Let the mixture be stirred from the bottom of the cask two or three times daily for three or four days, to assist the melting of the sugar; then paste a piece of linen cloth over the bunghole, and set the cask in a warm place, but not in the sun; any corner of a warm kitchen is the best situation for it.

It lies at the head of the lake, and on both sides of the little river Limmat, whose clear green waters carry the collected meltings of the Alps to the Rhine.

When the climatic changes came on that caused the melting and retreat of the main glacier that filled the amphitheater, a series of residual glaciers were left in the cliff shadows, under the protection of which they lingered, until they formed the moraines we are studying.

By this time the caverns were dripping with a thousand little streams, and every sign denoted a most rapid melting of the ice.

To facilitate the melting of the cheese, it may be cut into thin flakes or toasted on one side before it is laid on the bread.

Round about the butchers are sodden wooden stalls, labelled SNOW MERCHANTS, and there, wrapped in old rags, is much grey muddy snow melting and freezing itself.

First I saw a sudden, almost grotesque melting of the advancing line.

Marcia moved her melting, lazy, laughing eyes and Cornificia clapped her hands.

Liquid glue, which is sold prepared in bottles, is very useful to have in the house, as it requires no melting; and anything broken can be so quickly repaired.

I at once set the pitch melting, and presently the Swede joined me at the work, though under the best conditions in the world the canoe could not be safe for traveling till the following day.

They were well aware that it was utterly impossible for them to return home at this period, without the most imminent danger, and agreed to this proposal, taking with them some Christian servants whom they had brought from Venice; and travelling toward the north-east, they employed a whole year on the journey, being often obliged to wait the melting of the snow, and the decreasing of the floods, which obstructed their passage.