On one occasion a band of mustangs galloped close up to him before they were aware of his presence, and stopped short with a wild snort of surprise on beholding him; then, wheeling round, they dashed away at full gallop, their long tails and manes flying wildly in the air, and their hoofs thundering on the plain.

" "Good sooth, sir," replied the stranger, with a quiet smile on his kind, weather-beaten face, "I can return you the compliment; for when I saw you come thundering down the corrie with that wonderful horse and no less wonderful dog of yours, I thought you were the wild man o' the mountain himself, and had an ambush ready to back you.

Such of these masses as form on steep slopes are loosened by occasional thaws, and are precipitated in the form of avalanches into the valleys below, carrying trees and stones along with them in their thundering descent.

At the same moment a countless herd of wild horses came thundering round the base of the mountain and swept over the plain straight towards the Indian camp.

Nor bridge nor boat had they to cross The wild and swollen Rhine, And thundering on the other bank Far stretched the German line.

Backwardsbackwards let me wander To the noble northern land: Let me feel the breezes blowing Fresh along the mountain-side; Let me see the purple heather, Let me hear the thundering tide, Be it hoarse as Corrievreckan Spouting when the storm is high Give me but one hour of Scotland Let me see it ere I die!

He kept his castle in the north, Hard by the thundering Spey; And a thousand vassals dwelt around All of his kindred they.

He knew all the arts and tricks of oratory, the modulation of the voice to almost a whisper, the pause for effect, the rise through light, rapid-fire sentences to the terrific, thundering outburst of an electrifying climax.

Generally the parts taken up by the congregation are sung in a three-part harmony, the women singing the soprano and a transposed tenor, the men with high voices singing the melody, and those with low voices a thundering bass.

Bring not the thundering drum, nor yet The harshly-shrieking clarionet, Nor screaming hautboy, trumpet shrill, Nor clanging cymbals; but, with skill, Exclude each one that would disturb The fairy architects, or curb The wild creations of their mirth, All that would wake the soul to earth.

The rope, however, was flouncing about in the wind, and the bell itself was still thundering alarums over the town.

We heard the omnibuses thundering across the bridge.

The awful roaring of the flames was ever and anon broken by the thundering fall of some heavy roof.

Myriads of man's time-measured race Have vanished from the earth, Nor left a memory of their trace, Since first this scene had birth; These waters, thundering now along, Joined in Creation's matin-song; And only by their dial-trees Have known the lapse of centuries!

While surveying these wonders, our ears were constantly saluted by dull, thundering, booming sounds, resembling the reports of distant artillery.

Such trash may do very well to amuse the palate in these times of half-peace, half-hostility; but when "war, which for a space does fail, Shall doubly thundering swell the gale," then every soldier should drop gracefully to the simple ration, and cease to dabble with frying-pans.

Down there in the thundering water Alcatraz was dying!

We had scarcely unlimbered when the rear guard called out, "Apaches!" and about a hundred came thundering down the western slope of the mountain, well mounted and well armed.

(Thundering roars of laughter.)

(Thundering and deafening roars of laughter).

The thundering herd.

R104882, 30Dec52, Lina Elise Grey (W) The thundering herd.

Law of the thundering herds.

Then, in the roar of the fusillade, a bright flash lighted up the forest; a thundering crash followed, and the storm burst, deluging the woods with rain.

Fillin' the tank, low snortin' and rushin' of the waters up and down, chasin' along the pipes in every room, hammerin', kickin', shootin', like enraged artillery, at last thundering like the most skairful clap of thunder and then with a fearful roar the volume of water would mount up and pour into the spare room and drizzle down into the settin' room below, takin' off the plasterin' in spite of our very best efforts to bail it out.