We had, however, lost some time in fording the stream, and we had but the one glimpse of him as the trail curved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tish] Reference

We found no little difficulty in fording it, in consequence of the quick sands of which its bed is composed, giving way so readily beneath the pressure of our feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life in the Rocky Mountains] Reference

He laughed at the idea of fording the Potomac, declaring that no living man or horse could stand, much less swim, in the stream.    From Wordnik.com.  [Border and Bastille] Reference

The fording of the Arkansas River had been reached.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself] Reference

The symbol of the state is an elephant fording a river.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline] Reference

Good-Boy, who lived near the fording-place, would help, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Missionary — Volume 54, No. 2, April, 1900] Reference

The middle part of the river was still too deep for mere fording.    From Wordnik.com.  [Byeways in Palestine] Reference

On Saturday evening we crossed the line into Maryland, fording the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference

The man saluted and in five minutes his men were fording the stream with.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Voyage with Captain Dynamite] Reference

As the Anglo-Saxon after fording the Sabine, the Brazos, and the Colorado.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference

But the Fleet was so deep that there was no fording it for a long way up or down.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference

The main army crossed at Twizel Mill, the rearguard fording the stream as high up as.    From Wordnik.com.  [England under the Tudors] Reference

We were informed that the bottom was of quicksand, and fording, therefore, dangerous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference

Since ferrying means money, and fording only a wetting, most of the market-goers ford.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference

His home was ten or fifteen miles up the winding river, with two fording-places between.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Missionary — Volume 54, No. 2, April, 1900] Reference

There was no foot-bridge and but one way to get to the island, that of fording the river.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference

When Ned thought of this he felt as he did when fording a strange creek, running a banker.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel] Reference

But they were not making for the fording place by which they had previously crossed the creek.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kiddie the Scout] Reference

Kishon, found it deep for fording, but got over to Caiffa, and mounted to the Convent of Carmel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Byeways in Palestine] Reference

Trying one drift after the other he succeeded at last in fording the river between Norval's Pont and.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Shadow of Death] Reference

The boy who was with me, feared that the river was too high for fording, and asked what we should do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference

Mississippi, on the following day -- traversing the Okan timber to-day, and fording the Ohio to-morrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference

Although not difficult, guide and mule are advisable, if for nothing else than to assist in fording the streams.    From Wordnik.com.  [Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads] Reference

Once, after fording Red Pine Creek, Kiddie dropped a glove, apparently by accident, and dismounted to pick it up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kiddie the Scout] Reference

Scarcity of rains had considerably lowered the stream, and they discussed the advisability of fording the team across.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island] Reference

One native fell into a swiftly running stream as they were fording it and lost a box containing some much-needed things.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold] Reference

After this they had what was to Marty the pleasure of fording a small stream, where the horses were allowed to stop and drink.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Missionary Twig] Reference

During the early part of summer, the fording of streams which have their source in the Rocky Mountains is no safe or easy task.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself] Reference

Now he was nearly drowned in fording a river, from which he was saved at the moment he was expressing a desire to be born again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personality in Literature] Reference

They proceeded along the lumber road for fully ten miles, fording two streams, then halting at a sawmill on the banks of a river.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference

Their sandals were wet from fording the river, but they hardly noticed it, so relieved were they to be once again in open country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men Called Him Master] Reference

He had traveled three times across the continent with the Bishop, and always carried him in his arms when fording the swollen streams.    From Wordnik.com.  [Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies'] Reference

The streams must usually be crossed either by fording or by ferry, and not infrequently the horse must swim part of the distance across.    From Wordnik.com.  [Santo Domingo A Country with a Future] Reference