Thus we were obliged to cross at every turning, and the steep banks rendered each crossing a difficult operation, Occasioning so much delay, that after crossing ten times, evening obliged us to encamp, although our direct distance from the last camp did not exceed five miles.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
If it be said that in hundreds of thousands of cases the child labor law is violated and that therefore school examination is not an index to the poverty or neglect Occasioning such child labor, it should be remembered that the best physical test is the child's presence at school.
"Civics and Health"
William H. Allen
The sun, from which we had been hitherto defended, now beat upon us in full force; and the dust rising in thick masses from under our feet, without a breath of air to disperse it, flew directly into our faces, Occasioning the greatest inconvenience both to the eyes and respiration.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig