We seized the opportunity of pulling off the klompen and replacing our own shoes, and the march was resumed.
— from A Lad of Grit: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

Without partaking in any degree of the character of a mountain district, this mid-space between Saxony and Bohemia is highly picturesque; for it is one continued succession of valleys, with well-wooded hills enclosing them; and the bold summits of Lilienstein and Königstein are rarely out of sight.
— from Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II by G. R. (George Robert) Gleig

Following a car-load of ore, we find it, having reached the surface, being loaded into waggons, in which it is carried down the hill to the mills, weighed, and then shot down into a gigantic bin—in which, by the way, the Company always keeps a reserve of ore sufficient to keep the mills in full work for two years.
— from Sinners and Saints A Tour Across the States and Round Them, with Three Months Among the Mormons by Phil Robinson

Where the Trail was too muddy, Tad sought the knolls and rises on one side or the other and often these were short cuts.
— from The Lost Wagon by Jim Kjelgaard