharp eyes of Indian suspicion saw no need for it among the desolate solitudes of those "sierras." The Talking Leaves An Indian Story At length the summit of the sierra was reached, and our mules commenced a descent into the valley, drawing their legs together and sliding down with fearful velocity. On the Banks of the Amazon Returning homewards next morning, while we were passing through the outlying spurs or foothills of the sierra, a pair of large dark eagles were observed hunting a scrub-covered ridge. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z On the fourth day after leaving the Gila, we came to a place where the San Carlos cañoned through a high sierra. The Scalp Hunters I emerge upon the other side of the sierra. The Rifle Rangers It was the depression in the sierra, seen shortly after parting with the Horned Lizard and his band. The Lone Ranche Up, up once more, away over the rocky fastnesses of the sierra, followed by his allies, the flower of the armies of Tlascala, Tepeaca, and Cholula, Cortes and his Spaniards pressed. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Two of the eyries were in low belts of protruding rock which broke the steep slope of the sierra, a third in a detached crag about 150 feet in height. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z If we did not find it at the nearer sierra, we should have an adventure: the danger of perishing from thirst. The Scalp Hunters But it is quite possibly for ahuitzil, dwellers in the sierra. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Donna Henrietta, jogged to death over dull vegas, and picking her way across rocky sierras, will be a very different person from Miss Temple, of Ducie Bower. Henrietta Temple A Love Story I can see the excitement which this title arouses as it is flashed across the sierras, down the valleys, and into the various reading-rooms and parlors of the Golden City of the Golden State. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 We were rather surprised at seeing this bird here, the local hunters having specially assured us that only "aguilas reales" bred in that sierra. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Their provisions were spent as well as ours, and instead of resting our wearied animals, we pushed on through a pass in the sierra in hopes of finding game on the other side. The Scalp Hunters In every direction ran sierras, or rugged mountain-chains, so rocky and steep as to make the kingdom almost impregnable. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII Spanish: armada, cargo, cigar, desperado, flotilla, grandee, mosquito, mulatto, punctilio, sherry, sierra. New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words Our road gently winds down the sierra, giving us at every turn sublime ideas of what nature can do in tossing up the thin crust of our globe. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Before midnight the threatened storm burst: the gale howled through the gorges of the sierra and along the narrow street of Valdama. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The mountains were tinged with an amber-coloured light; and the quartzose crystals sparkled on the peaks of the southern sierra. The Scalp Hunters From peak to peak of the sierras beacon-fires flashed their signals, calling the bold mountaineers to forays on the lands of the enemy. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII At that altitude the rocky, desolate range of sierras to the south could be seen clearly, although a mile or so distant. The Border Boys Across the Frontier Skirting the bleak shores of Patagonia in a single narrow sierra, the Andes enter Chile, rising higher and higher till they culminate in the gigantic porphyritic peak of Aconcagua. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Yet Buiteras, "Griffonries," so to speak, existed at certain intervals, say, six or eight leagues apart, throughout the whole of those sierras. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z It was near evening of the next day when we arrived at the foot of the sierra, at the debouchure of the cañon. The Scalp Hunters After riding some miles across a monotonous tract of stony desert, we came to a majestic sierra of crag, down which fell a dozen water-falls, narrow and bright as sword-blades. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World To the south some jagged sierras grew purple and then black in the fading light. The Border Boys Across the Frontier Camino Real is a huddle of eight or ten dwellings perched on the summit of a sierra a thousand feet higher than the top of Mount Washington. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Vasco at once continued his course, leading the way to one of the deepest and most magnificent ca�ons of the whole sierra. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z We halted in the mountain pass; and, after a short while spent in cooking and eating breakfast, continued our journey across the sierra. The Scalp Hunters If you get as far as Enmedio, which is in the heart of the sierra, you will have done well. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain A gypsy family, whom I passed on the Spanish sierras, went under my window in Paris, and I missed the feet of the lad who had been hanged. Tales of the Chesapeake When you escape, as you love to do, to your forests and your sierras, I am sure again that you do not feel you made them, or that they were made for you. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion Thus, while on a fishing expedition in the north of Spain, I was sounding my companion, a Gallegan peasant, as to the bears, deer, and other game of the surrounding sierras. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z All these thoughts passed through my mind as I neared the summit of the sierra. The Scalp Hunters You will be furnished with a native guide, well acquainted with the passes of the sierras between the Tagus and the Guadiana. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain And between them and me was an expanse of gloomy, pine-hidden cordons, one succeeding close upon another, and running generally in the same direction as the sierras. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Already they saw the mountains rising before them, terrace after terrace, and, three days after the encounter with the jaguar, they began to ascend the middle slopes between the tierra caliente and the lofty sierras. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty The season was mid-winter and the snow lay deep and treacherous on all the great sierras that overhang his native village. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Near the crest of the sierra it turned sharply to the right, and trended in to the brow of the cañon. The Scalp Hunters Crossing the sierra, the main and shorter road came down upon the Tagus at Almarez. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain To reduce expenses, I paid off many of my Mexican men, who then returned to their homes in Sonora, going over the sierra by the trail we had made in coming east. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan They went on for a number of days and came now to the region, bordering the high sierras, passing through vast forests of oak and pine, and seeing scarcely any habitation. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty It is always best to have some definite object, so I told my guests that I had come to the sierra to shoot the quebranta-huesos, literally, "bone-smasher." Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z He was seated upon the very topmost rock of the sierra, and his large brown body was distinctly visible, outlined against the pale blue sky. The Scalp Hunters Keeping by byroads, we were not molested until we had nearly reached the summit of the sierra, when we found a party of some sixty men barring the road. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain Though we were now provisioned for some time to come, I was anxiously looking forward to the day when we should reach the eastern side of the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The great chain of the Rocky Mountains rose their snow-clad sierras in endless succession. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America We have observed them as far up as corn grows on the foothills of the sierra. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Here the sierras impinged upon the river, forming a cañon. The Scalp Hunters The next day they set out at daybreak, and, in two hours, were mounting the slope of the sierra. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain It was a sheltered place, and we decided to stop again and rest, as now we could not be very far from the Mormon colonies in the eastern part of the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Our horses are fresh, and we can either return to the sierra or spend the night on the llanos, as may be most expedient.” Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance Later in the afternoon we were fairly among the outspurs of the sierra, and overhead, on heavy wing, soared the vultures. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z There was a platform near the western brow of the sierra. The Scalp Hunters She laid down the letter and stirred her tea absently, her mind full of snow-capped sierras, and clear blue air, and peach forests, and all the wonders of that wonderland. Septimus The summit of the sierra toward the east appeared to be 2,000 feet high, and the first ridge, at the foot of which we camped, rises here almost perpendicularly about a thousand feet. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan No. 8, Maria, was a girl direct from the sierras, and was very stupid and silly, and did not a single thing. Argentina from a British Point of View We had ourselves spent some time traversing those very sierras without seeing anything of this bird; but should add, were not at that time specially in search of it. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Needless to recount all that then befell; what tribes and caravans we saw; what vast horizons; boundless plains: and sierras, in their every intervale, a nation nestling. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II At its apparent foot he reaches to clamber the steep sides, and the sierra is still a step beyond his reach. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 We had now arrived in the pine region of the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Marivales, the headland which forms the north entrance to Manila Bay, but it is so much higher than the sierra which runs back from it that it manages to convey a splendid picture of isolation. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines In the sierras, they breed in crags and rabbit-burrows; on the plains the young are often produced in nests built in trees, or among the tall bamboos in the cane-brakes. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z It was at the foot of a rocky gorge, up which might be seen trees and bushes mingled with jagged rocks and dark caverns, with a lofty sierra or mountain range in the background. Martin Rattler And shining snow-points of high sierras cast down, there they lie.' Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Having ascended the sierra, we made a picturesque camp on the top of the cordon, in the midst of forests so dense that we did not get any view of the landscape. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan It is not a high table-land, but a range, or range upon range, of sierras. Robert Browning The osero, accompanied only by his dogs, seeks the bear amidst the recesses of the sierra, and engages him in single combat. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z It revealed the neighboring fields, stretching toward the sierras, whose sinuous blue lines were relieved against the horizon. Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories They then rejoined their companions at Darien, promising, however, to send the soldiers his son desired to assist him in crossing the sierra and reaching the southern ocean. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera We made camp one and a half miles from the village, and in the evening we were visited by my friend from the sierra and another Mormon. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan A number of sierras and mountains extend in various directions, forming valleys and glens fertilized by numerous rivers, which, however, have little current and volume. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient In summer, when the peasants' goats and sheep are pastured on the hills, they inhabit the highest sierras; in winter, when the stock is removed to lower ground, there are the wolves also. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z This is the kind of projection that appears on the maps of this region as a sierra. Through the Brazilian Wilderness A telegraphic wire has already wound its way over the sierra among them, and will soon palpitate through Salt Lake City in its progress toward the Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 The latter were the last of their kind we saw on this side of the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan It rises in the former of these sierras, and flowing from north to south it empties east of Coamo Point, after having watered the town of its name. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient Though plentiful in the wooded ravines of the sierras, where it frequents sapling-thickets in preference either to scrub or forest proper, yet the roe is seldom made a special object of pursuit. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z In traversing these lofty sierras the traveller is often obliged to alight and lead his horse up and down the steep and jagged ascents and descents, resembling the broken steps of a staircase. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 547, May 19, 1832 Through all the windings of his eccentric route, through pathless forests, across rugged sierras, along the sides of nameless streams, we shall pursue his trail. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Furthermore, he told me of some interesting cave dwellings near the Mormon settlement on the eastern edge of the sierra, which I decided to investigate. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan In the northern part and on the western slopes of the great sierras, streams of potable water and also many lagoons abound. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient This species is also peculiar to the Peninsula, and in the southern provinces may be called common, frequenting the wilder, scrub-covered wastes and wooded sierras, where it preys on hares, rabbits, and partridge. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Their stumps and carcasses were everywhere; and smooth "shoots" on the sierras marked where they were shot down as "felled timber," to be floated off by the river. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains Still more suitable to them must have been La Mancha, a land of tillage, of horses, and of mules, skirted by its brown sierra, ever eager to afford its shelter to their dusky race. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain As I left the town, following the pack-train after having made the last settlements with the natives, I passed a little hut, the last homestead on this side of the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The whole island may be said to form a continuous network of sierras, hills, and heights. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient The men threw out their chests as if to breathe the widening horizon, the immensity of the sky, the blue from the mountains and the fresh air, redolent with the various odors of the sierra. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution In the dense forests which bound it, and drape two-thirds of its gaunt sierras, are hordes of grizzlies, brown bears, wolves, elk, deer, chipmunks, martens, minks, skunks, foxes, squirrels, and snakes. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains He ate like a wolf of the sierra; - soup, puchero, fowl and bacon disappeared before him in a twinkling. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain The grass of the sierra, which was now gray, did not seem to contain much nourishment, and it became evident that the sooner we proceeded on our journey, the better. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Large groups of sierras branch out to the right and left of the central chain; on the eastern slope begins another chain, running northeast to the extreme northeasterly point of the island. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient Like neighing colts, playful when the rainy season begins, Demetrio's men galloped through the sierra. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution Some miles westward of the village there was a gap in the sierra, from which the eye plunged direct upon the residencia; and thither it became my daily habit to repair. Merry Men It would have been easier to get up a crusade against the wild cats of the sierra, than against the Gitanos, as the former have skins to reward those who slay them. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain From Granados we took an easterly course, being at last able to cross the Bavispe River, which, owing to heavy rains in the sierra, had for some time been overflowing. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Indians taken down from the sierra get ague and dysentery. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Seated on a crag of the sierra in the cool of the afternoon breeze, Luis Cervantes gazed away in the distance, dreaming and killing time. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution It came out of malarious lowlands, and over several snowy sierras. Merry Men I took to the sierra and became a highwayman; but the wars broke out. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain They seem to be more numerous in the western and central part of the sierra, its spurs and foot-hills, than in the eastern part of the great range. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Having now the snowy ridge on our right, we continued our way towards a dark butte, belonging to a low sierra on the plain, and which our guide had pointed out for a landmark. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Villa, indomitable lord of the sierra, the eternal victim of all governments ... The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution Away ahead the line of mountains, that we had noticed before, appeared as a dark sierra, and between it and the sea the country seemed to be very little broken by hills. A Columbus of Space A crown taken from a Corsican living in the sierras would not get back to him again in ten years. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge There is a charming view from the brow of the sierra over the plains of San Diego, which are fully ten miles wide; but after descending to them I found a hard, cold wind blowing. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Its prominent features were dark sierras, naked and dry; on the plains a few straggling shrubs--among them, cactus of several varieties. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources The soldiers had retreated; Demetrio began the search for the soldiers' horses which had been hidden in the sierra. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution Before me the fair vast lake sleeps, softly luminous, far-ringed with chains of blue volcanic hills shaped like a sierra. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series The building lay at the foot of a gradual slope in the sierra, which was covered with cedar bushes. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway Thus far, although the question regarding surviving cliff-dwellers was answered negatively, the field southward in the sierra was so promising that I was eager to extend my explorations in that direction. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan But this particular species, or race, or colony, living on the sides of the isolated sierra, had acquired a contrary habit, resembling a habit of gregarious birds and mammals. The Naturalist in La Plata Young wild colts trotted on the summit of the sierra, with tense manes and waving hair, proud as the peaks lifting their heads to the clouds. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution At our backs rose the giant green and brown walls of the sierras, the range stretching away on either hand in violet and deep blue masses. The Purple Land We stood at the gate of the sandy range, which here, like a vast brown patch, disfigures the beauty of the sierra. Erema — My Father's Sin In fact, all along on our journey across the sierra we were struck by the constant occurrence of rude monuments of people now long vanished. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan That sierra was more sublime to us than Conon-dagua, than Illimani. The Naturalist in La Plata The plains seemed to torture them; they spoke with enthusiasm, almost with delirium, of the sierra. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution He had no money to depend on but a few millions of his own and the Pelion plus Ossa fortunes of his father and mother and their relatives—a mere sierra of gold mountains. We Can't Have Everything An hour out, the last look back on Dolores Hidalgo showed also mile upon mile of rolling plain to far, far blue sierras, all in all perhaps a hundred square miles visible. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond There were repeated falls of snow, and the sierra assumed a thoroughly northern aspect. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan A friend of mine, a careful observer, who was engaged in cattle-breeding amongst the stony sierras near Cape Corrientes, described to me an encounter he witnessed between an armadillo and a poisonous snake. The Naturalist in La Plata All that matters is to walk, to walk endlessly, without ever stopping; to possess the valley, the heights of the sierra, far as the eye can read. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution Indeed, the frosty god conspired with it for our delight; building crystal bridges, with tracery of lace delicater than Valenciennes, and spangled string-pieces, and fretted vaultings, whimsical sierras, stalactite and stalagmite. Hawthorne and His Circle The day was now far spent, and dark clouds of the enemy were seen gathering along the tops of the sierra, which it was proposed first to attack. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 That “March comes in like a lion” I realised even here in the sierra, when, on this excursion, on which I had not taken my tent along, I was overtaken by a snow-storm. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The latter, at sight of the invaders, uttered dismal cries, and fled into the remoter depths of the sierra. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 In this same sierra," Demetrio said, "with but twenty men I killed five hundred Federals. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution The grand master of St. James, the adelantado Henriquez, and Don Alonso de Aguilar effected their escape by scaling so perilous a part of the sierra that their pursuers cared not to follow. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 The troops on board, however, made good their landing, and soon joined themselves to their victorious countrymen, descending from the sierra. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 As we continued our journey toward Rio Chico the panorama of the sierra changed continuously. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The banner of the Cross floated triumphantly over the whole extent of its wild sierras, its broad valleys, and populous cities. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 Everywhere mountains, heaving hills, and beyond more hills, locked amid mountains, more mountains encircled in the wall of the sierra whose loftiest peaks vanished in the sapphire of the sky. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution It required, says the historian, the entire demolition of one of the most rugged parts of the sierra, which no one could have believed practicable by human industry. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 Ferdinand pressed close on his flying enemy, whose rear sustained some annoyance from the Spanish ginetes, in its passage through the defiles of the sierras. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 Here the climate was splendid; the nights were just pleasantly cool, the mornings deliciously calm; they were all the more enjoyed after the windy weather of the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Great was the dismay of the insurgents at the apparition of the Christian banners, streaming in triumph in the upper air, from the very pinnacles of the sierra. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 He sees a woman with a child in her arms walking over the rocks of the sierra in the moonlight. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution It was to be approached by traversing a savage sierra, or chain of mountains, called the Axarquia, whose margin occasionally afforded good pasturage, and was sprinkled over with Moorish villages. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 Hawaii is all domes and humps, Kauai all peaks and sierras. The Hawaiian Archipelago The presidente of Casas Grandes had been advised of the killing of two Americans near San Bernardino by some Apaches, and had also ordered some men to look for the miscreants in the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The eminence on the sierra, so bravely contested, was assigned as the post of greatest danger to the marquis duke of Cadiz. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 A black cloud rose behind the sierra and a deafening roar of thunder resounded. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution After threading its defiles, it was proposed to return by an open road that turned the southern extremity of the sierra along the sea- shore. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 The Indians of the South American pampas and sierras are a very inferior race to the noble-looking Comanches and Apaches of the North American prairies. On the Pampas A fine, sloping meadow afforded quite an arcadian view with the animals peacefully grazing and resting; but looking westward, the eye revelled in the grand panorama of the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan A similar fate attended the assault on the sierra, which was conducted by the troops of the royal household. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 "If I could get hold of Orozco alive," Blondie said, "I'd rip off the soles of his feet and make him walk twenty-four hours over the sierra!" The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution It first takes definite form as a prolonged, undulating, pale gray mountain chain,—the outline of a sierra. Two Years in the French West Indies A dozen miles right up, within the outer sierra, towards Mount William, brought me at last to an open glade, where some small piles of "split stuff" showed me at once my mistake. Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria In consequence of the wild stories he told about us, the Indians, of a suspicious nature anyway, sent messengers all over the sierra, warning the people against the man-eaters that were coming. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan This was where a spur from the sierra terminating in Mount Mars, blocks the passage by the beach and presents a bold front, rising three thousand feet from the water. The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco At noon they reached a hut, clinging to the precipitous sierra, then three more huts strewn over the margin of a river of burnt sand. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution Immediately surrounding the disc of the sun, which is visible to the naked eye, is a brilliant ring of light, known now as the chromosphere or sierra. Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science One extended four hundred and fifty miles across sierras and over rivers. Atlantis : the antediluvian world The pleasantness of the climate struck me particularly on one occasion, after a prolonged stay in the invigorating though windy climate of the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Camping at the foot of the sierra, Portol� sent out the explorers under Rivera to find a passage through the mountains. The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco The woman stared into the darkness of the sierra. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution Far aloft in the air is Ruivo, five thousand feet overhead, father of the great ridges and sierras that run down jagged and abrupt, till they end in wild surf-washed promontories. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn And the Spanish sierra cannot for a moment be placed in competition with the verdant magnificence of the mountain-scenery of Kashmir. Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet The climate in the sierra, although not so pleasant on account of the constant winds, is extremely salubrious, the heat never exceeding 97° F., while the nights are deliciously cool. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Traveling a short distance towards the east, they camped on a deep arroyo, whose waters came down from the sierra and flowed precipitately into the estero. The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco So before you know it, you've got your knife out or your gun leveled, and then off you go for a wild run in the sierra, until they've forgotten the corpse, see? The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution After making a short ascent up the sierra, they reached the postern gate, so carelessly guarded by an Argentine sentinel, that they passed through without difficulty, a circumstance which betokened extreme negligence or extreme security. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant The darkness turned to grey, and on the colourless, clear, glassy dawn the jagged sierra stood out flat and opaque, as if cut out of paper. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard In missionary times the village appears to have been of some importance, to judge from the church, which is quite pretty, considering its location in the middle of the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan When we put up our white sails they cried out and pointed to the cloud sierra. 1492 In the brush and foliage of the sierra, Demetrio Macias and his threescore men slept until the halloo of the horn, blown by Pancracio from the crest of a peak, awakened them. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution Chiefs that were all powerful thirty years ago, before they were driven beyond the sierras. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant She coloured invisibly, with a warmth against which the breeze from the sierra seemed to have lost its cooling power in the sudden melting of the snows. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Between these two extremes, on the slopes of the sierra, toward the warm country, at an elevation of 5,000 feet, I found the most delightful climate I ever knew. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan I rode far enough to ascertain that there has really been something of the kind, and I think it has affected the arroyo on the farther side of the little sierra. The Golden Fleece, a romance "Yes, to the sierra!" many of the men shouted. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution She looked up at the ragged sierras of cloud-capped buildings that rose above the streets, shaded by the night lights and the congealed vapors to gray, drab, ashen, lavender, dun, and cerulean tints. Options The road from granite-walled Avila to the south is across a wild and desolate waste, frowned down upon on either hand by the savage crests of the grim sierras of the Guadarrama. Historic Girls The Cocoyomes lived in caves on the high cliffs of the sierra, and in the afternoon came down, like deer, to drink in the rivers. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan It proved to be a great sierra, or ridge, of immense height, running parallel to the course of the river, swelling by degrees to lofty peaks, but the outline gashed by deep and precipitous ravines. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West No alternative remained but to march straight across the sierra to his quarters. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas Land of the ocean shores! land of sierras and peaks! Leaves of Grass Could we not, all of us, profitably attempt to live in something like a kindred spirit to that helpful and unselfish one that actuated this girl of the Spanish sierras? Historic Girls Its source is said to be in the sierra, apparently toward the north, and it flows in a southerly direction. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan It was interrupted for a few hours by a party of the natives, who lay in wait for him in the neighboring sierra. History of the Conquest of Peru The two cavaliers then continued their march until they extricated their forces from the sierra, when, taking up a secure position, they proposed to await there the arrival of Pizarro. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas Slowly the whole eastern sky filled with clouds that over-towered us like some black sierra of the infernal regions. The Sea Wolf The wind sweeping in the darkness the broadside of the sierra worried his ears by a continuous roaring noise as of a maddened sea. Within the Tides The main sierra is here very narrow, and the large mountainous mass broken up into irregular ridges and steep valleys. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan But before the rising sun had kindled into a glow the highest peaks of the sierra, both camps were in motion, and busily engaged in preparations for the combat. History of the Conquest of Peru It was interrupted for a few hours by a party of the natives, who lay in wait for him in the neighbouring sierra. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas After five days’ pleasant sojourn at Mr. Shepherd’s hospitable home there, I again ascended the sierra, and, after visiting the Indians of Santa Ana and its neighbourhood, arrived at Guachochic. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan There are also a few species of Echinocactus and Mammilaria, but on the whole the cacti form no conspicuous feature in the higher altitudes of the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The colour of the water in the deep places was greyish green, and as the river rises in the high sierra, it felt icy cold to wade through. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Flowers on the whole are not abundant in the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Animal life is not particularly plentiful in the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan This mesa is the one called Tonati by the chroniclers, while by the Coras it is called Nayariti, and the whole sierra derived its name from it. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The sierra for several days’ journey southward is about 9,000 feet high, and is not inhabited, except in certain seasons by people who bring their cattle here to graze. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The pueblo lies on a plain less than a mile in extent in either direction, on the slope of the sierra, with an open view only toward the east. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan I found this species as far south as the sierra above Pueblo Nuevo, in the State of Durango. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Here began the ascent into the sierra again. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan This runner was well known in that part of the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan In the valleys of the western inclines of the sierra there is nothing suggestive of tropical luxuriance or romance in the landscape, which impresses one chiefly with its towering mountains and vast slopes. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The lifting of the cochiste, as described among the Aztecs, is also practised, at least among the Coras of the sierra, and is always performed at full moon. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan We were now outside of the sierra proper; but on the route south, which I followed for several days, I was never farther away from the mountain range than thirty miles. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan It was a real relief to get up again on the sierra, about fourteen miles south of Papasquiaro, and find ourselves once more among the quiet pines and madroñas. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan He led the way into a room, and I handed him my letter of recommendation from the Mexican Government, and explained what I was doing in the sierra. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan |
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