A mile wide here, twenty mile away between Funeral Slue and Cabin Hill she's a good thirty mile wideone cracking big triangle of the best grass in the territory.

"And nobody would dast to start a brand between Funeral Slue and Cabin Hill," pursued Chuck.

"Free range or not, it as good as belongs to the Bar S." "Old Salt used to run quite a bunch round Cabin Hill and another north near the Slue.

Chorus: So early in the morning, &c. Across the plain we jog along Over gully, swamp, and billabong; We drop on a mob pretty lively, too We round ’em up and give ’em a slue.

The buzz of a muted bell presently interrupted the even tenor of their industry, causing Sturm to start sharply, drop his pen, and slue round in his chair, turning to Victor a livid face in which his dark eyes of a fanatic were live embers of excitement.

Now I had not felt any call to sleep, and so had followed the bo'sun to the boat, giving him a hand to remove the bottom-boards, and finally to slue her bottom a little upwards, so that he might examine the leak more closely.

640 Now, when the sloathfull fit of lifes sweete rest Had left the heavie Shepheard, wondrous cares His inly grieved minde full sore opprest; That balefull sorrow he no longer beares For that Gnats death, which deeply was imprest, 645 But bends what ever power his aged yeares Him lent, yet being such as through their might He lately slue his dreadfull foe in fight.

His death shalbe thy death, for thy hand slue him.

But for thy tongue thy mother had not dyde: That belching voice, that harsh night-raven sound, Untimely sent thy mother to the ground: Upbraid my fault, I did deceive my brother; Cut out thy tongue, that slue thy carefull mother.

Cease publishing that I have beene a man Train'd up in murther or in crueltie, For fore this time, this time is all too soone, I never slue or did consent to kill; So helpe me God as this I speake is true!

It is what the river-men call a "slue channel"; and we had to take frequent soundings to follow it.

We made about eight or ten miles, having a swift current under us, before a strong squall came up the valley, making the old ark slue about prodigiously, and inducing us to tie up for the night.

One thing after another went; the topgallants shook loose and had to be sent down; the chain bobstays parted and the martingale slued out of place; one of the anchors broke its fastenings and hammered at the side; the galley gave way and went slopping into the lee scuppers.