It would have been easy for him to swim across either of the two streams, for he was three-quarters dog.

Being three-quarters dog, food was more necessary to Kazan than to his mate.

In the heart of New Orleans stands a large four-story brick building, that has so stood for about three-quarters of a century.

" "Here's to the health of His Majesty's gallant regiment of foot!" cried Captain Digby, in a tone of irony, when three-quarters drunk, at the mess-table, that evening, "and to its champion, Captain Henry Jarvis!" One of the corps was present accidentally as a guest; and the following week, the inhabitants of F saw the regiment in their barracks, marching to slow time after the body of Horace Digby.

There was three-quarters of an hour left, between dinner and dark; and in three-quarters of an hour what might not be seen in a world where all was new?

But for the maintenance of our maritime supremacy it was, as Burke had preached three-quarters of a century before, better to trust to the spirit of the people, to their attachment to their government, and to their innate aptitude for seamanship, which they seem to have inherited from the hardy rovers of the dark ages, and which no other nation shares with them in an equal degree.

The ships followed them about three-quarters of an hour afterwards, and got to the landing-place just at the time that had been concerted to cover the landing, and considering the darkness of the night, and the rapidity of the current, this was a very critical operation, and very properly and successfully conducted.

"Then here!" and wiping the board once more, he drew a three-quarters face, which elicited a shout of approbation.

They relieve each other at short intervals, and run so quickly that they go four miles in an hour or even in three-quarters of an hour.

Three-quarters of an hour to get to Bragfordfive minutes' stoppage at the turn-pike, for that stupid man is sure to have gone to bedfive minutes more for Doctor Skilton to put on his greatcoat, forty minutes for coming backthose ponies always go faster towards home.

Perhaps the choicest assortment of such articles remained in the back shop, for thither Miss Bruce retired; and it is possible she may have appealed to the proprietor's taste in her selection, since she was closeted with that gentleman in earnest conference for three-quarters of an hour.

What was my surprise a couple of hours later to see the same lot emerge from some rushes three-quarters of a mile up stream!

Upon leaving Cape Flinders we crossed Princess Charlotte's Bay and steered at half to three-quarters of a mile within the reefs: soon after noon it fell calm and we anchored under the lee of Pelican Island, and landed upon it to examine an appearance of turtle marks on the sand; they were however found to be of an old date.

The fellow was gone more than three-quarters of an hour, and when he came back he brought astounding news.

For the determination of starch in barley the finely-ground sample is boiled for three-quarters of an hour with about thirty times its weight of a one per cent solution of salicylic acid, the resulting colorless opalescent liquid filtered with the aid of suction, and the starch therein inverted by means of hydrochloric acid.

It appeared first at three-quarters past six, and was over-clouded at a quarter past seven.

At the theatre, because pure emotion is facile, three-quarters of the audience may cry, but because second-hand emotion is shallow, very few of them will be unable to sleep when they get home, or will even lose their appetite for a late supper.

For three-quarters of an hour our drive continued, until at length a slight undulation broke the level of the sand, and a fence, inclosing a patch of Indian corn, from which the forest had been driven back, betokened for the first time the proximity of some habitation.

The wardrobe door, flung wide open, had concealed his entrance, but if Ally had not been blinded and intoxicated with her own beauty she would have seen him before she began smiling, full-face first, then three-quarters, then sideways, a little tilted.

To the eyes of the voyagers it seemed to change shape as they neared it, until finally, the Fair Emily anchoring off the reef which guarded it, it revealed itself as a small island about three-quarters of a mile long and two or three hundred yards wide.

At the former place, the moon being full, high water took place at about three-quarters past ten o'clock; by an observation the next day at the latter, it was a quarter of an hour later: the maximum rate was about one and a half knot.

Abreast of Wednesday, Hammond, and Good's Islands, is the NORTH-WEST REEF, an extensive coral bank, many parts of which are dry; it is ten or eleven miles long; the channel between it and the islands is from one mile and three-quarters to two miles and a quarter wide.

It is only an hour and three-quarters since I parted from him, and yet in that short space an indisputable shadea change that exits not only in my imagination, but one that no most careless, superficial eye could avoid seeinghas come over him.

Weigh the grapes on the stems and for every pound of grapes thus weighed allow three-quarters of a pound of the best quality of granulated sugar.

TOMATO CATSUP Cut eight quarts of tomatoes in pieces and stew them until soft; press through a sieve to remove the skins and seeds; add one head of garlic or one-half onion, one-half tablespoon of black pepper, one-quarter teaspoon of red pepper, one-half ounce whole cloves, three-quarters of a cup of salt and one of cider vinegar; mix thoroughly and boil about three hours or until reduced one-half.