A slight declivity ended in an uneven bottom, at fifteen fathoms depth.

We descended to the lower enclosure at the foot of the slight declivity.

A slight declivity of the soil made the merit of the ancient boles more conspicuous.

Directly west of the knoll, on which the huts were situated, was a slight declivity.

We had been standing behind a slight declivity.

This deposit of clay, a foot perhaps in depth, reached nearly to the summit of the slight declivity.

It had slid along a slight declivity, and left a mark so deep as not yet to be obliterated.

He was already descending the slight declivity; but the distance, instead of deepening in leafy shadow, was actually growing lighter.

Captain Nemo placed himself under a dark gallery, where by a slight declivity we reached a depth of a hundred yards.

From thence we descended by a slight declivity into the eastern plain, and reached the encampment, distant one hour and a half from Szadeke.

Custer, accompanied by Hamlin, rode a yard to the rear and joined the scouts, who were cautiously feeling their way up a slight declivity.

They did not stop at slight declivities.