halting-place

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Fifth, and last, because if this ship carried three millions, we must find a source for this silver, and a halting-place for it.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 by Abreu, Antonio Alvarez de

Thus reinvigorated, and their goat-skins filled again, the Believers joyfully resisted the fatigue of the march between each successive halting-place and finally emerged, safe and sound, from that accursed region.

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne

I hear that in the neighbourhood of Lât there is plenty of forage; in that case Lât will probably be our halting-place, if we find we cannot obtain sufficient grass and grain at Attala.

From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

For a time his eyes roved hither and thither, seeking a halting-place of more promise than the ruined cots; and at length they found what they sought.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

The Torretta degraded to a halting-place of tramcars!

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.