Peculiar to the Nearctic are the Goat genus Haploceros , the Rodents Erethizon , Zapus , and the family Haplodontidae.
— from Mammalia by Frank E. (Frank Evers) Beddard

Passed the riviere Embarrass [Zumbro river], and Lean Clare [ i. e. , l'Eau Claire; Clear, White Water, or Minneiska river], on the W., which is navigable 135 miles.
— from The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 1 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike

We were both plaguey anxious, and couldn't pretend we warn't, for at any moment that rascal El Zeres might arrive, and then it would be all up with us.
— from On the Pampas; Or, The Young Settlers by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

“If he IS in the room,” explained Zoie, “you must wait outside until I can get rid of him.”
— from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo

Such a Moneron as that primordial organism discovered by the renowned English zoologist Huxley and named Bathybius Hæckelii, appears as a continuous thick protoplasmic covering at the greatest depths of the ocean, between 3,000 and 30,000 feet.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

Rackshaw's words made a deep impression upon the jury and on all who were in the room, excepting Zeb Burns and a few others.
— from The Touch of Abner by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

[304] When the reviews took place, the Emirs of the Raya ez Zarga deployed into line with their banners facing east; those of the green flag were drawn up opposite to them, facing west; and, connecting these two lines, and facing north, were the Emirs and flags of the Ashraf.
— from Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 by Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von

Higher still are regions where the wheat and other grains of Europe’s temperate zone replace the tall native maize; until at length he enters the tierra fria : climbing a succession of terraces representing every zone of temperature, till he rests on the summit of the Cordillera.
— from Prehistoric Man Researches into the Origin of Civilization in the Old and the New World by Wilson, Daniel, Sir