| The journey to Pethor was by the oasis of Tadmor and the fords at Carchemish. |
| In early times this was one of the important fords over the River Griese, and was at that time called Athbiothlinn meaning The Ford of the House of Sustenance. |
| A little more of this lubricity and there will have to be a new and resolute sifting at the fords. |
| On the 14th we were at Roshan on the Narew, which is here a small river with fords in the neighbourhood. |
| He watched departures from harbours, joined drovers crossing fords and muleteers breasting hills, embarked on ferries for no purpose. |
| On the 5th and 6th the columns crossed the Potomac by the fords near Leesburg. |
