That the elevation of this part of the creek is sufficient to enable it to form a channel to the north-west coast is shown by the barometric measurement: the dividing ridge between the head of the Victoria and Hooker's Creek is about 1200 feet, at the head of Sturt's Creek 1,370 feet, and our present camp 1100 feet; thus the average fall of Sturt's Creek has been 270 feet in 180 miles, or one and a half feet per mile.

To the south-east the country was not quite so promising, the ridges presenting naked stony outlines, upon which was only a little scanty grass or a few bushes; to the south it was almost an uninterrupted plain, extending nearly as far as the Murchison River, over which lay our homeward course.

A circular ridge on the paper he is told is O; a perpendicular one, I; a crooked one, S; &c. They read music and arithmetic printed in a similar manner.

The serrated ridge on the other side of the Wells road is Dulcot Hill.

The toothed (sometimes entire) ridge extending between the two lateral processes across the top of the cell and overlapping the mouth like a penthouse is also a very peculiar feature.

The ridge of mountains, you must know, was not a single backbone, but broken up here and there by valleys into two and even three ranges.

" "The Chestnut ridge" is a chain of rocky, barren mountains, covered with wood, and the ascent is steep and difficult.

The great oak was close, so close that he might have counted the narrow little ridges of red soil beneath; the ridges which he knew were the graves of those who had died before him.

The main ridge is an extended tableland, some 25 m. long, and in places 3 m. broad.

In some cases, too, a favourable result is arrived at by raising a ridge of coal across the furnace lying against the bridge, and of the same height: this ridge speedily becomes a mass of incandescent coke, which promotes the combustion of the smoke passing over it.

"Why, how do you know?" "Because I saw a map, and this ridge we've just come to is half way between the two lakes." "Oh," said Bessie.

"What is their role in this historic drama?" "The ridge running down the peninsula is the San Miguel Range, crowned by Twin Peaks, with the Mission at its foot.

The ridges were our only safe path, for they were thickly overgrown with woods, and the Indian bands were less likely to choose them for a route.

The ridge was narrow-crested, yellow, splintered rock, with a few dwarf pines and spruces and an occasional bunch of manzanita.

On the day of November 4 and during the succeeding night the Navy co-operated with the Corps' artillery in destroying enemy trenches and gun positions, and the Ali Muntar Ridge was a glad sight for tired gunners' eyes.