Suppose, George, we take out the raft, and try the depth.

There is evidently nothing for it but to disrobe without more ado and try the depth.

I wanted to swim across to the farther side to try the depth, but the mere proposal scandalised the boat men.

We could not get to the middle to try the depth, but where we tried it it was twelve feet deep.

I am not quite sure where the carbonic acid is; we will just try the depth, and see whereabouts is its level.

Men were sent out to try the depth of the snow on both sides of the valley, but they found no improvement.

Fritz handed me a long pole; I tried the depth with that.

He stepped into it, trying the depth with his spear as he went.

Stopping for an instant, I tried the depth of water.

They then tried the depth in the passages at the end of the rocks, and found that there was ample water for the Lido.

He tried the depth at the mouth, and found that there was no bottom, with the length of an oar and his own arm.

"You better hold up there, Scrawly, if you don't want to try the depth of that gutter."

While the mates were labouring with the men at the pumps, my father and Mudge and I tried the depth of water round the ship.

"It's a mercy that you thought of trying the depth," said Alice; "for I intended to have gone under the cascade and enjoyed a shower-bath."