I happen to know that on the 26th November the Commander-in-Chief sent this communication to General Chetwode: 'I place no restriction upon you in respect of any operation which you may consider necessary against Lifta or the enemy's lines to the south of it, except that on no account is any risk to be run of bringing the City of Jerusalem or its immediate environs within the area of operations.'

* Estimating the population of London and its environs at 1,200,000, its proportion of paupers would amount to 100,000!

From this time the Spaniards have always given the names of Moors (los Moros), not only to the Arabs of Spain, but to all the Arabs; and, confounding farther these two denominations, they have bestowed the name of Moros upon the Arabs of Morocco and those in the environs of Senegal.

In the environs, cotton is cultivated, and charcoal is made from the Araish forest of cork-trees.

[1017] A friend of mine happened to be passing by a field congregation in the environs of London, when a Methodist preacher quoted this passage with triumph.

John and Emily, during the month of their residence in that city, were in the practice of making daily excursions in its environs.

We bought a lithographed print of the church and its environs for half a franc, from our round-backed guide, besides depositing a "douceur" in his horny palm, and consequently parted with him on the best of terms.

Dodsley's London and its Environs, ed. 1761, ii. 209.

To the north of these mountains, quite to the ocean which environs the north east end of the earth, where the river Bore empties itself into the ocean, and from thence westwards to the Caspian sea, which extends to Mount Caucasus, all the land is called Old Scythia, or Hircania.

The environs of the town are also very beautiful; the luxuriance of the soil, abounding in vines, fruits, and every article of life, has attracted such numbers of English to its vicinity, that Tours may be almost considered an English colony.

ENVIRONS OF PARISPERE LA CHAISECASTLE OF VINCENNESAND CHATEAU OF ST. GERMAINITS FOREST AND VICINITY.

The country in the environs of this place is exceedingly diversified, and it presents the first mountain scenery we have yet met with.

The banks of the river, which meanders much in these parts, and the numerous maisons de campagne with the public promenades and allées lined with trees, exhilarate the scene of the environs, for the city itself is dull enough.

Several troops of cavalry were garrisoned in the immediate environs of Blois; she was not permitted to leave the fortress; and orders were given that she should not, under any pretext, be allowed to receive visitors without the previous sanction of the favourite.[20] Still the spirit of Marie remained unbroken; and it was ascertained that, despite all precautions, she pursued her purpose with untiring perseverance.

Nor was the scene less dazzling without; the environs of the Louvre were brilliantly illuminated; fireworks ascended from floating rafts anchored in the centre of the river; and troops of comedians, conjurers, and soothsayers thronged all the approaches to the palace.

Environs of Callander.

The principal curiosity in the environs of Dunkeld is the Cascade of the Bran at Ossian's Hall, about a mile distant.

Après avoir erré pendant quelques heures, il fut tiré d'embarras par un fermier des environs.

PEINE PERDUE Dans un temps de sécheresse, un curé des environs de Choisy, près Paris, est invité par ses paroissiens à faire une neuvaine pour obtenir de la pluie, ainsi qu'avaient fait tous ses confrères circonvoisins.

ALENTOURS, m. pl., lieux circonvoisins, environs.

ENVIRONS, m. pl., lieux qui sont alentour.

SPANN, WILLIAM M. Atlas of Kansas City, Missouri, and environs.

TUTTLE, FRANK W. Atlas of Kansas City, Missouri, and environs, by Frank W. Tuttle, and others.

Lourdes et Bernadette, suivi d'un guide pratique et complet de la ville et de ses environs.

Luchon et ses environs.