They build here, generally, in a partly decayed white-birch or apple-tree, excavating a hole eighteen inches or two feet deep,the chips being carefully carried off a short distance, so as not to betray the workman,and lining the bottom of it with a felting of soft materials, generally rabbits' fur, of which I have taken from one hole as much as could be conveniently grasped with the hand.

Behind this rock, which was barely sufficient shelter for his head, he had excavated a pit sufficient to shelter his crouching body and the sand which he removed for this purpose had been spread evenly over the slope so that no suspicion might be created in the most watchful eye.

It is in meadows of this sort that the mountain beaver (Haplodon) loves to make his home, excavating snug chambers beneath the sod, digging canals, turning the underground waters from channel to channel to suit his convenience, and feeding the vegetation.

He had made some captives divert the course of the river and had then excavated its bed.

May the General Government exercise power and jurisdiction over the soil of a State consisting of rocks and sand bars in the beds of its rivers, and may it not excavate a canal around its waterfalls or across its lands for precisely the same object? Giving to the subject the most serious and candid consideration of which my mind is capable, I can not perceive any intermediate grounds.

He had, in fact, accustomed himself not to listen; he had excavated a passage direct from one ear to the other for such remarks.

To provide for this contingency, Captain Whipple suggested "the propriety of placing the subject before Congress, with an estimate for excavating a cut through the center of the new channel 150 feet in width and 4-1/2 feet deep, so as to obtain from the river to the lake a depth of 18 feet during seasons of extreme high water and 12 feet at periods of extreme low water."

The greatest difficulty was experienced in digging out and excavating the engines from the coal and dirt, and still greater was the labor of cleaning all the mechanism and putting everything once more in an efficient steaming condition.

We excavated the femur and found behind it fragments of a number of other bones.

Lister was able to answer satisfactorily, and another talked to him about the obstacles encountered when one excavated treacherous gravel and built a bank to stand angry floods.

Some small burrowing animal had so excavated the ground in the vicinity of Mount Blaze, that at each step we sunk in knee-deep; a few quails were shot, but no varieties of birds were seen beyond what had been already observed at the other points of the coast visited.

We have held a council of war, we have excavated the hatchet, we have smashed the pipe of peace to flinders, or something of the sort, and have struck out upon the war trail.

The industry of this creature urged the Lily to toil and spin, contrary to its usual habits, while the Shamrock converted its trifoliated leaves into shovels, and took a contract for excavating the hemisphere.

They build here, generally, in a partly decayed white-birch or apple-tree, excavating a hole eighteen inches or two feet deep,the chips being carefully carried off a short distance, so as not to betray the workman,and lining the bottom of it with a felting of soft materials, generally rabbits' fur, of which I have taken from one hole as much as could be conveniently grasped with the hand.

I went out there with a few peasants, had them excavate a little, and, behold!

{268} This is an error: M. Botta made the first attempt to excavate the Ninevite remains at Khorsabad.

With their knives they commenced excavating an opening, the earth from which, as it was withdrawn, they spread about on the floor of their prison.

On this account, Marshal Bugeaud soon excavated Oushda and returned to the Tlemsen territory.

Dieulafoy, had already excavated the noble palace of these Persian kings.

Some other day I hope to tell of the work of clearing and excavating Machu Picchu, of the life lived by its citizens, and of the ancient towns of which it was the most important.

In the first place he excavated a very considerable piece of land, constructed quays on all sides of it, and let the sea into it.

One day Blanes and his companions had excavated pitchers, statuettes, and plates centuries old.

They had dug the tunnel to this point and excavated a place which they had guarded with a steel door, but, in order to conceal the hiding place, or whatever it might be, they cunningly worked the false wall of dirt against the face of it, using clay and a thin coating of plaster as a base.

At exactly 132 meters along the road rising from the Morro pier or wharf to the Cabana, there will be found by excavating the rock on the left of the road, at a depth of 3 meters, a grating, on opening which passage will be made into a road 107 meters long, 1.6 high, and 1.42 wide, leading to the same exit as the Cabana secret way.

How, lastly, was it possible that this young painter should have found the time to superintend the building of S. Peter's, and to form a plan for excavating Rome in its twelve ancient regions?