Hermite Island was not seen, but a small lump on the horizon, to the south of the former, was probably Lowendal Island.

He look 'cross de crick, an' seed dis yer clay-bank, an' he waded ober an' got all he could eat, an' den tuk a lump wid 'im, an' hid in de woods ag'in 'til he could study de matter ober some.

He was still indignantly refusing to take down his pants and prove that the hard lump on his thigh was really an amulet against sciatica, when the car came for me.

He look 'cross de crick, an' seed dis yer clay-bank, an' he waded ober an' got all he could eat, an' den tuk a lump wid 'im, an' hid in de woods ag'in 'til he could study de matter ober some.

He did not know that the lump of blackness almost beneath his hand was a breathing woman; and if he had known, he would have disregarded her then.

They were Termites, 'white ants'of which of the many species I know notand the lump above was their nest.

There are immense glaciers here in the Arctic Regions, and the lumps which they are constantly shedding off into the sea are the icebergs that one sees and hears so much about.

That lump was the wise old turkey all right.

They leaven the lump, but the lump is still human clay, with its passions and prejudices, its pride and its hate.