Her oleaginous and feather-bed-like disposition compelled peace, as oil upon the waves, and shed trouble as a duck sheds water.

Fernando Stevens and Captain Rose were quartered in an old shed building, with a roaring fire in the broad fireplace.

Each of these sites we approached with caution, expecting to see an enemy there; but there was none, and we came down safely at length to our old shed-camp.

These rugged water-sheds inclose, configure, temper, fertilize, and also perturb, the great scenes and stretches of history.