Wherefore at last, lighting under a little shelter, they sat down there until the day brake; but, being weary, they fell asleep.

All the tents and temporary shelters which had been occupied for weeks were left standing.

"A gallant man," he said, as we turned back to the rude shelter which had been thrown up over the place where the general lay.

Inside, they found that the canvas was a mere shelter over a prospect hole.

Do you have no interest in a more comfortable shelter?"

There was better shelter for the French in Montreal than for the British among the ruins of Quebec.

A cave that opened to the road presented A friendly shelter, and we entered in.

Under the lee of a dilapidated wall some Scottish infantry were brewing tea and making the most of a slight shelter.

By the time the ponies were tilting the last drops out of their nosebags the faithful servant had scratched together a few sheets of corrugated, and piled them into a rough shelter.

one jumped to one's feet, light as a feather, and ran to the nearest shelter under the hail of bullets, glad to be in the open, like a hound on the scent.

But once beyond the scant shelter of the cottonwood, it was evident the wind had risen.

Such an open trench affords sufficient shelter against rifle bullets striking from the front and can be made in a measure shell proof by being covered with boards, if at hand, and with sod.

The testudo, a wooden shelter, was also used, large enough to contain several men.

The pine protected them from Herod's soldiers, while the juniper opened its branches and offered a welcome shelter, although it afterwards, says an old legend, furnished the wood for the cross.

Apart from the wonderful view of the canyon, all we could see from our cool shelter was a couple of small grass huts and a few ancient stone-faced terraces.

My brave companions lay in the snow, without food, and with only the partial shelter of the short trees, yet they made no sign of suffering or faint-heartedness.

They were stark naked as usual; they had no hammocks or blankets, and their huts were flimsy shelters of palm-branches.

In the designations of refuges for deer, various questions are to be considered, such as abundance of food, proximity to water, suitable shelter, an exposure to their liking, for they may be permitted to have whims in a matter of this sort, just as fully as Indians or the residents of the city, when they deign to honor the country by their presence.

I am ever longing to see him settled in some peaceful shelter before I go to sea;' and he looked more downcast than I had ever seen him.

Thousands upon thousands of acres are lying in comparative barrenness, which, by adequate shelter, might be converted into productive fields.

These would provide ample shelter.

When they had reached the comparative shelter of the interlacing trees Moffatt paused again to say: "If we're going to talk I'd like to see you.

The body was usually doubled up into the smallest compass, and the mummy case, especially in the case of children, was usually suspended (so as not to touch the ground) in some convenient rock shelter.

Half of these were without decent shelter, dwelling under wagon-covers or in flimsy tents, and forced much of the time to be without fuel; for wood had to be hauled through the snow from the distant cañons, and so was precious stuff.

Hedges and I crawled out of our dry blankets, and sat upright, so as to make as much room as possible for the others, and we welcomed all our comrades to our dry shelter.