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• They'd fall off'n the bluff A tur-r-key what hev stole her nest away from the folks air fool enough fur ennything," Nicholas declared Perhaps he did not really expect to find the missing fowl in such an out-of-the-way place as this, but being an adventurous fellow, the sight of the crag was a temptation. —  The Young Mountaineers Short Stories
• Suffice it that between them they brought the old Carmichael to his feet, his glasses flaming in the moonshine, his body thrown pugilistically backward, his jaw jutting like a crag--the old Carmichael in deed--but not in word I told you just now I didn't care twopence what either of you thought of me," he roared, "though there wasn't the least necessity to tell you, because you knew! —  Stingaree
• But for the traveler the region north of Redding to the State line offers uncommon attractions The Sacramento Valley closes in as you journey northward; and at Red Bluff, which is the head of navigation on the river, you have a magnificent view of Lassen's Peaks on the east--twin peaks, snow-clad, and rising high out of the plain--and also of the majestic snow-covered crag which is known as Shasta Butte, which towers high above the mountains to the north, and, though here 120 miles off, looks but a day's ride away Redding, thirty miles north from Shasta, lies at the head of the Sacramento Valley. —  Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
• Since these pages have been at the press, Mr. Warburton, by whom the coast of Essex and Norfolk has been examined with great accuracy, has informed me that the fossil bones of the crag are the same with those of the diluvial gravel, including the remains of the elephant, rhinoceros, stag, etc Footnote. —  Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2
• When they were far up the crag, and near the foundation of the wall, they heard the guards going their rounds, to see that all was safe in and about the castle. —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5

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