Jack, in making a wide detour as he approached the foes' machine, must have passed the two Germans in the water.

A winding and narrow path round the foot of this hill was the only road that led immediately into the plain below; and by this path Coubitant proposed to conduct the tribe, in order to avoid a long detour to the west, where a more easy road would have been found.

More than once his way was barred, and he was ordered to turn back, each such occasion requiring a detour which consumed many minutes.

Here, for some unknown reason, Leichhardt went far too much to the north, which necessitated a long detour around the south-eastern corner of the Gulf.

He took a detour of nearly two miles, and led her almost to the Park D'Urtis.

After three or four miles along a mesa formation where often we had to circle long detours to avoid the gullies, we came upon another short beach, and beyond it a series of ledges on which basked several hundred seals.

For fully a hundred yards Thor continued his detour, and three times in that hundred yards he paused to sniff in the direction of the timber.

We followed the river, until the path reached an impassable gorge, which occasioned a detour of two or three hours.

Competition would make the building of railroads a matter of bargain with proprietors along the line, and an obdurate farmer could compel a long detour or could block the whole undertaking.

His coat was heavy on his arm, his thin patent-leather ties pinched and burned and demanded detours around swampy places, but he was happy.