There is some difficulty in finding suitable sites for your ground in these parts, for the hill turf is very stony and shallow; it is not always easy to find a flat piece of ground handy to the villages.

He cut out the buffalo's tonguea matter of great difficulty to one in his weak stateand carried it to a pleasant spot near to the stream where the turf was level and green, and decked with wild flowers.

The snow shall be their winding-sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.

The snow shall be their winding sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulcher.