Seamed with deep gloomy abysses and almost bare of vegetation, except a few scanty groves of palms and the hardier tropical trees, they seemed indeed fitted to be the theater of dark mysteries and the haunt of savage tribes.
"The Boy Aviators in Africa"
Captain Wilbur Lawton
To be left to follow-to follow alone, in the dark, through unknown roads, with scarce a clue and on a strange horse-the prospect might have appalled a hardier soul.
"The Castle Inn"
Stanley John Weyman
The two Italian varieties are of excellent quality, growing to large size, and are considered hardier than the German and French varieties.
"The Cauliflower"
A. A. Crozier