Of course the water all boiled away in the engine-tanks, causing endless stoppages; and of course the hot sun, pouring directly upon the roof of the cars, caused the boards thereof to curl up and twist about in such fantastic fashion, that they afforded no protection whatever to the passengers, who were obliged to resort to sunshades and umbrellas, or get under the seats.

some, encountering smooth-browed and dark-tressed girls wreathing their hair with the champak blossom or bathing by moonlight in lotus-mantled tanks, forsook their quest, and led thenceforth idyllic lives in groves of banian and of palm.

"The two tanks will hold sixty gallons.

The ships had their magazines filled, their bunkers and oil tanks charged, their victualing completed, and last, but not least, their full crews aboard.

"From my elevated position I had an excellent view also of the great oil tanks on the opposite side of the Scheldt.

At this place they take in water, which is drawn from wells that are fed by springs, and which is preferred to that which is procured from cisterns or tanks.

I had been encamped in the midst of twenty-four beautiful tanks, the history and construction of which were lost in the mists of tradition.

The villagers had a story that these tanks were the work of a mighty giant, Bheema, with whose aid and that of his brethren they had been excavated in a single night.

In the vicinity hares were numerous, and in the thick jungle bordering the tanks in places, and consisting mostly of nurkool and wild rose, hog-deer and wild pig were abundant.

Then three men were seen rushing madly along the elevated ridge surrounding one of the tanks.

After much suffering and privation they at last reached the line, and obtained water at some tanks kept for the use of the line repairers.

Behind it is a bath, containing an entrance hall and half a dozen chambers, in which the water-pipes and stone tanks still remain.

It is not very grand, not very picturesque, but considerably better than no lake,a meritorious mean; not pretty and shadowy, like a thousand lakelets all over the land, nor tame, broad, and sham-oceanic, like the tanks of Niagara.

[With Mr. Punch's jubilant compliments to Sir DOUGLAS HAIG and his Tanks.]] *

White mammoths; the dramatic story of Russian tanks in action.

Steinbeck sees wrecked tanks salvaged in Africa bone yard.

Tender Aquatics are removed in winter to warm-water tanks.

There he sat down on the bank of one of the Raja's tanks.

Once upon a time there was a Raja, who had many water reservoirs and tanks, and round the edges he planted trees, mangoes, pipals, palms and banyans; and the banyan trees were bigger than any.

Birluri was very rich, with great herds of cattle and buffaloes but Birbanta's wealth consisted in tanks and ponds.

Birluri answered the messengers that he was quite ready to fight Birbanta: for though Birbanta had made the tanks, it was God who had made the water in them

From that day he let no one drink from his tanks: when women went to draw water he used to smash their water pots and put the rims round their necks like necklaces: all wild birds and animals he shot: and the cattle and buffaloes he cut down with his axe: and at last he proceeded to kill any human beings who went there.

The Castilian coats of arms Are conspicuous by their absence, But there are plenty cavaliers Who deal in hides and ginger, There's water in the tanks, when 't rains, A cathedral, but no priests, Handsome women, but not elegant, Greed and envy are indigenous.

The natives are much too fond of having tanks within a few feet of their windows, so that the vapours from the water go directly into the house.

The distiller and filter occupy very much less space than that which would be occupied by the casks or tanks of water otherwise required to be carried.