Even men trained to the workbullion porters, as they call them at the Bank of Englandreckon five bags of a thousand, canvas bags not much short of a foot long and six inches across, you knowthey reckon five of them a full loadand wouldn't care to go far with them either.

Even men trained to the workbullion porters, as they call them at the Bank of Englandreckon five bags of a thousand, canvas bags not much short of a foot long and six inches across, you knowthey reckon five of them a full loadand wouldn't care to go far with them either.

Then it had to be put back in bagsthe money bags lived in the brown leather bagand the grave had to be fastened down.

So, after a while, the Corn Engrosser came riding up to where Robin sat; whereupon merry Robin stepped straightway forth, in all his rags and tatters, his bags and pouches dangling about him, and laid his hand upon the horse's bridle rein, calling upon the other to stop.

I saw also more than one field wherein the carvee were weeding or gathering fruit, piling their burdens in either case as soon as their beaks were full into bags or baskets.

Lanyard had established himself in a debatable space in the tonneau to which his right was disputed by bags and boxes of every shape, size and description.

"It isn't an interesting story," he cried; "and I won't hear any more; and I won't have your money if I mayn't go halves with Polly; and I'll work to earn more than that, and we'll all be jolly together, and you may give your twenty thousand to the old rag-bags, and so I tell you, Aunt Kipp."

Never mind those bags of sand.

A red-haired mate, with superfluous utterance, informed the applicant he could come that afternoon and temporarily essay the delinquent one's duties, checking up the bags of merchandise and bananas the natives were bringing aboard, and otherwise making himself useful.

We preferred the latter, and taking a good lunch in the saddle-bags, made a start at the favoured hour of ten.

The saddle-bags were again filled, and away we went, the horsesstill so freshbeing eager for a canter in the fresh morning air.

Leaving him to pursue his guileless way, we descended into the beech grove for our lunch, and finding grateful shade at the foot of a fine fir, we opened the saddle-bags and proceeded to regale ourselves, finding some snow that we brought from the top very useful to cool the rather heated claret.

The money-changers' clerks sat by the bags of coin, with scales and shovel and the tables of exchange.

and she never can take those great bunches of common, fading flowers, in addition to all her bundles and bags."

We might have lost every one of these bags.

"I could see the bags all the time.

"Oh, no, papa," said poor Boy, "you only told me to take care of the bags."

I caught sight of my poor little friend, Boy, following his father, struggling along in the crowd, carrying two heavy carpet-bags, a strapped bundle, and two umbrellas, and being sharply told to "Keep up close there.

Soon the three companions were snug in their sleeping-bags, dreaming of a land of grass and flowers far, far away.

There is another way of procuring musk, either by ensnaring the animals, or shooting them with arrows; but the hunters often cut out the bags before the musk is ripe or fully elaborated, in which case, the musk at first has a bad scent, till the humour thickens, after which it turns to good musk, though this sometimes takes a long while.

When they have to pass rivers, the principal people secure their garments in bags of thin leather, drawn together like purses, and closely tied.

I am apt to suppose that the leathern bags, besides holding the apparel and other valuables, were large enough to be blown up with air so as to serve as floats, like those used by the ancient Macedonians; a practice which they may have learnt from the Scythians.

The largest of these ships have three hundred marines, others two hundred, or an hundred and fifty, according to their size; and they carry from five to six thousand bags of pepper.

The larger ships are usually attended by two or three of a smaller size, able to carry a thousand bags of pepper, and having sixty mariners in each and these smaller ships are sometimes employed to tow the greater vessels.

Here the divers descend to the bottom, and in bags or nets which are tied about their bodies, bring up the oysters which contain the pearls.