"A cliff is a steep bank, or a precipitous rock.

These lofty cliffs have been the site of a considerable settlement of the ancient British tribes who dwelt in the district in such numbers, as is evident from the scores of camps, which may be traced all over this part of Northumberland.

The cliffs above us became steeper, and the familiar boulder reappeared upon the road.

One overhanging cliff was a favorite haunt of his.

Obsidian Cliff is the next object of special interest which is witnessed.

West Cliff is on the other side, a modern, fashionable seaside resort.

This cliff was an alternation of sheer precipices and very steep inclines.

"Brighton Cliff Talk of musquitoes!a musquito is a gentleman who honourably runs you through with a small sword, and from whom (as from a mad dog) we may easily seek a defence inmuslin.

Mrs. Cliff, tall, thin in face, with her gray hair brushed plainly over her temples, was a woman of strong frame, who would have been perfectly willing to take an oar, had it been necessary.

The cliff immediately opposite to Dick Varley was a huge projection from the precipice that hemmed in the gorge, a species of cape or promontory several hundred yards wide at the base, and narrowing abruptly to a point.

I have examined all the Powers in those Numbers, broken them into Fractions, extracted the Square and Cube Root, divided and multiplied them all Ways, but could not arrive at the Secret till about three Days ago, when I received the following Letter from an unknown Hand, by which I find that Mr. Nathaniel Cliff is only the Agent, and not the Principal, in this Advertisement.

Now, off at the left, behind the shimmer of the wondrous sight that seemed a fantastic city of dreams, long black cliffs had become visiblesurely some spur of the Iron Mountains, making to southward at the eastern edge of the plain.

The high cliff above the bay was a perfect study in colour that morning; I have never seen more splendid colouring, every varied shade of red and gold and green was to be found there.

The cliffs forming it are of a reddish hue, from the quantity of iron the rocks in the neighbourhood contain.

That cliff had been the tragedy of his ruined life.

Of course, there was a great deal that was wonderful and startling to relate, and as Mrs. Cliff was a good story-teller, she thrilled the nerves of her hearers with her descriptions of the tornado at sea and the Rackbirds on land, and afterwards filled the eyes of many of the women with tears of relief as she told of their escapes, their quiet life at the caves, and their subsequent rescue by the Mary Bartlett.

And so things appeared unto him to do, as he watched the miracle of the moon bringing forth the lineaments of the old God-Mother; and so the cliff became his Sinai.

On a Business Basis XVII "A Fine Thing, No Matter What Happens" XVIII Mrs. Cliff is Amazed XIX Left Behind XX At the Rackbirds' Cove XXI In the Caves XXII A Pack-Mule XXIII

A little nearer the cliff, however, was a clear, cold spring from the rock, and of this I had a satisfying drink.

CLIFF IS AMAZED After the captain set sail in his little boat, the party which he left behind him lived on in an uneventful, uninteresting manner, which, gradually, day by day, threw a shadow over the spirits of each one of them.