For some time he had camped near the village, spending the days in a systematic search of the environs for traces of Meriem's Korak; but in this quest, too, had he failed.
The want of proper families in the place, and the conviction that none beyond the place and its immediate environs could be tempted to attend, were mentioned; but he was not satisfied.
十九世纪冒险故事 Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea by James O. Brayman
The rain poured down in torrents, and induced the night-watch, who had been reinforced since the recent augmentations of crime in the environs of the capital, to keep close to their quarters.
There are people in government who are describing Downing Street and its environs as a bit of a hornet's nest at the moment, and that's one of the more polite descriptions of that.