famine

• I asked him what had become of the very large iron-smelting population of this region; he said many had died of famine, others had fled to the west of Nyassa: the famine is the usual effect of slave wars, and much death is thereby caused—probably much more than by the journey to the coast. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I
• What broke the famine was a storm of wind and rain that caused the snow to fall from the trees, cleared the forests, and formed, after a freeze, a crust on the snow that enabled the hunters to kill an abundance of game. —  French Pathfinders in North America
• I asked him what had become of the very large iron-smelting population of this region; he said many had died of famine, others had fled to the west of Nyassa: the famine is the usual effect of slave wars, and much death is thereby caused--probably much more than by the journey to the coast. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868
• During the late separation, all tillage had been entirely neglected, and a famine was the consequence the ensuing season. —  Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome $b to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. $c By Wm. C. Taylor.
• In India sometimes when a famine is at hand the life of the land starts up before your eyes in all its bareness and bitter stress. —  Letters of Travel (1892-1913)

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