In this way the Greek and Roman furrow of 10 or 12 rods may naturally have been extended north of the Alps into the 'furlong' of forty rods.
And, do you know, I begin to think it is very possible that within a couple of years we shall have a market for more oats and hay than we can grow, even including the 'forty rods.
The Esquimaux soon began to pant; seeing which, we had them set it down and rest every thirty or forty rods.
As soon as he saw us, he turned and led off again; and, following him for thirty or forty rods, we came to a fissure between two large rocky fragments, partially overlaid by a third.
It was a rather narrow opening, not more than thirty-five or forty rods in width, with considerable ice floating about.
I knew where I should find him, and set out for 'Forty Rods.
I had ordered fifty-six rolls of Page's woven wire fence, forty rods in each roll.
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