Here he again builds his hut, removes the trees from a few acres of land, which supplies its annual crop of corn, while the neighbouring woods, for an extent of several miles, are used both as pasture and hunting grounds.
The latter stream has a course of several miles, but during the dry season, discharges very little water.
The master of it was from home, and Mr. Weld was obliged to proceed onward, several miles further, to a wretched hovel which had the name of a tavern.
This shore, a reach of several miles in extent, was fairly alive with the monsters of which he was in search.
It was necessary to stand close along that iron-bound coast where the seals had so lately resorted, for a distance of several miles.
The great difficulty was in removing the spoils across the rocks, as it was sometimes necessary to do so for a distance of several miles.
Heintzelman's corps was lying at the Bridge, several miles in their rear, and the three finest corps in the army were separated from them by a broad, rapid river, which could be crossed at two places only.
They seemed to be several miles deep, longer and more crooked than the Pamunkey, and stood with their rear against Richmond, so that they couldn't fall back, even if they wanted to.
The depot was on a ridge and, with glasses, several miles could be swept to the south-east.
Leaving the hut shortly afterwards we climbed on to the hills and travelled south for several miles in order to fix the position of some lakes and creeks.
Lake of the Sircumfrance of Several miles Situated on the L.
Several miles above is fine timber, Several parties of Mandins rode to the river on the S.
When above, we can look up the Yampa for a distance of several miles.
Tower cliffs are passed; then the river widens out for several miles, and meadows are seen on either side between the river and the walls.
It is several miles away, but it presents no inconspicuous figure on the landscape and must be many hundreds of feet high, probably more than 2,000.
During the thirty-seven days he had traveled in a northerly course from south of Yellowstone Park to the summit of one of the bluffs, several miles to the east of Mammoth Hot Springs.
The Merced and Tuolumne groves are near the western boundary of the Park, several miles north of El Portal Station, while the Mariposa Grove is in the southwestern corner, about fifteen miles southeast of El Portal.
The valley remains almost level for several miles, the road continuing along the east bank of the Lachen.
This monument may be seen at several miles' distance from the sea or land side; and, as great pains were taken by Mr. Fisher in constructing it, it may probably last for a long period of years.
Our people also reported that, several miles inland of this, they observed stones set up as marks, many of which we also met with in the neighbourhood of the point.
When the breeze suddenly came on she was still absent, and, being obliged to wait for some time to pick her up, the Hecla was about dusk separated several miles from us.
The peninsula on the opposite or western bank is several miles in length, narrow, and, when the waters are up, impassable except along the river's bank.
Several miles wide, it incloses numerous marshy islands in its many channels.
The valley is about half a mile broad, and is bounded by steep and lofty mountains, but immediately above the transverse barrier it expands into a wide alluvial plain, several miles broad, which has evidently once been a lake.
The escort chased the band for several miles, killed nine of them, and got their horses.
The first to recover from the terrible shock and to regain his legs was the horse, which ran off with wonderful alacrity several miles before he stopped.
It is several miles in width, and has a soil of astonishing fertility, consisting of comparatively recent depositions from the river.
It is not easy to conceive how these horizontal strata, unless originally continuous, should appear so similar at equal elevations in different hills, and hills separated by vallies of several miles in width.
The town is large, and not walled in; the streets are wide and clean, and a plentiful stream rises near and traverses the place--remarkable as being the only running water within a circuit of several miles.
Both are reckoned six leagues; but the last mentioned is better than the other, as well as shorter by several miles.
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