Sheltered Sentence Examples

The port of Algiers is sheltered from all winds.

I was born and raised in the same place.  I lived a sheltered life.  Never left.  That's about it.

It lies on the south side of the Bukken Fjord, and has a picturesque harbour well sheltered by islands.

He'd known she was sheltered after their long talks.

In the hallway they knelt close to the wall and he sheltered her in his arms.

Memon's son had always sheltered Taran from Memon's wrath.

But my house occupied so sunny and sheltered a position, and its roof was so low, that I could afford to let the fire go out in the middle of almost any winter day.

The port is sheltered by hills and affords good anchorage.

He is not fed, sheltered, clothed, warmed, like his contemporaries.

Between this headland and the frontier of Lycia is the sheltered bay of Marmarice, noted in modern times as one of the finest harbours of the Mediterranean.

Passing back from the centre of the web to the underside of an adjoining leaf or some other sheltered spot runs a single thread, the trap line affording passage to the spider to and from the sheltered spot and the snare itself.

Situated on the north bank of the Teith, here crossed by a three-arched bridge, and sheltered by a ridge of wooded hills, it is in growing repute as a health resort.

It thrives best on a dry, deep, sandy loam, on airy sheltered sites at no great elevation above the sea.

The chances are slim to none that a tornado will hit this cabin, as sheltered as it is by the hills.

Sheltered behind the entrenchments, the Spaniards scarcely suffered, for they were lithe active troops accustomed to lie down and spring up from the ground.

Thi; extends to a general height of about 15,000 ft., but in damp, sheltered valleys the pasturages extend some distance higher.

It does best in sheltered nooks.

The district thus occupied sloped towards the sun and was sheltered by the Acropolis from the prevailing northerly winds.

Whoever Angel was, she was sheltered.

The harbour is well sheltered but generally shallow; it has been considerably improved by the United States government and also by the state, which in 1909 was making a channel 18 ft.

Numerous large caves exist in the mountains; among the most remarkable are the famous Idaean cave in Psiloriti, the caves of Melidoni, in Mylopotamo, and Sarchu, in llalevisi, which sheltered hundreds of refugees after the insurrection of 1866, and the Dictaean cave in Lassithi, the birth-place of Zeus.

Part of the present structure is believed to date from 1220 and once sheltered William Wallace.

Before his time the Athenians used as a port the roadstead of Phalerum at the north-eastern corner of Phalerum bay partly sheltered by Cape Kolias.

These inland channels often afford many miles of sheltered navigation.

A cushion plant (Anabasis aretioides) of the north-western Sahara, frequently shows dead leaves on the exposed side whilst the plant is in full vigour on the sheltered side.

The town is irregularly built on the cliffs to the south of Torbay, and its harbour is sheltered by a breakwater.

Cabbage, said to have been introduced by a detachment of Cromwellian soldiers, is also raised, and among fruits black and red currants ripen in sheltered situations.

To the north the town is sheltered by hills rising sharply to heights of 400 to 500 ft., on several of which, such as Sugarloaf and Castle Hills, are ancient earthworks.

Besides these there are a number of small indentations, sheltered anchorages formed by islands and reefs like that of Puerto Cabello, and estuaries and also open roadsteads, like those of La Guaira and Carupano, which serve important ports.

The president, however, sheltered himself behind the Monroe doctrine and appealed to the government of the United States to intervene.

The object of this second operation was twofold - it would indirectly assist the offensive against Sari Bair, it would also furnish the Allies who were planted down on the outer coast of the peninsula with a much more sheltered landing place and base than Anzac Cove.

Monro arrived and recommended evacuation of the peninsula, the Ottoman host gathered about the Dardanelles was already decidedly stronger in point of numbers than was the army which was clinging to patches of littoral without a sheltered base.

It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, in a sheltered situation, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (4314 ft.), in the centre of splendid coast scenery, and is in consequence much visited by foreigners.

Cilicia Trachea is a rugged mountain district formed by the spurs of Taurus, which often terminate in rocky headlands with small sheltered harbours, - a feature which, in classical times, made the coast a resort of pirates, and, in the middle ages, led to its occupation by Genoese and Venetian traders.

It grows well, and ripens its fruit in the southern and midland counties of England; but large trees may be seen as far north as Ross-shire in sheltered places.

A cave in the hill is said to have sheltered the dragon which was slain by the hero Siegfried.

The conquering tribe or tribes had made their way to the sierra from the plains, and found themselves a new land sheltered from attack amidst the lofty mountains that hem in the valley of Cuzco and the vast lake basin of Titicaca, situated 12,000 ft.

The ordinary course for such vessels is from the westward, on which side they are sheltered by Green Island and Kellett Bank.

Within this raised gallery, which is sheltered by the oversailing eaves, there is, in the larger temples, a columned loggia passing round the two sides and the front of the building, or, in some cases, placed on the faade only.

At suitable localities of the coast which are sheltered from the waves and overgrown with seaweed, especially in rock-pools, one or two males establish themselves with their harems, and may be observed without difficulty, being quite as fearless as their freshwater cousins.

This island separates the Gulf of Taranto from the deep inlet of the Mare Piccolo, and is sheltered by two other flat islands, San Pietro and San Paolo; the latter is occupied by a lighthouse.

The soil, though not very fertile, except in some of the valleys and sheltered hillsides, produces wheat, maize, barley, rye, flax, grapes, peaches, apples and other fruits.

The capital of the province is Ancud or San Carlos, at the northern end of the island of Chiloe, on the sheltered bay of San Carlos, once frequented by whalers.

The bay is admirably sheltered by the land on every side but the north.

On that side it is sheltered by a huge breakwater, over 2 m.

The harbour works, begun in 1860, afford sheltered accommodation for a large number of vessels.

It lies in the flat valley of the Ouzel, a tributary of the Ouse, sheltered to east and west by low hills.

Built at the head of a gulf, the Sinus Immundus, or Foul Bay, of Strabo, it was sheltered on the north by Ras Benas (Lepte Extrema).

Along the river stretches a fine promenade sheltered by poplars.

It lies on a cove sheltered by two projecting headlands.

Here the form of the ground so skilfully chosen sheltered the defence in some degree from the tempest of iron that now beat against the position.

The harbour, sheltered by a breakwater, will admit vessels of 300 tons at high water; and the river has been dammed to form a basin for the canal which runs to Launceston.

As regards climate a choice is offered between the more bracing atmosphere of High Harrogate and the sheltered and warm climate of the low town.

Elsewhere, sheltered Nelson has a more genial air than the Wellington side of Cook Strait.

Three-fourths of the country lies north of these hills and is typical veld; the valley of the Caledon, sheltered eastward by the Maluti Mountains in Basutoland, is well watered and extremely fertile.

This breakwater changed an open roadstead into a harbour completely sheltered on the most exposed or south-west side; but there was still liability in certain months to storms from the north-west and south-east.

Sheltered by the Great Orme on the N.W.

The harbour of Tetuan is obstructed by a bar, over which only small vessels can pass, and the roadstead, sheltered to the N., N.W.

In the large portion of the county sheltered by the Downs the climate is milder and more equable, and vegetation is somewhat earlier.

Cottonwoods flourish along the Little Missouri river, and in sheltered ravines grow stunted junipers and cedars, which seldom rise above the crest of some protecting bluff.

The margin of rhododendron beds, where there are sheltered recesses amongst the plants, suits many of the more delicate species well, partial shade Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis).

The pots should be plunged in a cold frame and protected from frost, and about May may be removed to a sheltered and moderately shady place out-doors to remain till they flower, when they may be removed to the greenhouse.

A warm sheltered position is a necessity.

In the outward appearance of the adults there is great want of uniformity, one set having their limbs sheltered by no carapace, another having a broad shield over most of them, and a third having a bivalved shell-cover within which the whole body can be enclosed.

It has been discovered that at the beginning of the Eocene the lake of Rilly occupied a vast area east of the present site of Paris; a water-course fell there in cascades, and Munier-Chalinas has reconstructed all the details of that singular locality; plants which loved moist places, such as Marchantia, Asplenium, the covered banks overshadowed by lindens, laurels, magnolias and palms; there also were found the vine and the ivy; mosses (Fontinalis) and Chara sheltered the crayfish (Astacus); insects and even flowers have left their delicate impressions in the travertine which formed the borders of this lake.

This coast has no bays of importance, its rivers are obstructed by sandbars, and it has only one natural harbour - that of Carmen and the Laguna de Terminos, which has sufficient depth for the larger classes of vessels and is sheltered by the islands of Carmen and Puerto Real.

The Pacific coast has several deep and well sheltered bays; but they are separated from the interior by the rough and difficult ranges of the Sierra Madre Occidental.

It is sheltered by the Blauen (3820 ft.) and the climate is excellent.

It is sheltered on the north and east by low hills formerly included in Epping Forest.

It is sheltered by the island of Quiriquina.

These essential elements of monastic life are ranged about a cloister court, surrounded by a covered arcade, affording communication sheltered from the elements between the various buildings.

The wood of large trees is compact in texture, in the best varieties of a deep reddish colour varying to brownish-yellow, but apt to be lighter in tint, and less hard in grain, when grown in rich soils or in low sheltered situations.

Berbera stands at the head of a deep inlet which forms the only completely sheltered haven on the south side of the Gulf of Aden.

This district affords striking contrasts of scenery, from the sheltered fields of Miranzai to the barren desolation of the salt mines.

Westward, however, it is sheltered by Cape St Blaize, on which is a lighthouse.

One of the most striking conceptions of Northern mythology is that of the " world-tree," Yggdrasil's Ash, which sheltered all living beings (see Yggdrasil).

In May 1907 the construction began of harbour works which afford sheltered accommodation for ships at all states of the tide.

The regular clergy, who were almost wholly sheltered from the power of the diocesan bishops, found themselves, even more than the secular priesthood, in a state of complete dependence on the Curia.

Lead is obtained among the mountains, and the more sheltered valleys produce grain, wine, oil, fruit and esparto grass.

The little Skell descends from the uplands of Pateley Moor to the west a clear swift stream, traversing a valley clothed with woods, conspicuous among which are some ancient yew trees which may have sheltered the monks who first sought retreat here.

Ajaccio occupies a sheltered position at the foot of wooded hills on the northern shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio.

In the depressions of the dunes and on' the geest grounds at their foot, small woods have been planted in places, and in this sheltered strip market-gardening and horticulture are practised.

The so-called port of Barcelona was at first only an open beach, on the east, slightly sheltered by the neighbouring hills, but at an early period the advantage of some artificial protection was felt.

From the violence of a multitude in which women of the worst class were more furious than the men she was sheltered in the house of the provost, where she repeatedly showed herself at the window, appealing aloud with dishevelled hair and dress to the mercy which no man could look upon her and refuse.

The olive and the characteristic shrubs of the northern coasts of the Mediterranean do not thrive in the open air, but the former valuable tree ripens its fruit in sheltered places at the foot of the mountains, and penetrates along the deeper valleys and the shores of the Italian lakes.

Trees and shrubs in thick plantations, or in sheltered warm places, are ill fitted for planting in bleak and cold situations.

If the situation is not naturally well sheltered, the defect may be remedied by masses of forest trees disposed at a considerable distance so as not to shade the walls or fruit trees.

Beautiful bulbous plants, called mariposa lilies, requiring warm sheltered spots in rich gritty and well-drained soil.

Charming tuberous-rooted plants of dwarf habit, suitable for sheltered rockeries, and growing in light gritty soil.

Characias, 2 to 3 ft., with green bracts, are fine plants for rockwork or sheltered corners.

Luciliae, 6 in., has much larger lilac-blue flowers, and is an exquisite rock plant for warm, sheltered spots.

It is of evergreen habit, and requires a warm position on the rockwork and well-drained sandy soil; or a duplicate should be sheltered during winter in a cold, dry frame.

They all require moist, peaty soil in warm, sheltered nooks.

They require rich sandy peat and warm sheltered spots.

A warm, light, but rich soil in sheltered spots required.

Transfer chrysanthemums to sheltered positions out of doors, and provide means of protecting them from frost and cutting winds.

Bedding plants should be placed to harden in sheltered positions out of doors towards end of month.

Put in cuttings of bedding pelargoniums in boxes, which may stand outdoors exposed to the sun, but should be sheltered from excessive rains.

Plant cabbages in beds or close rows till wanted in spring; and cauliflowers in the last week, to receive the protection of frames, or a sheltered situation.

Sow a few pots of hardy annuals in a frame, or on a sheltered border, for successional spring use if required.

Sow a few peas and beans, in case of accident to those sown in November, drawing up the soil towards the stems of those which are above ground as a protection; earth up celery; blanch endive with flower-pots; sow radishes in a very sheltered place.

Close to the town is the beautiful Elizabethan mansion of Astley Hall, which is said to have sheltered Oliver Cromwell after the battle of Preston (1648).

He had to contend against a strong peace party in Holland the Spaniards sheltered themselves under the English Downs by the side of an English squadron.

The harbour, which is usually closed by ice from about the middle of December to the second week in May, is sheltered against the east winds by a group of islands.

The Bay of Spezia is sheltered from all except southerly winds, and on its western shore are numerous openings, which afford perfectly safe anchorage in all weathers.

The village rises steeply above a very narrow cove on the north coast, sheltered, but difficult of access, vessels having to be warped into it by means of hawsers.

He was still allowed his liberty, but one night while supping with Walsingham's servant he observed a memorandum of the minister's concerning himself, fled to St John's Wood, where he was joined by some of his companions, and after disguising himself succeeded in reaching Harrow, where he was sheltered by a recent convert to Romanism.

The harbour, which is small but deep, and sheltered by high ground, opens to the east.

It is finely situated on the north coast, on Newquay Bay, which is sheltered to the west by Towan Head.

The plant will grow in almost any soil, but best on light rich soil, by the side of rivers and brooks, where sheltered from the wind.

The climate of Aveyron varies from extreme rigour in the mountains to mildness in the sheltered valleys; the south wind is sometimes of great violence.

Being also sheltered from the north and east by the hills at the foot of which it nestles, the town enjoys an exceptionally mild climate for its latitude.

The harbour, a natural recess among the cliffs, is sheltered on the east by Hilsborough Head, where there are some alleged Celtic remains; on the west by Lantern Hill, where the ancient chapel of St Nicholas has been transformed into a lighthouse.

Some commanders excluded them altogether; others surrendered them on demand; while still others sheltered and protected them against their owners.

It lies in a valley sheltered by steep chalk hills on the east, its old-fashioned stone houses lining a single broad street, which crosses the Upper Avon by a bridge of four arches.

It lies on the west shore of the picturesque estuary of the river Fowey, close to the water's edge, and sheltered by a screen of hills.

The three entrances to the old and new harbours are sheltered by long and massive moles; and the whole complex of docks, building slips, machine shops, &c., forms the government dockyard, which is enclosed by a lofty wall with fourteen iron gates.

Other interesting landmarks are "Woodland" (formerly called "Bloomsbury Court"), built early in the 18th century by William Trent, and said to have sheltered, at various times, Washington, Lafayette and Rochambeau; the "Hermitage," erected some time before the War of Independence; and "Bow Hill," in the suburbs of the city, a quaint old colonial mansion which for some time before 1822 was a home of Joseph Bonaparte.

It is divided by the river into East Looe and West Looe; and is sheltered so completely by the surrounding hills that myrtles, geraniums, fuchsias and other delicate plants flourish at all seasons in the open air.

The rate of denudation in exposed positions is exceedingly rapid; while spots sheltered from the sand blast suffer a minimum of erosion, as shown by the preservation of ancient inscriptions.

The harbour is well sheltered except on the E., but has little commercial importance, being mainly a naval station.

The most striking represents the burial of Christ and is sheltered by a stone structure, the front of which is beautifully carved.

The harbour is deep and well sheltered, but the greater part of the trade passes through the neighbouring Bluff Harbour, on which is Campbelltown, 17 m.

The climate is mild, the fig-tree and myrtle growing in sheltered spots and the soil, where cultivated, is productive.

This wind is much dreaded by native mariners as it strikes nearly all the sheltered anchorages.

South-west of the Atalaye lies the Port-Vieux, a sheltered cove now used only as a bathing-place.

Begun in 1893, the works included the construction of an east pier ("Prince of Wales's Pier"), running parallel to the general direction of the Admiralty pier and in conjunction with it enclosing an area of sheltered water amounting to seventy-five acres.

An excellent harbour, sheltered against pirates, it became almost at once a competitor for the commerce of the Baltic. Its foundation coincided with the beginning of the advance of the Low German tribes of Flanders, Friesland and Westphalia along the southern shores of the Baltic - the second great emigration of the colonizing Saxon element.

From its sheltered harbour William II.

Besides the principal harbour, round which the town is built, there are three other ports on the north coast - Mandraki, Molo, Panagia, but none of them is sufficiently sheltered.

Mondonedo occupies a sheltered valley among the northern outliers of the Cantabrian Mountains.

It is situated on the Gulf of Quarnero in a sheltered position at the foot of the Monte Maggiore (4580 ft.), and is surrounded by beautiful woods of laurel.

Sheltered valleys in the interior produce spring crops three or four weeks earlier than is usual in Kansas.

Its roadstead is sheltered by Madura, and it has important dockyards.

Its deep and capacious bay is sheltered from northerly and north-easterly winds, and the construction of modern harbour works has greatly increased the facilities for trade.

There are still many cattle in the state, but they are divided up into small herds, no longer depending upon the open range for a precarious subsistence during the winter, but are sheltered and fed during winter storms on the hay ranches.

The southern division is one mass of rugged granitic sierras, interspersed, however, with sheltered and well-watered valleys, abounding with rich vegetation.

The town is built on a succession of terraces sloping towards the sea, and from its sheltered situation, equable temperature, and comparatively dry atmosphere is regarded as one of the best resorts in England for consumptive invalids.

The numerous inland waters and sheltered channels within the skargard have caused the high development of sailing as a summer sport, the Royal Swedish Yacht Club having its headquarters in Stockholm.

Fruit-trees are grown, mainly in the south and midlands; northward (as far as Hernosand) they flourish only in sheltered spots on the coast.

His term of office was also marked by the favour which he showed to the Dominicans, a house of this order at Orleans having sheltered him during his stay in France, and by his earnestness in preaching a crusade.

Those of the desert region are only slight indentations in a remarkably uniform coast-line, sheltered on H arb ours.

Immediately south of this bay is the large Bay of Arauco, into which the Bio-Bio river discharges, and on which, sheltered by the island of Santa Maria, are the ports of Coronel and Lota.

There are numerous species in these sheltered channels, inlets and sounds of geese, ducks, swans, cormorants, ibises, bitterns, red-beaks, curlew, snipe, plover and moorhens.

The northern coast has no sheltered waters of any considerable extent, and the shore slopes abruptly to a great depth, which gives it a marine life of no special importance.

The sheltered waters of the broken southern coast, however, are rich in fish and molluscs, especially in mussels, limpets and barnacles, which are the principal food resource of the nomadic Indian tribes of those regions.

Oysters of excellent flavour are found in the sheltered waters of Chiloe.

In England it grows well in sheltered situations and well-drained soils.

The roadstead is perfectly sheltered and so deep that the largest vessels can lie within a few yards of the shore.

Khair-ed-Din Barbarossa having made himself master of Tunis and its port, Goletta was attacked in 1 535 by the emperor Charles V., who seized the pirate's fleet, which was sheltered in the small canal, his arsenal, and 300 brass cannon.

Many such persons also do well in dry, warm places, such as the higher reaches of the Nile, Egypt, Mentone, St Raphael and other sheltered places on the Riviera.

St Moritz is, upon the whole, better for less advanced cases, while Davos is more sheltered and better for cases which are severe.

The coast line, from the mouth of the Kunene on the west to the delta of the Zambezi on the east, is little indented and contains only two sheltered natural harbours of any size - Saldanha Bay on the west and Delagoa Bay on the east.

They should be sheltered from winds and well watered during the growing period.

In the less exposed localities, on northern slopes and sheltered valleys, the European forms become more numerous, and we find species of alder, birch, ash, elm, maple, holly, hornbeam, Pyrus, &c. At greater elevations in the interior, besides the above are met Corylus, the common walnut, found wild throughout the range, horse chestnut, yew, also Picea Webbiana, Pinus, excelsa, Abies Smithiana, Cedrus Deodara (which tree does not grow spontaneously east of Kumaon), and several junipers.

Of Phanerogams, only the Dryas octopetala covers small areas of the debris, interspersed with isolated Cochlearia, &c., and, where a layer of thinner clay has been deposited in sheltered places, the surface is covered with saxifrages, &c.; and a carpet of mosses allows the arctic willow (Salix polaris) to develop. Where a thin sheet of humus, fertilized by lemmings, has accumulated, a few flowering plants appear, but even so their brilliant flowers spring direct from the soil, concealing the developed leaflets, while their horizontally spread roots grow out of proportion; only the Salix lanata rises to 7 or 8 in., sending out roots I in.

The harbour is well sheltered from all winds except the southwest, but escape is difficult with the wind from that quarter, as the channel between the town and Mogador Island is narrow and hazardous.

The steppe flora penetrates into the mountains, ascending some 1100-1200 ft., and in sheltered valleys even up to 5500 ft., when it of course comes into contact with the purely alpine flora.

The coast has two or three good sheltered bays, that of La Paz on the Gulf side and of Magdalena on the Pacific side being best known.

The convenience of reaching the eastern district by boat was then recognized and advantage taken of the roadstead sheltered by Cape Recife.

Vigo Bay, one of the finest of the Galician fjords, extends inland for 19 m., and is sheltered by low mountains and by the islands (Islas de Cies, ancient Insulae Siccae) at its mouth.

Through the inner channels, sheltered from the Pacific by the island rampart, runs the " inland passage," the tourist route northward from Seattle, Washington.

It is sheltered from the north-east and east winds, but is exposed to the cold north-west wind or mistral.

A breakwater stretching in a northerly direction from the north-east corner of the island partially enclosed a large area of water naturally sheltered on the south and west.

The harbour, one of the safest for small craft in the west country, is sheltered by two long and massive stone piers.

It affords good anchorage, with nearly 7 fathoms of water, and is well sheltered, except from winds which blow from points between south-east and south-west.

The promontory of Posilipo, which projects due south, divides this part of the bay into two smaller bays - the eastern, with the city of Naples, and the western, or Bay of Baiae, which is sheltered from all winds.

The sheltered position and warm climate have led also to the establishment of the health resorts of Falkenstein (1875) and Schmitten, and of tourist centres at Konigstein, Cronberg and Ober Ursel.

Opon is a shipping and commercial suburb of Cebu city, the harbour of which is sheltered by Mactan Island.

On the French side of the divide is the village of Bourg Mont Genevre, and on the Italian side that of Clavieres, both inhabited all the year round, as the pass runs east and west, and is thus sheltered from the north wind.

There are several groups of small islands on the northern coast, and a few small islands so near the mainland as to form sheltered harbours, as at Cartagena.

The elevated plateaus and summits of the Andes are responsible, however, for many important and profound modifications in climate, not only in respect to the lower temperatures of the higher elevations, but also in respect to the higher temperatures of the sheltered lowland valleys and the varying climatic conditions of the neighbouring plains.

The lateral entrances are sheltered by tympana and arches profusely decorated with statuettes.

The land is chiefly devoted to pasture for the numerous flocks and herds; but on the more sheltered southern slopes it is carefully cultivated, and produces grain, potatoes, fruit and tobacco.

The town is sheltered by the Scrabo Hills on the west and north, and possesses a fine square, in which the pedestal of an ancient cross was erected in 1636.

The inner harbour, admirably sheltered and 27 to 30 ft.

The gorged and fertilized female quits her hold of the host, and falling to the ground, proceeds after a short delay to lay her eggs in some sheltered spot.

He left Rouen, went up to Paris, where he found refuge in the same garret which had sheltered him when a boy at the College Louis le Grand, and there wrote his second poem, La Chartreuse.

In the Lower Harz, as in Switzerland, the cows, which carry bells harmoniously tuned, are driven up into the heights in early summer, returning to the sheltered regions in late autumn.

The harbour is easy of access, well sheltered and deep, with wharf accommodation for vessels -of the largest tonnage.

The vine is grown on the lower slopes sheltered from the north wind, the wines of Jurancon, near Pau, being the most renowned.

The inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Tashkent and Samarkand, as well as those of the much more northern but better sheltered Kulja oasis, add the cultivation of the almond, pomegranate and fig.

Concha has a broad sandy shore, the Playa de Banos, admirable for bathing and sheltered from sea-winds by the rocky islet of Santa Clara.

It was much more than a joke that Palmerston sheltered Conservative principles under the Liberal flag.

The bay in front is sheltered by Euboea, and on the north by a projecting tongue of land, called Cynosura.

Sheltered by him they could await foreign succour or a reaction at home.

The town, which was founded in 1849, and first came into prominence as a port in 1863, has a spacious and sheltered harbour, the best in Nicaragua.

When they had sown their corn, they drove their herds and flocks to the mountains, where such existed, and spent the summer there, returning in autumn to reap their corn and take up their abode in their more sheltered winter residences.

But Tyrone and Tyrconnel, and the mountains everywhere, sheltered the Celtic race, which, having reached its lowest point under Edward I., began to recover under his son.

Large tracts of the Croatian highlands are well-nigh waterless, and it is only in the more sheltered hollows that sufficient soil collects for large trees to flourish.

The sheltered bays near Fiume enjoy an equable climate; but in all other districts the temperature in mid-winter falls regularly below zero, and the summer heats are excessive.

The Gulf of Trieste on the west, and the Gulf of Fiume or Quarnero on the east, include between them the peninsula of Istria, which has many sheltered bays.

There are several harbours, including the Porto Canale, for coasting vessels; the Porto Baross, for timber; and the Porto Grande, sheltered by the Maria Theresia mole and breakwater, besides four lesser moles, and flanked by the quays, with their grain-elevators.

Built largely on the well-wooded slopes of Westerton and Airthrey Hill, sheltered by the Ochils from the north and east winds, and environed by charming scenery, it has a great reputation as a health resort and watering-place, especially in winter and spring.

Oranges and lemons, excluded from the plateau by the severity of the Winter cold, are grown in great quantities on the plains of Andalusia and all round the Mediterranean coast; the peel of the bigarade or bitter orange is exported to Holland for the manufacture of curacao; and figs, almonds, pomegranates, carobs and other southern fruits are also grown abundantly in all the warmer parts, the first two even in central Spain and the more sheltered parts of the northern maritime provinces.

Its sheltered situation and desirable winter climate began to attract notice about 1840; in 1855 a national sanatorium for consumptive patients was erected by subscription; a pier was opened in 1861, and in 1870 railway communication was afforded.

In imperial times it was the most important town in the island, mainly owing to its fine sheltered harbour, where a detachment of the classis Misenas was stationed.

Duke Frederick of Austria had hitherto sheltered John's flight; but, laid under the ban of the empire, attacked by powerful armies, and feeling that he was courting ruin, he preferred to give up the pontiff who had trusted to him.

The latter shows marked xerophytic adaptations; the single vascular bundle was surrounded by a sheath of short tracheides, and the stomata were sheltered in two deep furrows of the lower surface.

Several species of Nyssa are common to the two districts, as are a climbing palm, two vines, a magnolia, &c. The common tree at Bovey is Sequoia Couttsiae, which probably grew in profusion in the sheltered valleys of Dartmoor, close to the lake.

These horrors were enacted by day, in a thoroughfare crowded with "respectable" citizens sheltered from the rain by umbrellas.

Carmen was a change of life baby, sheltered from the rest of the world by aging parents who were not only ultra conservative, but grassroots religious as well.

The tour finished with a buffet lunch at Maglands, a sheltered housing complex in Watchet.

It was more sheltered than the morning dive, and had better life including colorful jewel anemones, and many blue cod.

First dive was going to be in that sheltered bay on Crescent Island.

Woodland is mainly birch although in sheltered places there is some mixed oak and elm.

Comfortably furnished the bungalow has a rear, sunny sheltered enclosed lawned garden.

At dusk, near a window or in a sheltered part of your garden, light a single pure beeswax candle.

Beneath a tree's green parasol, I found a sheltered place Where wet leaves dropped capricious kisses on my upturned face.

In sheltered places hazel catkins seem to emerge earlier each year.

In sheltered warm gardens, prune tender climbers and wall shrubs that are already showing signs of strong growth.

The small sheltered cove has a gently sloping sandy beach.

In the cuttings we were sheltered from the wind, but they were very dank and gloomy.

The northern sides of islands are more sheltered and much drier than the south eastern sides.

One of the hardiest feather palms to try in sheltered gardens is Butia capitata, to my mind even more exotic looking than Trachycarpus.

Mudflats, sheltered bays and deep firths harbor good populations of migrant and breeding waders and wildfowl.

The shell grotto at one end will provide a sheltered meeting place.

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Three miles of superb golden sands, a sheltered bay and a fine Georgian seafront make Weymouth the perfect location for beach handball.

The larger dragonflies, particularly brown, southern and migrant hawkers, patrol sheltered sections of Harperâs Brook.

Woodland limited in extent but bushy hedgerows and hedgerow trees give sheltered character.

Overlooking a cascading stream, this 17thC watermill conversion nestles in a sheltered hollow at the foot of the magnificent Howgill Fells.

This could be at home, in sheltered housing, or in a residential or nursing home.

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Attractive marina in sheltered inlet surrounded by tree covered cliffs.

Kaffir lily is excellent for the middle of a sheltered sunny, moist but well-drained border.

They are moved in tanks to cages anchored to the sea-bed - often in a sheltered sea loch.

These include examples of fully marine salinity, tide-swept sandbanks and relatively sheltered sandbanks.

The cover and shade provide a damp, cool, sheltered microclimate in which certain species thrive.

The low sucker growth is also beneficial in providing a warm, sheltered microclimate.

Sheltered estuarine mud and sandflats occur away from the fast-flowing river channel.

If in a sheltered nook He's run to earth, he eyes the bold invader With startled look.

Gently sloping site sheltered by woodland & surrounded by 376 acres parkland... Click here or on Garden Name above for more.

Outside each cottage is a sheltered patio with garden furniture.

We received a very warm welcome here before sitting in the peaceful sheltered garden while Charles supped a pint of Marston Pedigree.

A sheltered bay supports a plant association dominated by shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens and curled pondweed P. crispus.

In very sheltered, stable areas more robust flowering plants can occur such as, rock-rose, small scabious, bloody crane's-bill and marjoram.

We currently own and manage some Sheltered Housing schemes, usually for older people.

The harbor is sheltered by a semicircle of mountains.

Driven onto a lee shore, ships run into any sheltered anchorage.

Magic Hills, Gorran Haven Three holiday bungalows situated in a quiet sheltered position in the coastal village of Gorran Haven.

The box should be set up in a sheltered spot, facing away from the worst weather.

During the holiday, travel between locations is by coastal steamer, through mostly sheltered coastal waters.

The farm is in a beautiful, sheltered, quiet valley beside the " Falls of Clyde " nature reserve.

The care services provided by the sheltered wardens are managed by Leeds City Council.

Those looking for a sandy foreshore should take a short walk westwards to the small sheltered beach at Littleham Cove.

The harbor is a natural cove, a suntrap sheltered from the prevailing westerly winds, with shingly beach nestling below the chalk cliffs.

The northern part of the island can get windy during the summer months however the southern part of the island is well sheltered.

Ascophyllum nodosum (egg or knotted wrack) is a common brown seaweed which grows on sheltered rocky shores all around Britain.

Further diversity is due to the presence of sheltered gullies and tunnels where the community zonation is influenced by tidal flows.

The scene of slaughter was extended to the Banda Oriental by the attempt of Oribe, with the support of Rosas, and of Justo Jose de Urquiza, governor of Entre Rios, to establish himself as president of that republic (see Uruguay), where the existing government was hostile to Rosas and sheltered all political refugees from the country under his despotic rule.

It is sufficiently sheltered, but by the negligence of the Turks the sand has been suffered to accumulate until it has been gradually almost choked up. The other harbour is larger, and also in a bad condition; here small ships may anchor, and are sheltered from the west winds, though they are exposed to the north and north-east winds.

Being sheltered by dense pine-woods on the north, and its malaria having been banished by drainage, it is frequented as a winter resort, and in summer by some thousands for its sea-bathing.

The famous Plymouth Rock, a granite boulder on which the Pilgrims are said to have landed from the shallop of the "Mayflower," lies on the harbour shore near the site of the first houses built on Leyden Street, and is now sheltered by a granite canopy.

In the north, where the lichen-covered or ice-shaven rocks do not protrude, the ground is covered with a carpet of mosses, creeping dwarf willows, crow berries and similar plants, while the flowers most common are the andromeda, the yellow poppy, pedicularis, pyrola, &c. besides the flowering mosses; but in South Greenland there is something in the shape of bush, the dwarf birches even rising a few feet in very sheltered places, the willows may grow higher than a man, and the vegetation is less arctic and more abundant.

Sheltered places in the lowlands, especially near streams and lagoons, are malarial and enervating, and at some points on the coast are subject to dangerous fevers.

It is pleasantly situated on the river Mole, in a sheltered vale near the base of Box Hill.

The estuary, which is one of the best roadsteads in Europe and could accommodate the combined fleets of Europe, is a deep and thoroughly sheltered indentation among chalky cliffs, running east and west for nearly 4 m., with a width of threequarters of a mile, narrowing to 930 yds.

The culinary herbs used for flavouring and garnishing are for the most part dwarf perennial plants requiring to be grown on a rich soil in an open sunny aspect, or annuals for which a warm sheltered border is the most suitable place; and they may therefore be conveniently grown together in the same compartment - a herb garden.

Protect endive, celery, artichoke and sea-kale with stable-litter or fern, or by planting the former in frames; take up late cauliflower, early broccoli and lettuces, and place them in sheltered pits or lay them in an open shed; earth up celery; manure and dress up asparagus beds.

The harbour, with the ceaseless activity of shipping, its calm waters, sheltered by many islands, and its well-wooded shores studded with pleasant watering-places, affords a series of charming views, apart from its claim to be considered one of the finest natural harbours in the kingdom.

Blue skies, rugged rocks, sheltered waters, and brown seaweed on the shore.

The main beach is quite sheltered from the wind by the small harbor.

Nestling in a sheltered valley near a spectacular stretch of coast, the South West Coast Path here makes for great walks.

Sheltered locations, to the upwind end of large areas of water, will prove more resistant to erosion.

Training takes place on the safe and sheltered waters of Langstone Harbor, under the watchful guidance of our professional staff.

The sheltered part of the westbound platform, still very visible from passing trains.

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Put it in a spot outside where it is sheltered somewhat from the worst of winter weather.

Keep in mind also, that in most climates it is prudent to build some sort of sheltered area for rainy and cooler days.

If Catholic teens are sheltered, some may break the mold when given the opportunity.

For example, rather than visiting a local zoo or sheltered aviary, an adventure travel cruise may involve passengers taking an extended hike to go birding for local species while guided by an experienced naturalist.

They are both hardy in sheltered positions.

It is the hardiest of Tree Ferns, and the most suitable for the open air, in sheltered shady dells.

Galanthus Elwesi - The best forms of this are large and handsome, but it wants the most sheltered spots in the garden to thrive.

Hardy shrubs of the Pea, order, thriving in ordinary garden soil, but requiring a sheltered situation in bleak localities.

They need all the sun they can have, a light rich soil, and a dry place such as the crest of a sheltered bank or the foot of a warm wall.

It is hardy, and thrives in sheltered and shaded situations in peat borders in winter.

It succeeds best in peaty or sandy soil, in sheltered shady nooks on well-drained parts of the rock garden.

There are many forms of this shrub, the best being that in which the leaves are broadly edged with silver; effective against a sheltered wall and in poor warm soils.

This remarkable plant is found to grow in our climate if care be taken with it, and it would be difficult to name a more interesting plant for a sheltered bog garden.

A place should be selected by the side of a stream, or in any moist place, and the plants should be fully exposed to direct sunlight, but sheltered from the cold winds of early spring when they are throwing up their young leaves.

It has never been artificially protected, though sheltered by adjacent shrubs, and it has been planted quite 12 or 14 years.

About the end of May gradually inure them to a cool temperature, and after a few weeks place them in a sheltered position out of doors.

By the end of June they may be planted out in the beds; the more sheltered the situation the better.

Plant in a sheltered place, so that the leaves may not be injured by winds when they get large.

A gentle hollow, or among shrubs on the sides of some sheltered glade, is the best place.

Even in the north of Wales there is a sheltered house-front near the sea completely covered with it.

A light or peaty soil and a sheltered wall are the best conditions, with protection at the root during frost.

A moist and sheltered situation, where they will obtain partial shade, such as the margins of shrubberies, is best, but care should be taken to keep the roots of shrubs from exhausting the border.

American twining Fern, hardy in a deep, peaty, moist soil if in a sheltered and partially shady position.

In order to dispense with support, it should be planted in a sheltered place, as among tall shrubs.

It cannot be relied on as quite hardy, and requires a sheltered position, such as is afforded by a snug nook in the rock garden.

The plant grows well in a north aspect and in partial shade, but will also bear the sun in sheltered spots on the lawn or in the rock garden, where its tendency is to spread.

As these are early spring-flowering shrubs, they should be planted in spots sheltered from cold winds.

If cut flowers are desired, then bold groups on borders, in beds, or on grass sheltered by hedges or shrubs are desirable.

The first crop can be obtained from pots or boxes in the greenhouse, and these will be followed by fully formed and bursting buds, in sheltered and sunny places.

Planted in rich soil, and placed in a warm, sheltered position in the open air at the end of May, it grows well in summer.

America; these graceful shrubs are worth a place in the range of southern country, while they thrive in free soil and sheltered lawns, but are often cut down in severe winters.

Most of the kinds are handsome, and well suited for the warm sheltered glades of gardens where hardy flowers and plants are grown in a natural and informal way.

It might well be tried on walls or warm, sheltered banks by those who are in search of rare and out-of-the-way shrubs for warm walls.

Its branches are brittle and apt to get broken by high winds, especially if it has been grafted high; therefore choose a spot sheltered from high winds.

It is a beautiful lawn tree, flowering while the tree is still small; fully grown it is of picturesque habit, from 30 to 50 feet high, thriving best in a deep light soil in a sheltered spot.

There are beautiful examples of it at Fota, Killerton, and other southern gardens, but its use is limited to these and sheltered coast gardens, and there it will thrive best on open free soils.

A very pretty flowering shrub from the warmest parts of Texas, and hence only suited to warm and sheltered shore gardens.

In sheltered places and in warm soils these plants will pass the winter in the open, but they prove a little tender in many places, and the autumn-sown plants bloom earlier and more finely than those raised in heat early in the year.

The Grevilleas do best against a warm wall in a sheltered situation.

Hardy as they are far into the north and near the sea, the Griselinias fail inland, save in quite the warmest places, and are tender round London even upon sheltered walls.

To do well this needs a sheltered sunny corner and dry soil.

It should be planted out in May, in a loose, sandy loam, and in a warm sheltered spot.

The plants thrive in moist peaty soil and in sunny sheltered nooks; H. breviscapa also does well in partial shade.

It is rather tender, and requires a sheltered and well-drained spot in the rock garden.

Though hardy in this country, it is best in sheltered places in deep moist soil.

Sheltered situations, places near warm walls, and sheltered dells are the best places for them.

A native of Buenos Ayres, it is somewhat tender, only succeeding in light warm soils in sheltered situations, and is best close to the foot of a south wall in warm loamy soil.

It is somewhat tender, but in warm sheltered spots, in light sandy soil, succeeds, and flowers in winter and spring.

Although hardy, its flowers are so delicate that it should have protection from heavy rains unless the position is well sheltered.

They all thrive best on very light warm soil on well-drained borders in sheltered gardens.

It should be grown in sunny nooks in the rock garden, or on sheltered banks or borders, but always in light, warm, or chalky soils.