But as the fallow-deer itself was an acclimated animal, of comparatively recent introduction, it came to be a question why might not the proprietor of any deer-park in England have the luxury of at least half a dozen species of deer and antelopes, to adorn the hills, dales, ferny brakes, and rich pastures of his domain?

Whenever there was a large fire the regular firemen would soon tire of working on the brakes and they would appeal to the spectators to relieve them for a short time.

As a general thing the appeal would be readily responded to, but occasionally it would be necessary for the police to impress into service a force sufficient to keep the brakes working.

Any person refusing to work on the brakes was liable to arrest and fine, and it was often amusing to see the crowds disperse whenever the police were in search of a relief force.

She was an honored guest at all entertainments with which the firemen were connected, and was always toasted and feasted by the boys at the brakes.

Well, Frank, although thou wooedst and quickly won, Yet shall my love to thee be never done; I'll run through hedge and ditch, through brakes and briars, To come to thee, sole lord of my desires: Short wooing is the best, an hour, not years, For long-debating love is full of fears.

The cane brakes were so heavy that it was common for bears to hide there, and, at night, come out and carry off hogs.

For hundreds of miles below there is a highly interesting and rarely broken series of forests, cane brakes and sand bars, covered with masses of willows and poplars which, in the spring, when the floods come down, are overflowed for many miles back.

Helma made a girdle of brakes for herself, and a dandelion wreath for her hair.

See how they thread The brakes, and up yon furrow drive along!

But cautious here observe To check their youthful ardour, nor permit The unexperienced younker, immature, Alone to range the woods, or haunt the brakes Where dodging conies sport: his nerves unstrung, And strength unequal; the laborious chase Shall stint his growth, and his rash forward youth Contract such vicious habits, as thy care

Here on the right, a straggling wall Of crazy, granite stones, and there A rotten pine-trunk, brown and bare, A mass of huge brakes, rank and tall

The sharp signal for "down brakes," made experienced passengers spring to their feet.

The brakes ground down with a jarring rasp.

Oddly enough it was Judith, usually so much less quick than Sylvia, who asked the intelligent questions and listened attentively to her mother's explanations about the working of the air-brakes, and the switching systems in railroad yards, and the harvesting of the crops in the flat, rich country gliding past the windows.

Thus far we had seen but one dog as good as the ordinary cougar hound or bear hound in such packs as those with which I had hunted in the Rockies and in the cane-brakes of the lower Mississippi.

Then, early in June, the adventurers broke through the interminable wastes of dim woodland, and stood on the threshold of the beautiful blue-grass region of Kentucky; a land of running waters, of groves and glades, of prairies, cane-brakes, and stretches of lofty forest.

He ran into the road and hailed it, and as the chauffeur put on his brakes, he called: "Et Verdun?" "Elle tient," was the reply, and the auto rushed on.

The automobile driver sees the engine and applies the brakes.

It came on with screaming whistle and noisy brakes and roaring wheels.

After two and one-half minutes, the leader stopped again, and gestured at heavy fern-brakes that could just be distinguished as black blotches in the dark of the woods.

"Take cover, and follow your memorized orders!" He settled down noiselessly into the brakes.

The wheels ground under the brakes, I pulled down the window with a bang and looked out no longer upon the soft rolled military cap of Holland but upon the business-like spiked helmet of Germany.

In front of me was a long stretch of down grade, and over this I went as fast as I could work my pedals; no brakes or holding back for me.

And one thing is certain, that if our railroad conductors and brakes-men and porters was as polite and kind as they are in England, tips or no tips, we'd be a great deal better off than we are.