Ditch Sentence Examples

Would he ditch her and run off with the other woman?

We all ran down this ditch to help and then I saw it was Bobbie.

How do you ditch a motor home in the middle of Kansas?

Turning the horse sharply, he again jumped the ditch, and deferentially addressed the horseman with the white plumes, evidently suggesting that he should do the same.

Dean figured Fred was making a last ditch effort for a dispensation from his public duty.

Let's pull this relationship out of the ditch and get it back on the road.

Beyond the ditch are banks generally laid with turf.

She moved off the road into the ditch.

He'll ditch the motor home and change his plans, if he has any.

If he moves the jack, but does not carry it through to the ditch, he scores two.

If she's not dead in a ditch somewhere.

He expected her to ditch him and run, but the car was tagged and could be tracked.

Where do you ditch it?

At present fragments of the walls exist here and there, with the great ditch about them, while elsewhere a line of mounds marks their course.

Round the wall is a deep double ditch, a dwarf wall running along its centre.

The ditch ran northward to Tabarca and southward to Tina.

It was Timokhin's company, which alone had maintained its order in the wood and, having lain in ambush in a ditch, now attacked the French unexpectedly.

The fill of the ditch was mostly boulder clay wash, with a few small brick sherds.

His headless corpse was later found in a ditch.

Via a shady business contact, he approached the Cosa Nostra in New York in a last ditch attempt to save himself.

A ring ditch and evidence for ridge and furrow cultivation were also detected.

In sites like Avebury the ditch is on the inside indicating the purpose was not primarily defensive.

On the southern bank of the Brook, there is a fairly dense thicket, through which a pronounced ditch runs to the stream.

Still - I was there in the ditch, up against a tree, with a severely dented backside.

For seven years he worked as a vine planter, irrigation ditch digger, cow puncher, and smallholder in the new Western state.

Backfilling of ditch F288F appears to post-date the disuse of the cemetery, since the ditch in disuse of the cemetery, since the ditch in disuse is not cut by burials.

They also started digging a ditch around the building.

The motte consists of a central grass covered mound with an encircling ditch and bank, bailey and outer rampart.

This road is built along the site of a Roman defensive ditch situated just north of Hadrian's Wall.

Geophysical surveys have traced the causewayed ditch for a distance of about 80m in a generally south-westerly direction.

Behind our trench there were three cottages just across the road & shallow ditch ran from our trench to the road.

Now proceed across the field to a crossing point over a muddy ditch.

These experiments were designed specifically to examine the nature of the typical domestic enclosure ditch of the Iron Age period.

The north/south ditch is then seen continue further northwards before linking with another large ditch running east/west.

Linked to this roadside ditch, a series of parallel ditches were also found, running downslope toward the river.

The 2 arched brick bridges spanning the ditch were built around 1890 to replace the earlier drawbridges.

The erosion was perhaps aggravated by the summer dryness preventing sufficient plant colonization to protect the ditch faces from winter rains.

Little more, however, can be said about the ditch which was only partially excavated.

Second shot must be watched as a ditch crosses the fairway before the green.

A tiny fragment of amber came to light during the analysis of a ditch soil sample.

The area has been transformed into a lovely woodland glade, exposing the obvious ditch and mound formation of the round barrow.

The ditch of Hut '2 ' was probably a drainage gully around the outside.

Even if the high waters then gush over the new bank, there is a drainage ditch behind it to catch the overflow.

Similar results were produced by the excavation of an inner ditch terminal at the southern henge.

The flat bottom of the central henge 's outer ditch was cleaned out at least once.

Some of us saw a hornet patrolling a water filled ditch much like a dragonfly.

The next minute the ladder gave way and Macpherson fell insensible in the ditch.

After a while the boy lies almost lifeless in a ditch.

Or ditch all health-related sentiments and bring posh loungewear for the cigar room and cocktail bar.

White quartz pebbles were found on or near the bottom of all the ditch segments.

The enclosure ditch was found to have been cut through a shallow flint pebble layer which overlay coombe rock.

The circular ditch would have caught rainwater running off the thatched roof.

A was a deep ditch forming an earth rampart of over five meters in height.

At 16, Richard, a keen Chelsea fan and aspiring rapper decided to ditch his CB radio moniker Chelsea Boy.

The ditch alongside the footpath known as Gypsy Lane has become a rivulet in its own right.

Another surprise arose, when the earthworks ditch was dug in the local limestone basement rock.

The Roman road completely sealed a small ditch which contained sherds of coarse, black pottery possibly of Iron Age date.

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The bailey was protected by another wooden stockade and a deep ditch.

I am sure when we finally go rank to role we will ditch the insignia on undress uniform like our neighbors have already done.

Keep close to the hedge, walking south westwards, and when the hedge peters out, stay close to the big reedy ditch.

It consists, as we see it to-day, of two distinct frontier works, one, known as the Pfahlgraben, is an earthen mound and ditch, best seen in the neighbourhood of the Saalburg but once extending from the Rhine southwards into southern Germany.

The French, after their occupation of the city (1830), built a rampart, parapet and ditch, with two terminal forts, Bab Azoun to the south and Bab-el-Oued to the north.

The Brodies - the old name of their estate was Brothie, from the Irish broth, a ditch, in allusion to the trench that ran from the village of Dyke to the north of the house - were a family of great consequence at the period of the Covenant.

Other features reminiscent of the original barbarous rites in the primitive caverns of the East, no doubt also occupied a place in the cult; bandaging of eyes, binding of hands with the intestines of a fowl, leaping over a ditch filled with water, witnessing a simulated murder, are mentioned by the Pseudo-Augustine; and the manipulation of lights in the crypt, the administration of oaths, and the repetition of the sacred formulae, all contributed toward inducing a state of ecstatic exaltation.

Resolved as he said "to die in the last ditch," he rejected all thought of surrender and appealed to the last resource of Dutch patriotism by opening the sluices and laying vast tracts under water.

To facilitate sorties in great force he did away with a counterscarp wall, providing instead a long gentle slope from the bottom of the ditch to the crest of the glacis.

On the western side of the ditch there is often a small counter scarp bank also made from the material removed for the ditch.

They staged a sit-in strike in a last ditch effort to keep the company going.

Oh, and come autumn, you might want to ditch your skinny denim jeans for skintight leather trousers.

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This suggests that the ditch and bank either survived as an earthwork or was remembered as a boundary in this period.

The parallel farm track is just 60 yards away across a drainage ditch to the touchdown point.

Could this explain the relatively unceremonious human burials in the fill of the ditch that encircled Vaihingen for a short period during the LBK?

Water violet which is one of the key species on the Meads has also spread into a new ditch.

While millions of Americans ditch their perfectly working model for the newest technology, you could capitalize on their loss by purchasing their used computer.

Ditch any dark colors - lighter colors will open the space up.

Liquid eyeliners work best when it comes to evening eye makeup, so ditch your daytime pencil and try out all of the fantastic foolproof liquid liners currently available for purchase.

For a refreshing spin on your beauty routine, ditch the liner, heavy lipstick and lip brush for just one day, and revel in the ease of a lipstick stain.

Ditch the red lips and opt for a subtle and youthful shimmering pink or peach gloss instead.

Go ahead and ditch your dramatic eye fantasies for morning weddings and opt for a more appropriate fresh-faced beauty.

If you're ready to ditch the eyeliner pencil in lieu of a permanent fix, take a look at the following forms of tattooed cosmetics.

While it's tempting to ditch the directions and fiddle with the camera on your own terms, an owner's manual is invaluable when you are first starting out.

If you're tired of the same old song and dance, ditch the turkey and try something new.

Ditch the boyfriend and go for it, you heartbreaker you.

By the time summer rolls around, you’re ready to ditch those heavy sweaters and boots in favor of the hottest tween summer fashions.

By now, we're more than aware that Corey Haim's acting career has dried up, but it looks like the actor is making a last ditch effort - with an advertisement featuring himself in Variety magazine.

Rumors abounded that he was found passed out in a ditch and even tried to work his southern charms on a few Nicaraguan beauties.

Right wing conservative author and political pundit Ann Coulter cries conspiracy as the Today show decided to ditch her scheduled appearance.

In the early days of film-making, it was common for actors to ditch their birth names for what the movie studios considered "better" monikers.

In fact, for one particular scene, Driver was made to walk in a ditch alongside her co-star in order to provide an illusion of him being taller.

Find an area or dig a small ditch where you can continually dispose of the stools.

Even if its flowers are injured or escape us, it may be grown in a ditch or open spot in a wood.

Whoever has in his garden a pond or a ditch, or even a thoroughly damp spot, ought to plant this Flag.

If floor space is a minimum, you can ditch the vanity entirely and install a pedestal sink or a wall-mounted sink in its place.

Spare everyone the eye sore of a home-economic experiment gone terribly bad, and ditch those cutoffs for a great pair of men's madras shorts, which are sure to keep you looking and feeling nothing (too short) of cool.

Determine if they still fit and flatter; if not, ditch them.

If you want to bring some excitement into a stale relationship or just feel glamorous for yourself, then ditch the cotton nightshirt and slip into something lacy, see through, naughty…or all of the above!

Amber's body was found four days later in a drainage ditch approximately four miles from where the kidnapping took place.

If you are in an open area, quickly seek low ground, such as a ditch, away from vehicles and trees.

There is an option so that you can ditch those reading glasses and change the natural color of your eyes.

Sure, you have to play more than one in order to start enjoying them or to really see what they are about, but if you want to ditch the seemingly never-ending customization options in rally games, then play RalliSport Challenge 2.

The Four Who are One (Kiss, and they're the good guys) defeat the Nightmare King, who, as a last ditch effort, calls upon a Destroyer to trap the spirits of the Elder in a void.

Since the Xbox 360 Arcade has HDMI support, you can ditch those RCA cables and purchase an HDMI cable provided your TV has that capability also.

She had supposedly been kidnapped, assaulted, and left in a ditch in a different state than the one she was from.

He or she may ditch school in order to be alone with his or her feelings.

If you've just begun your journey into the world of straight hair, it may be time to go through the medicine cabinet and ditch some of your old styling products.

Forgo the curly locks, ditch your hot rollers and round brush, and opt for a straightening iron which will help you create the signature sedu hair style that represents a large portion of the emo hair community.

Suitable for all hair types and incredibly conditioning, Wen products ditch the sulfates and drying lathers commonly found in shampoo, and cleanse the scalp and hair with natural, luxurious ingredients.

Celebrity hair stylist Chaz Dean decided to ditch lathering shampoo in 1993.

While many women feel their weight restricts them from being on trend or fashion forward, you can ditch that theory and step out with confidence when you find the cut that flatters the whole woman.

Ditch all fantasies that your short hair will only need finger combing for flawless styling.

While you may love curly or wavy hair, you may have to ditch the idea if you work with your natural texture.

Just for Men can be very difficult to color with a permanent dye should you ever decide to ditch at-home color applications.

If you're used to longer hair, be prepared to ditch the bad hair day saving ponytails.

Created by celebrity stylist Chaz Dean, Wen hair care is a brand new approach to hair cleansing that promises to help you ditch the lather for good.

Rest assured you don't need to ditch the tailored look of your coifed bob as it grows out.

Whether curly and mussed or straight and textured, a shag means you can shake and go all summer long and ditch all the heavy styling products.

This all-in-one brow kit features visual instructions so you can ditch the professional brow shaping and be your own brow guru.

You can ditch the skirt as soon as you hit the sand, then put it back on when it's time to grab a bit to eat.

As the days and nights turn warmer, ditch the boots and blazer and replace them with a light weight cardigan and strappy sandals!

So, to recap, ditch the baggy and select clothing that gently moves with you and you'll look great in all the outfits of your choice!

When it comes to petite summer dresses, ditch the black and opt for a dress in a solid, but soft color, like light rose, sunny yellow, or pastel blue.

Hannah Montana doesn't hobble around in heels, so ditch the spikes and go for the boots instead.

For the classic red velvet Santa costume worn on stage- simply opt for a Santa suit and ditch the beard.

I told her how I feel, that it hurts me to have her lie to me and ditch me to hang out with this other guy.

Ditch the candy bags and junk in favor for party favors kids might actually use.

He informed his crew that the first plane to hit ten gallons was the signal to ditch their planes into the ocean.

Some brides ditch style for comfort and go with Keds laced with sheer white scarves.

However, during season nine, the invisible computer nerd tries to ditch his boring image by trying to befriend Degrassi's elite, join the basketball team and score a date with the hottest girl in school.

As you gain control of the gun and learn how to achieve detail freehand, you can begin to ditch the stencils.

Ditch the expensive schooling and training in fashion commonly used to start a fashion business and learn on your own instead.

Ditch the notebook paper and ballpoint pen, and instead take your family out for a fun Saturday morning of shopping for creative supplies you will use to make the best list of household chores imaginable.

You can also quilt in the ditch created by the seams.

It is up to you whether you "stitch in the ditch" or stictch alongside the seams.

Better yet, ditch sweet drinks and sweeteners altogether and enjoy water (see Tip 2).

Ditch your usual nighttime get-up and slip into a luxurious cami instead; we guarantee you'll wake up refreshed!

Forget the lace, ditch the yoke-nightgowns have grown up!

A last ditch attempt in the mid-90s with the album Face the Music was met with a lukewarm reception, and once Jonathan Knight began experiencing panic attacks before performing, the group officially called it a day.

Gail - This one time pre-med student decided to ditch the scrubs for scissors.

Kourtney resisted the attempts of her family to ditch Scott before the birth, and the couple decided to make a serious go of their relationship.

If you're ready to delve into the world of nail designs and ditch the basic manicure or pedicure, opt for a simple piece on your toenail and try the process out.

When summer rolls around, many women ditch the dark shades of winter and opt for a sun-loving refreshing nail polish that harmonizes with the season of sundresses and bronzers.

What had happened that made him ditch everything he knew and come to Arkansas?

Surrounding the green is a space called a ditch, which is nearly but not quite on a level with the green and slopes gently away from it, the side next the turf being lined with boarding, the ditch itself bottomed with wooden spars resting on the foundation.

The end ditch within the limits of the space is, according to Scottish laws, regarded as part of the green, a regulation which prejudices the general acceptance of those laws.

On small greens play, for obvious reasons, generally takes place from each ditch.

Even if it run into the ditch or be driven in by another bowl, it will yet count as alive.

Difference of opinion prevails as to the condition of the jack after it has been driven into the ditch.

The player who drives the jack into the ditch between the two bowls scores three.

The played bowl must itself run into the ditch without touching either of the stationary bowls.

Truly you will not be able to keep your ditch nor your shipping unless you turn your ships and shipping into troops of horse and companies of foot, and fight to defend yourselves on terra firma."

A dyke called Blemund's Ditch, of unknown origin, bounded it on the south, where the land was marshy.

Outside the turreted rampart are a ditch and covered way.

In Scotland the opening up of the country by the construction of practicable roads, and the enclosing and subdividing of farms by hedge and ditch, was now in active progress.

A ditch was cut deep into the mud so as to retain the water at low tide, and there the boats of the fishermen lay.

One of the hills in the vicinity is fortified with a great ancient earthwork and ditch.

There have been discovered (1907) the remains of this ditch protected by a low wall or a stone dyke; some of the boundary stones which marked its course, and inscriptions mentioning it, have also been found.

Snorre the Icelander tells us that the Danes fortified Southwark with ditch and rampart, which the English assailed in vain.

The Danes at once set to work to dig a great ditch by Southwark, and then dragged their ships through to the west side of the bridge.

In 1737 the Fleet ditch between Holborn Bridge and Fleet Bridge was covered over, and Stocks Market was removed from the site of the Mansion House to the present Farringdon Street, and called Fleet market.

Formerly the town was surrounded by a ditch called the King's Dyke, of which some trace remains.

In some cases a deep ditch is provided around the base.

It is first surrounded by an embankment, after which the water from the river is allowed to flow through a properly constructed sluice in its bank, along a drain or ditch to the land which is prepared for warping.

He enlarged the fortified area by constructing a wall and ditch (now called Adigetto) straight across the loop, to the S.W.

Aligarh Fort, situated on the Grand Trunk road, consists of a regular polygon, surrounded by a very broad and deep ditch.

The water is brought from a ditch on the high ground, and through a line of pipes to the distributing box, whence the branch pipes supplying the jets diverge.

If, however, the insect were content with this method of reproduction the disease could be isolated by surrounding the infected patches with a deep ditch full of some such substance as coal-tar, which would prevent the insects spreading on to the roots of healthy vines.

Skirmishers lined the bank and the ditch of the Leipzig road.

The king himself commanded the right wing, which had to wait until small bodies of infantry detached for the purpose had driven in the Imperialist skirmish line, and had then to cross a ditch leading the horses.

They held most of the ditch of Chi-Kuan Fort and were cutting down the escarp, and two parallels had been made only 30 yds.

An area of 16,000 acres in Missoula county is watered by a ditch to m.

The whole is surrounded by a deep and wide ditch, which can be filled from the river, at the risk, however, of bringing down the whole structure, for the walls are of mud, and stand upon a porous sandy soil.

The ditch outside the wall is interrupted on the N.W.

Flying fences consist of a hedge with or without a post and rail, and with or without a ditch on one or both sides; consequently a horse has to jump both high and wide to clear them.

But in jumping a gate, or a flight of rails, as ordinarily situated, there is no width to be covered, and to make a horse go through the exertion of jumping both high and wide when he need only do one is to waste his power, added to which to ride fast at timber, unless very low with a ditch on the landing side, is highly dangerous.

The town of Corfu stands on the broad part of a peninsula, whose termination in the citadel is cut from it by an artificial fosse formed in a natural gully, with a salt-water ditch at the bottom.

Here he reared a continuous rampart with a ditch in front of it, fair-sized forts, probably a dozen in number, built either close behind it or actually abutting on it, and a connecting road running from end to end.

Secondly, there is the so-called " Vallum," in reality no vallum at all, but a broad flat-bottomed ditch out of which the earth has been cast up on either side into g Bremen (Rochester) ijffabilasrciu.n

Thirdly, nowhere very clear on the surface and as yet detected only at a few points, there are the remains of the " turf wall," constructed of sods laid in regular courses, with a ditch in front.

The reconstruction probably followed in general,the line of Hadrian's wall in order to utilize the existing ditch, and,this explains why the turf wall itself survives only at special points.

It was defended by a deep ditch, which can still be traced, and by walls, a portion of which, on the eastern side, constructed of rectangular blocks of tufa, was brought to light in 1897.

It is protected by a broad wet ditch (plans in article Fortification), and in the caponiers are the magazines and store chambers of the fortress.

It is surrounded by a wall and deep dry ditch that can be flooded, and is encircled by orchards and gardens which extend all round for miles and even penetrate the heart of the town.

Outside the wall is a ditch ro ft.

Crassus endeavoured to shut in the rebels by carrying a ditch and rampart right across the peninsula, but Spartacus forced the lines, and once more Italy lay at his feet.

The works consisted of (I) a continuous defensive rampart with a ditch in front and a road behind; (2) various forts, blockhouses and towers along the rampart; and (3) an earthwork to the south of it, generally called the Valium, of uncertain use.

Those to the north and east are formed of earth faced with stone, with bastions at intervals and a ditch now dry.

At Haibak there is a very perfect excavation called the Takht-iRustam (a general name for all incomprehensible constructions amongst the modern inhabitants of Afghan Turkestan), which consists of an annular ditch enclosing a platform, with a small house about 21 ft.

Here is the "laurel ditch" or "dead-line" - commemorated by a handsome bronze relief set in the wall of the fortress - where scores of Cuban patriots were shot.

The former ramparts between the Trave and the old town ditch have been converted into promenades.

In his days the Mahratta horsemen began to ravage the country, and the British at Calcutta obtained permission to erect an earth-work, which is known to the present day as the Mahratta ditch.

The area of the place was apparently twice extended, a further portion of the narrow plateau, which now bears the name of Civita Vecchia, being each time taken in and defended by a mound and ditch; the nearer and better-preserved is about z m.

In 1900 a group of tombs cut in the rock was examined; they are outside the farther mound and ditch, and belong, therefore, to the period after the second extension of the city.

At Corchiano itself, however, similar walls may be traced, and the site is a strong and characteristic one - a triangle between two deep ravines, with the third (west) side cut off by a ditch.

The acres under ditch in 1902 were greater (1,754,761) than in any other state; and the construction cost of the system was then $14,769,561 (an increase of 25.6% from 1899 to 1902).

The great ruins, among the most notable in Asia Minor, have been re-occupied by some 200 families of Cretan Moslems. They cover a large promontory, fenced from the mainland by a ditch and wall which has been repaired in medieval times and is singularly perfect.

Contributions towards setting the poor to work, erecting the Royal Exchange, cleansing the city ditch, discovering new countries, furnishing military and naval armaments, for men, arms and ammunition for the defence of the city, are among what Herbert calls the sponging expedients of the government.

The course intersects the so-called Devil's Ditch or Dyke (sometimes also known as St Edmund's Dyke), an earthwork consisting of a ditch and mound stretching almost straight for 5 m.

From the time it leaves Tibet it has a very narrow basin, and preserves the character of a gigantic ditch, or railway cutting, with for long stretches no other affluents than the mountain torrents from the hills, which rise from 3000 to S000 or 6000 ft.

The great wall of Delhi, which was constructed by Shah Jahan, was strengthened by the English by the addition of a ditch and glacis, after Delhi was captured by Lord Lake in 1803; and its strength was turned against the British at the time of the Mutiny.

The citadel, built by Yusuf Adil Shah, a mile in circuit, is of great strength, well built of the most massive materials, and encompassed by a ditch loo yds.

A mile to the north of the city a huge mound with a ditch on each side of it (but at a considerable distance from it) may be traced for a couple of miles.

It had long been a fundamental principle of Indian government that the sepoy would always be true to his salt - knowing, as Macaulay wrote in 1840, that there was not another state in India which would not, in spite of the most solemn promises, leave him to die of hunger in a ditch as soon as he had ceased to be useful.

The town was surrounded by a mud wall, pierced by six gates, and was further protected by a ditch 5 ft.

As a dependency of the Benedictine abbey of Limburg, which was built and endowed by Conrad II., Di rkheim or Thurnigheim came into the possession of the counts of Leiningen, who in the 14th century made it the seat of a fortress, and enclosed it with wall and ditch.

These fortifications, starting from the river, followed the line of the present Elisabeth Street, the Pfikopy or Graben - which therefrom derives its name, signifying ditch or trench - and then that of the Ovocna and Ferdinandova.

Elkington showed that by cutting a deep drain through the clay, aided when necessary by wells or auger holes, the subjacent bed of sand or gravel in which a body of water is pent up by the clay, as in a vessel, might be tapped and the water conveyed harmlessly in the covered drain to the nearest ditch or stream.

It lies mainly on a ridge above the valley of the Kent Ditch, a tributary of the Rother.

It is practically only a drainage ditch for the half-submerged, lake-flooded district it traverses.

It is simply the drainage ditch of districts which are extensively overflowed in the rainy season.

It has an ancient fortress, dating apparently from 1519, covering about loo acres, and surrounded by a ditch; within it are two interesting Jain temples.

The village has encroached upon the remains of a huge stone circle (not quite circular), surrounded by a ditch and rampart of earth, and once approached by two avenues of monoliths.

Sometimes there were two or three circumvallations or even more, and where water was plentiful the ditch between was flooded.

The size of the houses and of the enclosing mound and ditch marked the wealth and rank of the aire.

The attack was made at a point in the fortifications where the rampart and ditch had been destroyed by the rising of the Nile, and when the mandi's troops entered the soldiers were too weak to make any effectual resistance.

The ditch of a castle erected by Hugh de Grentismenil in the time of William Rufus is still to be traced.

Veronica Speedwell, age nine, of Lynden, Ontario was identified several days after her body was discovered in a roadside ditch.

In a last ditch effort to get a rise out of sullen Fred, Dean related Martha's story about the mine and her discovery of the skeleton.

Many Labor supporters sense that Blair could very easily ditch Labor's historic identity to create something akin to the US Democratic Party.

One of these was on the same alignment as the large Iron Age ditch, the second was at right angles, aligned north/south.

A ditch about 2m deep was dug, with picks made of deer antlers.

A broken barbed and tanged arrowhead was found in the upper levels of the ditch.

Finally, there is some evidence that Enclosure Ditch 1 was deliberately backfilled.

The lower bailey would have been bordered by a timber palisade with a ditch outside.

At last we can closely define the site of the entrance causeway across the ditch.

The old Plaid Cymru guard are talking about staging a comeback in a last ditch attempt to save the party.

In the morning they found her mutilated corpse in a ditch with her breasts cut off.

A Gray Wagtail flew up the river and from a roadside ditch we flushed a Little Crake.

We then both noticed a flowering hellebore that was growing from thick leaf mold in the ditch.

When he had ridden about two miles and had passed the last of the Russian troops, he saw, near a kitchen garden with a ditch round it, two men on horseback facing the ditch.

And he turned round and galloped back to the place where he had seen the Emperor, but there was no one beyond the ditch now.

Here, waterlogged deposits were located in the ditch adjacent to the prehistoric round house.

The ditch was choked, the gates were unprotected; the tumbled mass of irregular mud buildings which constituted the city clung tightly to the walls; there were no gun emplacements.

At Erh-Lung on the 20th of November three mines were exploded, which half filled the ditch, and the Japanese later on sapped across to the escarp over the debris.

In jumping an ordinary hedge or ditch at moderate speed, there is of course a moment of time during which the horse is on his hind legs, and in theory the rider should then lean forward, but, in practice, this position is so momentary, and the lash out of the hind legs in the spring is so powerful, that it is best not to lean forward at all, because of the difficulty, if not impossibility, of getting back in time for the reverse movement, when the rider should be preparing to render the horse some assistance with the bridle as his feet touch the ground.

Disciplined troops as they were, they resisted the temptation to escape Ferrara's fire by breaking out to the front; but the whole Spanish line was enfiladed, and on the left of it the papal troops, who were by no means of the same quality, filled up the ditch in front of their breastworks and charged forward, followed by all the gendarmerie.