But the danger of course was far less in this than in losing of the track, and falling into the mires, or over the brim of a precipice.
"Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor"
R. D. Blackmore
Without another word we rose to the level of the moors and mires; neither would Master Carfax speak, as I led him across the barrows.
"Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor"
R. D. Blackmore
He who would journey from the East to the West, soon came to the end of the rails, and after that he must toilsomely make his way by stagecoach across the mountains, walking for the most part in mud half-leg deep, and carrying a fence rail on his shoulder with which to help the stalled stagecoach out of frequent mires.
"Recollections of a Varied Life"
George Cary Eggleston