For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order.

[T]he dog—a magnificent Newfoundland—that had come galloping down the field to meet us, began curveting round us, in gambols full of graceful beauty, and welcoming us with short joyful barks.

to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water

A police helicopter had monitored the group at a house in Yilkiqi township in the southwestern Xinjiang prefecture of Kashgar for a week.