inlet

• They were transported in a steamer across the inlet, and at five P.M began their march for Fort Wagner. —  History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens
• Seals also abounded in the inlet, and multitudes of aquatic birds swarmed around its cliffs The Eskimo village which had been built there, unlike the snow-hut villages of winter, was composed chiefly of huts made of slabs of stone, intermingled with moss and clay. —  The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice
• Captain Toplift then told the mates that I proposed anchoring in some secret bay or inlet, as we were certain to see the Spanish ships if we could send any one ashore on the hills to look out for them. —  The Privateersman
• And this was his inlet, and the beginning of his grace." —  Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
• The low, flat shore on either side of the inlet was backed by ranges of hills extending inland as far as the eye could see, but whereas the low, flat country between the shore and the base of the hills was less than a mile wide on the northern bank, it ranged from five to twelve miles wide on the southern side. —  The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn

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