Ants and ground squirrels were getting ready for their summer work, rubbing their benumbed limbs, and sunning themselves on the husk-piles before their doors, and spiders were busy mending their old webs, or weaving new ones.

When we first saw them they were lying sunning themselves on the edge of the canyon, where the rolling grassy country behind it broke off into the sheer descent.

" "What would you say to the note of a sealer who should lay down an island where the seals lie about on the beach like pigs in a pen, sunning themselves?

Usually there would be a turtle sunning himself on the dry end of the log, who craned his neck inquisitively at them as they swept by, as if wondering what strange variety of fish they were.

I pierce a little wall of gloom To mingle with the Day! I brothered with the things that pass, Poor giddy Joy and puckered Grief; I go to brother with the Grass And with the sunning Leaf.

Every thing crept under cover, but Sambo and Cuffee, two fine-looking blacks, who sat sunning themselves on the quay, and thought "him berry pleasant weather," and glistened like a new Bristol bottle.

* 63 su' macs char' coal of fi' cial fres' coes in i' tial rest' less ly IN SCHOOL DAYS Still sits the schoolhouse by the road, A ragged beggar sunning; Around it still the sumacs grow And blackberry vines are running.

Every fine day they can be seen at work around their dwellings, or sitting on their haunches sunning themselves, and chattering gaily with some neighbor.

Dick had tied Charlie to a tree, and was sunning himself on the edge of a cliff, from the top of which he had a fine view of the valley and the rugged precipices that hemmed it in.

He frowned, got up from where he had been sunning himself on top of the Dazzler's cabin, and kicked off his heavy rubber boots.

But many of the men were just lying on the bank, sprawled out and sunning themselves like alligators, basking in the warm sunshine and soaking up rest and good cheer.

Both morning and afternoon we have had brilliant sunshine, and this afternoon all the after-guard lay about on the deck sunning themselves.

Several people were sunning themselves at 11 o'clock!

Even Crib, the great house dog, lay sunning himself on the door step with a satisfied look, snapping at the flies that buzzed around him.

Insensibly emotion crept into their intercourse, sunning itself openly and pleasantly at last when Helen's modernity was not too near.

"All you have to do is to get between them and the water as they're on the beach sunning themselves and turn them on their backs.

In the course of our walk we came to a spot on which a group of old people were sitting sunning themselves, and they immediately all rose to welcome us.

I shall have less to doe, that's all, there's half a dozen of my friends i'th' fields sunning against a bank, with half a breech among 'em, I shall be with 'em shortly.

Ev'n to hang us forth Upon their walls a sunning, to make Crows meat, If I were not assur'd o' the Burgomaster, And had a pretty excuse to see a niece there, I should scarce venture.

And there on the steps was Uncle Purdie sunning himself and smoking a richly-banded cigarby order of his spouse.

A man came to the door of the cabin and stared at us; a tap-room sluggard, a-sunning on the west fence-rail, chewed his cud solemnly and watched us with watery eyes.

While the deer were making their escape, a band of antelope were sighted sunning themselves amongst the sand dunes a mile below; attracted by the shooting, they were standing at attention.

Listen to this group of officers sunning themselves upon the upper deck.

On the Kurhaus terrace the guests were sunning themselves, warmly wrapped up to protect themselves from the cold, and well-provided with parasols to protect themselves from the glare.

A fringe of sausages hung from the roof; red bedding was scorching in the sunshine; three cats were sunning themselves on the steps; a young woman sat in the green balcony knitting.