To further notch up circulation, I almost coerced Madkaikar into breaking the back of monopoly newspaper distributors in South Goa by selling retail bundles to any willing vendor on an initial sell-or-return basis.

It seems that in olden days when two persons made an agreement they wrote it on two pieces of paper, then notched the edges so that when placed together, the notches on the edge of one paper would just match those of the other.

Then I went back to my own work; for I had not yet finished notching the bows.

Lock up your comets: if that fails, Then notch their ears and clip their tails, That you at need may swear to 'em; And watch your nebulous flocks at night, For, if your palings are not tight, He may, to gratify his spite, Let in the Little Bear to 'em.

Then he notched the end of the fifteen-foot log, and into the notch he drove the wedges, and so, towards evening, as much, maybe, by good luck as good management, he had divided the log into two halvesthe split running very fairly down the center.

"Faith, but that looks like lotus-eating, all right," said the major, notching up his cartridge-belt another hole.

The irregular points of vessels' sails notch the horizon as they are swept along by the gentle summer breezes.

It is the custom of the natives to wait for the host to say, "Come up," before mounting the ladder or notched log leading to the door.

A golden flare burned over the Panamintslong tapering notched mountains with all their rugged conformation showing.

While Virginia was flattering herself that she had repelled the savages, and the Rappahannock men were notching their muskets with the tale of the dead, a wave was gathering to sweep down the Pamunkey or the James, and break on the walls of James Town.

A book I have, a friend gave, Whose pencil, here and there, Had notched the place that pleased him, At rest his fingers are.

"A wound!" cried Cecile; and, mortified, I stepped back, biting my lip, while Harry notched one point against me on the willow wand and Dorothy, tightening her girdle, whipped out her bright war-axe and stepped forward.

In the daytime I can carry a knife and notch the door-posts as I pass, for it might be hard to pick up one's trail again, with so many folk ever passing over it.

The umpires were stationed behind the wickets [Tom Peregrine had been suborned for Winson, and proved the most useful man on the side], the scorers were prepared to notch the runs.

"Just a little fireworks, as a send-off, Major," said he, notching the speed ahead, ever ahead, till a whipping gale began to beat in at the broken pane.

Among and above them, like wreckage in that surf, tossed the shapes of scaling-ladders and notched bamboos.

And see!dear Heaven, but it is the Spring! See yonder, yonder, by the river there, Long glittering pearly fingers flash Upon the warm bright air: Why, 'tis the heavenly palm, The Christian tree, Whose budding is a psalm Of natural piety: Soft silver notches up the smooth green stem Ah, Spring must follow them, It is the Spring!

Isak he went about building, notching his baulks and fitting up his framework; also he managed a hearth and fireplace of picked stones, though this last was troublesome, and Isak himself was not always pleased with his work.