| 单词 | waterless |
| 例句 | The lake had been formed and dug to a uniform depth of nine feet, with small wooden boat docks fingering out from its waterless shores where the most desirable concrete slabs had been poured. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Jess pulled out some waterless hand cleaner while her husband went to get the four of us hot dogs. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z By Friday the flower hung down over the rim of the waterless vase, its dead stump of a head shedding yellow dust in the pencil groove. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I imagine, considering the horrific state of our toilet, even with Kelton’s waterless fix, Garrett has been holding it in rather than dealing with it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Then came a difficult and unnerving descent down a rocky cliff face on the other side, a short walk through a dark, waterless valley, and delivery to the foot of another wall of rock. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z For at long intervals on that highway cisterns had been built for the use of troops sent in haste through the waterless regions. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Kendra passed a small, waterless fountain featuring a statue of a frog. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And then I add, “It’s the stuff they use in waterless urinals.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z This land was waterless, furred with the cacti which could store water and with the great-rooted brush which could reach deep into the earth for a little moisture and get along on very little. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z At night in this waterless air the stars come down just out of reach of your fingers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Having forded a river they push on across uncharted territory to find themselves traversing a wilderness of waterless brush and rocky outcrops. Review: A Rich Field of In-Competition Films at Venice 2010-09-07T15:30:00Z Other winners included Loowatt, which won the big idea award for a waterless toilet system that converts waste into energy. Lenny Henry takes Observer award for 25 years of Red Nose Day 2013-06-15T23:05:42Z Investing in waterless beauty products is one example. This Is the Cost of Your Beauty Routine 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z But its turrets, gunwales and wide, waterless moat attest to the inhabitants’ defensive terror of the invader hundreds of years ago. A Gothic Tour of Italy 2011-10-28T18:55:00Z Our waterless future looks hot — and filled with conflict. Imagining a thirsty future in Paolo Bacigalupi’s ‘The Water Knife’ 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The sun was setting by the time we reached the Sage Creek campground, a waterless patch near the park’s designated wilderness area at the end of a gravel road. Badlands National Park: Bison Bison Bison 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Once at the top, bathed in sunshine, cooled by gentle breezes and dazzled at the infinitely variable blue colorings of Clew Bay spread below, we paused for reflection, our sandwiches and the waterless latrine. Climbing the summits of Irish literature Steps away was the freshly painted but waterless pool, behind a locked chain-link fence. In Philadelphia, City Pools Bring Relief as Closed Ones Stir Frustration 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Several preliminary schemes call for filling the 20,500-square-foot basin with — no illusion — a waterless meadow. Pacific Science Center’s leaky reflecting pool may become a meadow 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Although our landscape may not yet appear visibly parched, Friday offered many hours of waterless warmth. Few April showers seen Friday 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless. As California droughts intensify, ecosystems and rural communities will bear the brunt 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z A restaurant that overlooks the Grand Canyon has waterless urinals in the restrooms and faucets with sensors. State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z How will we store more water, protect coast lines and ports, manage an influx of climate refugees fleeing the waterless and burning Southern states, and prepare for any number of calamitous conditions? Climate crisis: Prepare for inevitable 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z The park will also water the landscape with reclaimed water instead of domestic supplies, and the urinals at the park will be waterless. Wild Rivers returns to Irvine after 11 years, with promise to conserve water 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Other international efforts have engaged worries about a waterless world, such as a 2009 campaign by Israel’s Water Authority that featured a television ad studded with celebrities who dried out and cracked as they spoke. What does 80 gallons look like? The good, bad and insipid in California's water conservation graphics 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Sanergy builds waterless toilets that don’t need to be connected to a sewer system. Earthshot Prize: These innovations could win 1 million pounds from Prince William 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z “Normally, when people are waterless, they are exceedingly angry,” Marchitelli said. Romans mastered aqueducts. Now Italy is just trying to fix its leaky pipes. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Decades later, Goodnight still shuddered to recall the suffering of man and beast on his first cattle drive, as they struggled for three waterless days to reach the river. Historic river crossing in West Texas is filled with death 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z Astronomers in the 1800s believed the moon must be waterless because they could not see lakes or clouds through their telescopes. Pair of studies confirm there is water on the moon 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Aaron Rose, Ellington’s 6-year-old brother and the family king of the diving flip, is heartbroken over a waterless summer of 2020. Perspective | A long, hot summer becomes longer and hotter, thanks to D.C. pool closures 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z It is waterless, using an electrostatically charged mist to ensure all touch points are thoroughly sterilised. Cleaning goes hi-tech in the Covid-19 fight 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z “My dream is for them to be able to study and find work,” Yenni said of her seven children who share the same filthy mattress in the waterless hotel. 'It's a pain you will never overcome': crisis in Venezuela as babies die of malnutrition 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z We asked some dermatologists for their response to Warren’s waterless skin-care routine. Would Elizabeth Warren’s skin-care regimen work for you? | Produced by Advertising Publications 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Often, the only place those black farmworkers could settle was in waterless colonies. Newsletter: The best California writing of 2019 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The waterless auto-off function means you can leave it on as you fall asleep without worrying it’ll be on all night. The ultimate holiday gift guide He compared the change from traditional toilets to waterless models as similar to development in computing around the time he founded Microsoft in the mid-1970s. Bill Gates, on China trip, lauds free trade - and futuristic toilets 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z On the roof of the half-timbered Queen’s House within the Tower complex, a big black raven sat, eyeballing damp visitors as they trundled across the bridge over the waterless moat. The secrets of the Tower of London’s royal ravenmaster 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Even the menus have been given a waterless twist. South Africa is Setting the Standard for Water Wise Tourism 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Therefore, there would be a need for a self-contained waterless incinerating toilet. ‘The Post Office for No One’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z That was unlikely given that the moon is an airless, waterless, and thus likely sterile place. Why NASA Is Right to Hire a 'Planetary Protection Officer' 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z They’re specially designed for the waterless toilets typically seen near trailheads, visitor centers and campgrounds. Utah boy scouts save birds from state park toilet hazards 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z One lavatory contraption that hasn’t caught on at eateries: the waterless urinal. Atlanta exhibit dishes out sustainable innovations 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z His most reliable place to work out was waterless — a diving board installed over a sand pit he dug in his coach’s backyard. Sammy Lee, diver who became first Asian American to win Olympic medal, dies at 96 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Tersus, with funding from Patagonia, has developed a completely waterless washing machine in which textiles are washed in pressurized carbon dioxide. How your clothes are poisoning our oceans and food supply 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z GE scientists are also looking into waterless fracking and other methods. Insight: In slump, oil firms turn to labs, data centers for help 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Shane, 29, wondered whether waterless toilets, a common feature in tiny houses, were odorless, too. Think you want a tiny house? Businesses offer a tryout first 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z They also replaced grassy areas with decomposed granite, changed cleaning practices and added waterless urinals to the men’s restrooms. California fair implements water-saving measures 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z The new planet consequently receives 10% more energy than the Earth, meaning it could provide a glimpse into a burning, waterless future on Earth, the scientists said. Nasa says scientists have found 'closest twin to Earth' outside solar system 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The island was desolate, bleak, and nearly waterless, a miserable place to be put; indeed, even in the 20th Century, the Greek government used Gyaros as a dumping ground for its leftist enemies. Putting the Greek back into Stoicism - BBC News 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Stadiums such as the Rose Bowl have retrofitted their restrooms with more than 200 waterless urinals. Drought spurs sports to look at water use on fairways and fields 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z He had shorter stints selling products including Instant Romance champagne gift baskets, Elbow Grease waterless hand cleaner and more. Traverse City man invents drying device for beer growlers 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z In spite of being waterless on its surface, great volumes of water would have been locked up in the interior of the Earth and would have been present in the atmosphere as steam. Life Ain't Easy: What Would Make an Exoplanet "Earth-Like"? [Excerpt] 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z In Los Angeles, the Staples Center—home for two professional basketball teams, the Lakers and the Clippers, and the Kings, an NHL club—saves on its utility bill with waterless urinals. Pro Hockey Shoots for Zero Global Warming Pollution 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The first wave of products includes an ultra-efficient nuclear reactor, a waterless washing machine, self-healing concrete, and a giant squeegee for sucking up oil spills. Silicon Valley's Most Hated Patent Troll Stops Suing and Starts Making 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Falcon Waterfree is changing all that with a waterless urinal that pays for itself in about nine months. From The C-Suite: How To Create The Irresistible Offer 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Choose a waterless cleaner without strong chemicals, such as a citrus-based product. Smart, simple ways to conserve water outdoors 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z In the absence of soap and sinks, waterless hand sanitizers, sanitizing wipes and bleach-containing cleaning products promise to keep away the dreaded germs. Eating Dirt: The Benefits of Being (Relatively) Filthy 2013-09-18T13:45:00.793Z If successful, expect to see waterless urinals and ‘no-mix toilets’ in the near future. There Is No Phosphorus Shortage: Stop Designing Foolish Systems To Recycle It 2013-06-27T16:59:00Z Thanks to the Launch the Venture program at UNC’s Kenan Flager School of Business, she connected to funding and support to get a patent and create a prototype for a waterless, odorless toilet. Check the Bathroom for Your Next Startup Idea 2013-06-13T13:58:35Z The snapshot was probably here even before kicked off about a month of waterless, heatless darkness in these buildings, where inhabitants were left in squalid conditions, feeling trapped, abandoned and afraid. Coming Back the 19th Floor: Ocean Village Complex Gets New Owner, and New Lease on Life 2012-12-26T01:59:45Z On the same day, as the neared their end, Nike announced that Kenya’s marathon team would wear singlets made from the waterless apparel. Nike, Adidas Want To Color Your Shirt With No Water 2012-08-30T14:05:36Z We had travelled through a weary stretch of waterless desert that day, and were rejoicing in the fact that our camping-ground for the night was by the banks of a river—the Chebar. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z To the south the road from Herat to India through Kandahar lies across an open plain, which presents no great engineering difficulties, but is of a somewhat waterless and barren character. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Voices Parched were our throats, Blistered our lips, Athirst were we And anhungered, In that waterless and barren region. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z On the 20th the force left the Nile at Duem and struck inland across the almost waterless wastes of Kordofan for Obeid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Different indeed from these treeless, waterless steppes are the valleys and mountains of the seaboard. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z And then a few days later they are all gasping their last breaths there together on the scum-covered, waterless bottom. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z It was a waterless region and uninhabitable for man beyond the valley of the stream, but in the thorny brush of the desert millions of nature's allies in her warfare against man found breeding places. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z There is a blue sunlit island, waterless, desolate—Hear me, daughter of Helen, ageless and deathless! Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z This is especially the case on the outer slopes of the Outer range, which are formed of rocky ribs with a covering of gravel, and are "barren, treeless, waterless, and grassless." Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z It surprises you perhaps that I called Old Bagrovo waterless; and you may blame my ancestors for choosing such a spot to settle in. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z Further, the reservoir might be used to irrigate the arable land in the neighbourhood during the waterless months, when there was no inundation. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z A few feet further on was the backyard laid out in a garden with a waterless age-browned concrete fountain in the center. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z “Air Freshener” By Todd Woody Your trophy building may score green points for the wind turbines on the roof, the car charging stations in the garage and those waterless urinals. 2011 Highlights: Forbes Energy Tech 2012-01-02T08:30:05Z A waterless desert thirty miles across, and which it would take seventeen hours to traverse, now lay before them. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z It is a great half-desert plain, this part of Anatolia; desert only where it is waterless, and very fertile where irrigation is possible. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z I finally struck out for El Paso, two hundred miles over a dry, waterless plain, and another hundred up the Rio Grande valley, making three hundred miles in all. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z Whence came the water for man and beast in the waterless desert? The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z Vast areas of the United States are uninhabited and waterless. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z He rests at the limestone water-pit on the other side, recruits his water calabash and eggshells, and then sets himself for the wearisome two days of waterless journey to the white man’s settlement. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Trees and water everywhere gave one a feeling of life and growing things, unlike the stagnation of the waterless parts. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z Moreover, elephants were taken 180 miles across what is now an almost waterless desert, and yet the old historians make no comment on such a feat which today would be practically impossible. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Eliott’s force of sixty men pursued him through a waterless country, covering 80 m. in 24 hours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z The Assyrian king accordingly marched into the very heart of Arabia, through burning and waterless deserts, and struck terror into the Arabian tribes. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z And all this time Adriaan de Klerk, his mind unhinged by his fall and set upon one impossible object, might be plunging yet further into that waterless and inhospitable wilderness. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Travellers tell us that the leaves of this tree imbibe the atmospheric vapours, and then distil them upon the earth below, thus watering the waterless island night and day. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The only level portion of the district is a narrow strip of waterless forest between the southern slopes of the hills and the fertile plains of Rohilkhand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Rather than composting waste for six months, as many waterless composting toilets do, the new versions could heat the waste quickly, killing pathogens, he said. Novelties: Their Mission: To Build a Better Toilet 2011-08-13T15:33:45Z There was no means of outflanking them, for in order to wheel to the west the force would need to march through an arid and waterless desert. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z To the Northward of the Roggeveld the wide and usually waterless plains of what is yet known as Bushmanland stretched away indefinitely. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Exhausted though they were by a waterless night march, the Roman cavalry met the assault, and, repelling it, drove the enemy back into the woods. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z The cattle, most of them on their fourth waterless day, bawled dismally, a thirsty chorus rising as the day aged. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z They say their waterless washing business, Keenwash, is saving Jordan hundreds of thousands of gallons a year. Keenwash: A Waterless Car Wash from the Middle East 2011-06-16T21:00:00Z They retired to the most remote wastes,—to the sheer, black-chasmed fastnesses of the Malutis, where snow lies thick for months at a time,—to torrid, waterless deserts. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The cave had not been discovered; it was impossible that any white men would come and settle in the waterless neighbourhood. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z No horses were taken; a waterless country was now to be entered, and a horse becomes useless in hot weather after a day and a half without water. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z A large portion of it is of no importance, including the once mysterious Timbuktu and the wilds of the waterless Sahara desert. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z Three days’ journey from this sea are mountains from which rolls down a stony, waterless river, which opens into the sandy sea. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z So far they were not painfully thirsty; cattle bred on the borders of the desert in their search for pasturage often go voluntarily waterless for forty-eight hours at a stretch. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z For over three months we had been crossing over scorched and desolate plains, encountering quite a number of sunburnt, treeless and waterless deserts. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z He had observed that it was waterless; and could be easily reached from the glacis. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z "How think you we shall walk through that waterless waste, when even to ride through it is courting death?" The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z Pompeii was in the shadow of a volcano, Babylon was in a waterless desert, Ayutthaya in an indefensible valley, Petra too far from cultivable fields. Swallowed By the Sea 2011-03-20T14:00:00Z They dreaded this plunge into the waterless waste. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z This dreary and waterless plain was not the abode of animal life, save the lizard, the horn toad and the rattlesnake. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z Esar-haddon accordingly marched into the heart of Arabia, to a distance of about 900 m., across a burning and waterless desert, and struck terror into the Arabian tribes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z To reach Egypt from Syria this force had to cross an almost waterless desert, which varied in breadth from 120 to 150 miles. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z It builds cities like Tucson and Phoenix in waterless deserts. Swallowed By the Sea 2011-03-20T14:00:00Z Much of it is waterless desert, but there are large areas of splendid grass land very suitable for grazing, and upon them the Herero raise huge herds of cattle. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z They started from here on the last big drive into the Mafeking Line, which occupied five days, through an almost waterless tract of country. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z It was not the Tibet of his imagination, the Tibet of drear, waterless stretches shut in by bastioned mountains, unscalable, snow-helmeted guards. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z There is still much popular belief that our trees are shadeless, our rivers are waterless, our flowers are scentless, our birds are songless. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z This statement would not surprise you, if you had ever travelled in a tropical clime and over an arid waterless plain under a hot glaring sun. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Now the local American agriculture specialist wants to introduce alfalfa to these waterless, rocky mountains to feed herds of cattle principally pastured in his mind. In bed with the Army: A reporter in Afghanistan 2010-08-02T16:03:00Z Day after day the convoy plodded on, while the Karoo country stretched all round, brown, dusty, waterless, and quite flat. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z The Phoenix Centre in Sandwich has installed air source heatpumps and waterless urinals, saving on gas and water. 10:10 honour roll 2010-07-05T22:30:00Z The waterless toilets and urinals are cleaned by negative pressure that pulls the waste into an evaporator that turns much of the sewage into steam. Lunch Shop for Ironworkers Rises With Skyscraper 2010-06-17T01:32:00Z Embassy in London has had waterless urinals for years. Green Inc. Column: Green Diplomacy at Its Most Basic Level 2010-04-19T03:27:00Z Its deployment at its San Jose, Calif., campus of waterless urinals and the transformation of the fountains there into gardens with drought-tolerant plants, however, is not. Re-Routing Water At Cisco 2010-03-22T20:00:00Z South of the divide the level at once drops to the central depression of Gobi, which forms a vast interior, almost waterless space, where the local drainage is lost in deserts or swamps. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" This was to be a very strenuous day, for that evening we were to start on the long waterless march about which we had heard so much. A Kut Prisoner Low, rolling hills and broad plains, treeless and almost waterless; dry, hot and desolate in the summer, and covered with more or less snow in the winter, form the habitat of the Angora. Practical Angora Goat Raising The Downs are almost without population, waterless and grass-covered, with patches of beech wood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" Within its buildings, one of the more interesting features of Cisco's efforts are its waterless urinals. Re-Routing Water At Cisco 2010-03-22T20:00:00Z A worn-out horse under him, foodless, waterless, in the midst of an apparently interminable desert, he has every excuse for beginning to feel excessively concerned. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The following day, after a halt near some dirty springs at noon, we started on another long waterless trek in the late afternoon. A Kut Prisoner She belonged to that strange houseless race of wild hunters who roam the waterless, illimitable deserts of the North Kalahari, subsisting sometimes on game, at other times upon roots, reptiles, and berries. Tales of South Africa We could not conceive how men should make up their minds to inhabit a detestably ugly country like this, sterile, waterless, remote from any other inhabited place, and desolated by the constant inroad of brigands. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] The Elephant's Child rested on the surface of the asteroid Oasis, a waterless, airless, cold and gray ball as uninviting as any solid body in the universe. The Giants From Outer Space Large tracts of the Croatian highlands are well-nigh waterless, and it is only in the more sheltered hollows that sufficient soil collects for large trees to flourish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" From the waterless deserts of California to the shores of the Arctic Ocean, from the loftiest peaks of the snow-capped Sierras to the stifling depths of the Carson Sink, the prospector has prowled. The Boy With the U.S. Miners No oxen could pull the wagon waterless over such a journey. Tales of South Africa Dr. Stein, in his recent work, “Buried Cities of Khotan,” tells us how in those days there were fair towns and running streams and orchards, where now is only a sandy, waterless waste. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches The trail was a desert waste of waterless, bare, rocky hills and quicksand rivers and blistering heat. Through Our Unknown Southwest Not a sign of vegetation relieved the eye in this waterless gorge during our one hour's ride from Kurna to the Tombs. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise The base was closest, and it was over thirty miles away, across desert and waterless mountains. The Scarlet Lake Mystery Upon the strength of this fountain hinged the safety of the expedition in the last trek of nearly a week—waterless except for this supply—before Tapinyani’s kraal should be reached. Tales of South Africa Limitless, with the blazing colours of the arid sand topped by a cloudless sky, it revealed but one suggestion of life in its herbless, waterless, shadowless solitude. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories Water capacity, an important consideration on waterless Clipper Cay, was more than adequate. The Wailing Octopus Their waterless channels are interesting, however, as evidence of a time when climatological conditions on this coast were different. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" All the streams were buried; there was not a drop of liquid of any kind, and the villagers had lived in the tortures of that ash-choked air for three days, waterless. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Nearly six days of absolutely waterless travel, if the wagons could by any possibility be dragged, lay between the trekkers and Tapinyani’s kraal. Tales of South Africa The moon is airless, waterless and lifeless, days and nights are two weeks long, temperatures range from that of boiling water at noon down perhaps to that of liquid air at midnight. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 At the end of a day's journey through a bad, waterless land, they halted and camped by a spring, of which they knew. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women Dragons like to make their abode especially in the waterless wilderness. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 From waterless shores covered six feet deep with orange-grey dust, come famishing fishers in their kayaks. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers It couldn't move away and it couldn't change its waterless environment, so it did what you and I must do if we expect to succeed. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types Once more he rose up and looked down the empty trail and across the waterless flats; and then he raised his eyes to the eastern hills, burning red in the last rays of the sun. Wunpost He had no means of knowing that he was in a country of vast and waterless distances. Finn The Wolfhound With Kali's assistance Stas was able to ascertain that farther on there were no villages and that the country was waterless. In Desert and Wilderness They had far too great respect for Janet, Aleck’s wife, and for the labor that cleanliness meant in that waterless region. Jessica, the Heiress Those that did not escape in the great diskoids back to their own torrid, waterless planet were searched out, torn to pieces by the infuriated Earth peoples. Slaves of Mercury When they had been on the journey, which led them east, for four days, the two rascals came to a waterless plateau, which stretched before them in dry perspective. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Within this vast expanse are stony wastes and waterless tracts, vast rolling downs, wide grassy plains, rich alluvial flats, large navigable rivers, and metalliferous areas, exceptionally rich in tin, coal, copper, and silver. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The Samburus—subjects of Faru—claimed that east of their country lay a waterless desert which no one had yet traversed. In Desert and Wilderness Democracies must not be content to leave the ideals of health and beauty to artists and a leisured class; that is the way into a treeless, waterless desert. Another Sheaf Much of every waking life is a dream, and her dreams were of the No Man’s Land of the desert,––the waterless trail from which she had been rescued for peace! The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Uninhabited, with its bleak, forbidding, airless, waterless surface, the Moon––even though so close to the Earth––was seldom visited. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Between her railway on the south, which almost reaches the Cape frontier, and her border spreads out the desert of Kalahari and the arid, waterless plains of northwest Cape Colony. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources But if they succeeded in reaching them, they would be saved, as mountains are seldom waterless. In Desert and Wilderness This iron country was too cut up by mountains, with valleys too bare and waterless, to suit Pan. Valley of Wild Horses Billy wondered miserably how soon this last might become more precious than fine gold to him, as he thought of the waterless pockets of the blind and sliding country. Tharon of Lost Valley As his eye swept over that forbidding, waterless, almost trackless waste, a sudden fear of its horrors smote through his anger and chilled his resolution. With Hoops of Steel That desert, waterless and treeless, is cool at night and intolerably hot in the daytime, sending up a vast column of hot air, which cannot escape eastward, for Arizona manufactures a like column. Our Italy Going along its course, they really might avoid those horrors to which travelers in waterless regions are exposed. In Desert and Wilderness Rarely is a breath of air heard to murmur, in the fissures of the rocks, or among the branches of the aged olives; not a bird sings, nor an insect chirps in the waterless furrows. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 If she went down False Ridge to death in the pits and waterless cuts, he asked no better lot than to follow––the faithful dog at her foot, the shadow at her shoulder. Tharon of Lost Valley Then they tried to beat down his resolution by picturing to him the certain death he would meet on the waterless plain. With Hoops of Steel If there is any special benefit to be derived from a waterless river, we have yet to learn its character. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months They are then mere wastes of sand and dead scrub, lifeless and waterless. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Give Moses praise, for he Made waterless a sea— Mine host to quench my thirst—the churl!— Jewish Literature and Other Essays It is difficult to see what possible benefit can be derived from a waterless river. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands The pines of the Janiculum, staircase fountains, waterless but noisy, the Roman veil of vegetation everywhere; and great vague walls of spaliered roses and lemons. The Spirit of Rome There is work to be had nearer than the Canadian woods or the waterless prairies of Australia—work, too, that in its results must be of incalculable benefit to the community. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. To the west of Langeberg farm the country was so waterless as to preclude any attempt in that direction. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The country has little water and only a small part of it is under cultivation, the remainder being composed of arid, waterless plains, deserts—some stony, others with moving sands—barren hills and mountains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The icy breeze tore tiny puffs of dust from grotesque, angling drifts of soil, nearly waterless for eons. The Eternal Wall We reached at last a troublesome part of the journey—a place called the Nerpani, which, translated, means "the waterless trail." An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet One of the absolutely necessary works to be carried out by civilised man, when he has ceased to build engines of war and destruction, is the irrigation of the great waterless territories of the globe. More Science From an Easy Chair A halt was made while the blacks skinned the dead beast, for in practically waterless districts panther-skin is a valuable aid to the efficiency of a Maxim gun. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force From the latitude of Bagdad northward the region between the two rivers is an arid, waterless, limestone steppe, inhabited only by roving Arabs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" They made the best possible meal from the dry rations, dry enough when there was unlimited water, but quite impossible to more than nibble in these almost waterless days. The Tale of a Trooper We had travelled half-way across the waterless plain when we noticed a number of soldiers' heads and matchlocks popping in and out from behind a distant hill. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet The hounds had tired of chasing over a waterless country, and with lolling tongues were trotting behind their masters' horses. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier There was the same necessity that the second rock or stream should follow them as there was of the first; for they were yet a long way from Canaan, with a waterless desert before them. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings All the ponds and surface-wells about here are waterless, and the poor people suffer greatly. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 Both sides were tired, the Turks weary of the carnage and their failure, and the invaders of the hot, waterless hours of waiting, but conscious of their successful defence and increased security. The Tale of a Trooper How little did he dream that the hills beneath him were full of silver, and that one day a populous city of miners should occupy the waterless plain in front of him! History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 Along the north, as already mentioned, trended the line of “bluffs”; and beyond these there was nothing but the parched and waterless desert. Popular Adventure Tales Yet the "fire-cart," as they call it, is proving very convenient, and they have no objection to let this fiery Satan haul their grain and cotton to market and carry themselves across the waterless plains. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Unfortunately as there had been a very general rainfall, the desert routes towards Kordofan were not absolutely waterless. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan This was quite waterless, and the sun shone on it, so that it was warm to the hands, though not to the feet, because of boots. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Our last long march was through an absolutely waterless and apparently pathless bush. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back “I always understood it was Nature’s blessing to them to enable the poor beasts to exist in these waterless regions.” In the Mahdi's Grasp Much of this region is absolute desert, wide expanses of sand, waterless and lifeless, on which to halt is to court death. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Why should a man always wear a watch when he travels in a waterless desert?—Because every watch has a spring in it. Games For All Occasions Southwest of the Rockies evil and terrible deserts stretch for leagues and leagues, mere waterless wastes of sandy plain and barren mountain, broken here and there by narrow strips of fertile ground. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado My initial reaction was amazement at the ability of the devilgrass to make its way so rapidly across a sterile and waterless waste. Greener Than You Think All the next three days we travelled through a waterless waste, following a vague trace which, in the course of ages, men and beasts have made in the dry sand. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Australia, is a waterless country, or, at any rate, that is the case with a great part of it. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Where money is, there also are the fleshpots of Egypt, even if it is in the waterless tracts of the Arabian desert. There was a King in Egypt That there is a waterless desert," said the priest, "I know, for I see it, I have sunk in its sands and felt heat in it. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Yet sometimes there were long stretches of waterless country to be traversed, and severe suffering from thirst was a possibility occasionally realized. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Ravines are passed, and waterless plains traversed, and rivers crossed without hesitation. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Perhaps it is sandy and waterless all across there.” The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range She felt like a queen, travelling in state through a waterless, foodless world. There was a King in Egypt The flat was quarter-circled by a waterless creek upon whose banks grew a few misshapen and splintered cottonwoods. The Fighting Shepherdess Here the road parts from the river, and strikes into the waterless desert. The Scalp Hunters I scanned the bottom of the barranca, and tracked it with my eye as far as I could see: it was waterless as the lain itself. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Sheer either side rise the slate hills, bare, waterless, and treeless. Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland For me the navvies work in the road where I pass And I want to smite in anger the barren rock of each waterless brow. New Poems He might flee to the desert, but the Destroyers tracked him through shifting sands and across waterless wastes till he was run to earth and his body was left for the vultures and coyotes. Frank Merriwell's Bravery But of course on a world the size of ancient Earth, and which was waterless save for snow-patches at its poles, the size to which sand dunes could grow had no limit. Sand Doom The brown undulations swept away from horizon to horizon, treeless, waterless, and bare. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War General Botha's movements have again been characterized by rapid and extraordinary marching through dense bush country, which is almost waterless. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Between us and the Silver Palace lie waterless deserts, great mountains, and, at last, a yawning chasm, miles in width, miles in depth. Frank Merriwell Down South But the trouble was to reach the Pecos across the ninety intervening miles of waterless plateau called the Llano Estacado, or Staked Plain. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Swiftly, inevitably, the unplowed valleys, the waterless foothills and the high peaks, inspired me, filled me with desire to embody them in some form of prose, of verse. A Daughter of the Middle Border Out of breath I stood up in the dusty waterless tank, and got out my binoculars. Pushed and the Return Push The Kalahari is so waterless as to offer considerable difficulties to European hunters, and the country round Lake Ngami is swampy and feverish. Impressions of South Africa "He's got a lot of horse sense, Roger, after all, hasn't he?" said Ernest one day after the Indian had laughed at them for their mad driving at the waterless well. The Forbidden Trail We had travelled half-way across the waterless plain, when we noticed a number of soldiers' heads and matchlocks popping in and out from behind a distant hill. In the Forbidden Land He was one of a party of four of us who had been landed with a few kegs of water and bare necessities on the waterless coast opposite Hollams Bird Island. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa True, the desert is vast and scorching and almost waterless—I may as well say foodless too! Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan They dwelt in a poor and almost waterless land, and their blood was mixed with that of Hottentots and Bushmen. Impressions of South Africa The Karroo-bush itself, which gives name to these plains, is a succulent plant, which thrives in the almost waterless soil, and forms a rich pasturage for sheep and cattle. Six Months at the Cape Even as he gave vent to the sigh the glassy waters trembled, undulated, retreated, and, under the influence of a puff of air, slowly melted away, leaving the waterless karroo in its place. The Settler and the Savage Hurrying from one prominent dune to another he had scanned the desert in all directions, and had even found one or two more pans, but again waterless. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa The women, who carried all the water used in the waterless town, had of course to conform to the same rule. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan Much of it is waterless and without herbage. Impressions of South Africa It is a veritable valley of desolation, and there are many such in waterless Arabia. Southern Arabia He is not forever going through that waterless washing of the hands. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School Striking north-east, the expedition almost immediately entered a practically untraversed desert of barren sand-dunes, waterless, and both difficult and dangerous to traverse; and their animals drank nothing for the first two days. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa So lovely a being encountered in such an out-of-the-way corner of the world—in the midst of a treeless, waterless desert, over a hundred miles from the nearest civilised settlement! The Lone Ranche Along the north, as already mentioned, trended the line of “bluffs;” and beyond these there was nothing but the parched and waterless desert. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family We knew that the end of our waterless journey was not far off; for where those clouds were discharging their precious burdens the valley of Ariab lay. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Distance counts as nothing, and neither thundering rivers nor waterless deserts can deter them. The Gold Trail I learnt that Inyati's country lay far to the north-east, across the dreaded waterless stretches of the unknown Kalahari. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa A few simply constructed fountains or drinking-pools will work wonders in the way of attracting birds to a waterless territory. The Bird Study Book The state contains vast tracts of waterless and timberless regions, forming arid and monotonous plains, and in some cases appalling deserts, but is nevertheless rich elsewhere in agricultural, forest, and grazing resources. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development By the bye, there was much speculation between two of our party regarding the behavior of these curious animals on arriving at the wells after their long waterless march. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 It should be noted, however, that in waterless and sun-dried regions there seems little difference between the soil and the subsoil. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Moreover, even were they to cross over into Arabia, how could they march across a dry and almost waterless country, for a thousand or two of miles? At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War The ship came in five hundred feet above the Mall, and he could see cracked pavements sprouting grass, statues askew on their pedestals, waterless fountains. The Cosmic Computer The Chinese call it the "grass country," but very large parts of it are waterless desert, where drift-sand is piled up into dunes, and caravan routes and wells are far apart. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The Limpopo river was reached one evening after a hot, waterless march of over forty miles. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories Until the evacuation the defence of the Canal and of the eastern frontier of Egypt had depended almost entirely on the waterless nature of the 130 miles of country which separated it from Palestine. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Further, the difficulties of maintaining a large army in this almost waterless region were enormous. With Our Army in Palestine The problem of water supply has always presented a difficulty to armies crossing this waterless desert. With the British Army in The Holy Land South-east of it the country is largely level bush covered plain, mainly waterless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The sterile waterless rocks make it impossible to live with any decency. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle Hozier's scattered wits were returning, though neither he nor Iris remembered that the Andromeda was waterless. The Stowaway Girl The main reason for this wide divergence was the old difficulty of maintaining mounted troops—or indeed, troops of any kind—in a waterless country. With Our Army in Palestine In the first place, the Turks had disillusioned us as to the impossibility of crossing the waterless desert, and had actually crossed it with a considerable armed and organized force. With the British Army in The Holy Land It contains large waterless areas, such as the Taru desert in the Mombasa district. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" He found his man in the center of a vast expanse of duck-pens, where ducks by the thousand, all singularly white and waterless, were greeting their master with acclaim. A Husband by Proxy They went over "a steep Mountain" which was parched and burnt and waterless. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. The question of the carriage and storage of water for thousands of men and horses over a roadless, mainly waterless track of country should have been tackled before we left England. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I We have already seen that the Sinaitic Desert is almost waterless. With the British Army in The Holy Land East of Lake Rudolf and south of Lake Stefanie is a large waterless steppe, mainly volcanic in character, from which rise mountain ranges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The men knew there were waterless tracts in the desert that the emigrant must skirt. The Emigrant Trail Save for the lizards that bask upon its furnace-like floors, the Carso is as lifeless as it is treeless and waterless. Italy at War and the Allies in the West Uninhabited, with its bleak, forbidding, airless, waterless surface, the Moon—even though so close to the Earth—was seldom visited. Brigands of the Moon Here, however, was a waterless desert, so difficult to cross that this flank could be sufficiently protected by cavalry patrols. With the British Army in The Holy Land Then at last—and it had been like travelling for months waterless in a desert—she came in one day with a new and elate countenance. Robin Nowadays the traveller may journey through the two hundred and forty miles of that waterless plain of coal-black rocks and yellow sand, and sleep in his berth upon the way. The Four Feathers Behind him was a waterless, and densely wooded district. With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman We therefore have not only to conclude that the moon is waterless, but that it has been in this condition ever since the part that is turned toward us was shaped. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Small groups of British had dug themselves in among the Germans and, waterless, foodless, held out, conserving their ammunition or, when it was gone, waiting for the last effort with the bayonet. My Second Year of the War For a very long time our satellite was confidently, and almost universally, regarded as an airless, waterless, lifeless desert, a completely "dead world," a bare, desiccated skull of rock, circling about the living earth. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries The eastern slope of the mountain range gives rise to no streams, and the foot of the range 479 on that side is as dry and waterless as the valley itself. Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898 A flat, arid, monotonous land, vast, threatening, waterless, treeless. Under Handicap A Novel The region was barren and absolutely waterless, while the heat was tremendous. The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro We spent Thursday, by the bye, at Karachi, an awful hole it looks—treeless and waterless and very much the modern port. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years Those who think that Mercury is entirely waterless and almost, if not quite, airless may be right. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries Such we may believe was the influence which led the ancestors of the Pueblo tribes to adopt an almost waterless area for their habitat. A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth. Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 467-522 It is difficult to convey an idea of the horror and desolation of so vast a tract of waterless and uninhabited country. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Cetinje is almost waterless in summer, and water-carriers can earn small fortunes, particularly if equipped with a donkey or two, as was this woman. The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro An army flung boldly through a dead land—a land without forage, and waterless—a labyrinth of dry ravines and ghastly hills! The River and I A great abundance of water sprang forth from the earth, a thing which had not happened before in Byzacium, and besides this the place where they were was altogether waterless. History of the Wars, Books III and IV The Vandalic War It is only upon the Southern Continent that great stretches of waterless country prevail. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century The name of Desert—the waterless Desert—hangs over the horizon, and suggests the most gloomy apprehensions. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government From the summit of the hills two great spurs, separated by a waterless valley, slope down towards the north and west sides of the town. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) A waterless land is not necessarily devoid of all manner of moisture. The Furnace of Gold When the present war broke out, I proceeded once more on my extensive travels, and I became something of an expert in the waterless, sandy wastes of the southern half of German Southwest Africa. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. Close association with the desert is required to appreciate fully its waterless condition. The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from Carrizozo to Santa Rosa, N. Mex. American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, No. 1170 You come to a river—it is a broad, waterless bed of cobble-stones and gravel, only differing from the dry land in being less mixed with dirt, and wholly, instead of partly, destitute of vegetation. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. His Life A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels The mild October sun shone down on the courtyard, with its bandaged figures in wheel-chairs, its cripples sunning on a bench, their crutches beside them, its waterless fountain and dingy birds. Love Stories He had now to accomplish the most difficult part of his journey, across a waterless desert, so hot that the very birds could not live in it. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) The train was passing the western confines of the waterless tract, and a cool breeze from the snowcapped Timanyonis was sweeping across the open platform. The Taming of Red Butte Western This point, this seemingly dimensionless dot, was in reality two score weary miles of sandhills, shapeless, vague, and low; waterless, colorless, and forlorn. Copper Streak Trail When the team is outspanned, which in the waterless country of forced marches is likely to be almost any time of the day or night, N'gombe Brown sought a little rest. African Camp Fires The water question presented some difficulty, as the Blue Krantz River was several miles from Hussar Hill and the hill itself was waterless. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria This journey is tedious and difficult, and dangerous also, because the way lies over a waterless desert, where the traveller is exposed to violent storms of sand whenever the south wind blows. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. The country beyond him was a dense tract of bush almost impenetrable; so far as he knew, waterless. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories Do not turn your face from me; do not defer your coming; do not withdraw your consolation, lest my soul become like a waterless land before you. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy It was exactly like the shallow, damp but waterless ravines at home, filled with black berry vines. African Camp Fires The advantage he has in the protection afforded him by the desolation of his waterless mesas and sage-covered hills is thus in great measure neutralized. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 These pioneers with their women and children had crossed the sandy, alkali and waterless deserts. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter Why should a man always wear a watch when he travels in a waterless desert? My Book of Indoor Games Canaan is but the southern continuation of Syria, which shades off, as it were, into the waterless wilderness. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations On receipt of this news, we changed mounts for the fifth time that day; and Flood, taking Forrest, the cook, and the horse wrangler, pushed on ahead with the remuda to the waterless stream. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days All the ponds and surface wells about here are waterless, and the poor people suffer greatly. Yesterdays with Authors The refreshment of good water makes the coveted hour of all the day; the spot where it is found amid the rough, waterless hills and plains is the crowning token of the shepherd's unfailing thoughtfulness. The Song of our Syrian Guest Parallel to these are deep, hot and for the most part waterless valleys. The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History "He that says, 'Oh, that I might exceedingly avenge myself!' draws from a waterless well, and rubs the skin without oiling it." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 From the head of Stinking Water to the South Platte was a waterless stretch of forty miles. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days It is a waterless desert, without a blade of grass, and haunted from end to end by Apaches. Overland On this waterless stretch one of their number, a Frenchman, wandered off, searching for water in little hollows or puddles, and never came back to camp. Death Valley in '49 Still, as before, he spoke hopefully, and the two women, as brave as he, kept up good spirits, and although they each thought of the waterless morrow, they said nothing about it. The Adventures of Captain Horn The moat had become a deep waterless cleft; and beneath, on the accessible sides towards the glen, clustered a collection of black horsehair tents, the foremost surmounted by the ill-omened crescent. More Bywords The clouds present the strange sight of being dry and waterless. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva Should he strike southward by land for the Bernalillo trail, risking a march through a wide, rocky, lifeless, and perhaps waterless wilderness? Overland Our first night's camp was out on the barren waterless plain, now known as the Mojave Desert. Death Valley in '49 It spread remoter and remoter, with only a few clusters of sere thorn bushes here and there, and the dim suggestions of some now waterless ravine to break its desolation of yellow grass. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories He went about the earth, which at that time was arid and waterless, and called forth the springs and lakes, and formed the sparkling brooks and broad rivers. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent It was a dispirited company which went into camp, waterless and hungry, in the dense jungle. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar That night another loamy nook was found, clothed with a little thin grass, but waterless. Overland Her face became wan and haggard, as in her mind's eye she saw the weary waste of waterless land quiver and swim under the merciless sun. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama But whilst he found some food, though scanty and insufficient, from the herbs, of water he was quite destitute in that waterless and dry desert. Barlaam and Ioasaph At Sewell's farm there is a pan of water made by a dam across an almost waterless brook, and alongside of this pan we pitched our camp. Stories from Everybody's Magazine But if cavalrymen could stand that waterless wilderness, which I doubt much, their horses would drop under them. Desert Gold The trail was very steep and very long, and took us finally into the country of dry brown grasses, gray brush, waterless stony ravines, and dust. The Mountains The harshest mountainsides, hot and waterless, seem best adapted to the nut pine's development. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon So whereas he was in a place both rough and waterless, he deemed it better to go on, after he had rested his horse and let him bite the herbage a while. The Well at the World's End: a tale Numa had seen this happen before, and so he became almost rigid lest he be the one to send them galloping, waterless, back to the plain. Jungle Tales of Tarzan The general character of the country seen was that of a high, waterless, slightly undulating, sandy table-land, with in some parts sand deserts in ridges most harassing to traverse. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, This city lay some thirteen miles east of the oasis of Capsa, and a dismal and waterless desert stretched between the Romans and the refuge of the king. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate Notwithstanding a general consensus of professional and expert opinion in favour of the alternative route from Souakin to Berber, 240 miles long and far from waterless, the adoption of it was condemned as impossible. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Herein is a flask of drink for the waterless country, and a little meat for the way. The Well at the World's End: a tale A hope I have nursed, That the waterless cup will quench my thirst.' A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare The second day's journey must lie through a treeless, waterless, uninhabited desert; in other words, as a glance at the map will show, we must traverse the Causse Méjean itself. The Roof of France On the left hand of the present road to Lussac-le- Chateau is a stony, narrow, waterless valley, up which formerly ran the old Roman highway. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Through all the islands there ran tales of charred derelicts at sea, of sudden glares seen afar in the night-time, and of withered bodies stretched upon the sand of waterless Bahama Keys. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales And they had with them bread and meal, as much as they might bear, and water-skins moreover, that they might fill them at the last sweet water before they came to the waterless desert. The Well at the World's End: a tale But the very improvements which add to its dignity when the tide is flowing, have caused it to remain almost waterless for a longer period during each day. The Naturalist on the Thames The waterless world of stone is not only a garden, but a green forest! The Roof of France The fugitives, forming with wounded and baggage a straggling column upwards of six miles long, crossed the waterless desert sixteen miles wide, to Hanz-i-Madat, which was reached about midnight and where water was found. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 After the first eight miles, which terminates the cultivated district of Salawé, the track penetrated a waterless desert of thorn and small tree-forest, lying in a broad valley between low hills. What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile We have the chart, and as we look upon it we see marked 'waterless country,' 'pathless rocks,' 'desert and sand,' 'wells and palm-trees.' Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI So, all unwitting, meaning no mischief, they wander further and further from the right road, and find themselves at last in a waterless desert. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke They described Africa as a "waterless land"; Marius, when he made his forced march across country to surprise Gafsa, took in at one place a sufficient provision of water to last for three days. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia The waterless city depended on cisterns, and they were often broken, and were always more or less foul, and sometimes the water fell very low in them. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah The Psalmist draws the picture of himself as a thirsty man in a waterless land. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms Finally, to go back to its disadvantages, the village is waterless; at all events in summer, when water is most wanted. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs It may well be that the existence of this fount helped to decide Manfred in his choice of a site for his city; such springs are rare in this waterless land. Old Calabria What deserts they often are, these stretches of arid limestone, voiceless and waterless, with the raven's croak for your only company! Alone But the wilderness is not only shelterless, it is waterless too—a place in which wild and ravening thirst finds no refreshing draughts, and the tongue cleaves to the blackening gums. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah They followed the Warrego south, through fine grazing country, the river being full of splendid reaches of water, but at last it failed them, running out in flat country in waterless channels. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 The most interesting is, perhaps, Chapter CLXXV, which describes the Tuat as airless, waterless, and lightless. The Book of the Dead Nothing to relieve the eye save the darker green of a few she-oaks which are sighing above the narrow, almost waterless creek. While the Billy Boils The island, whose profile slopes to the south-eastward, is a long yellow-white ridge, a lump of coralline four hundred feet high, bare and waterless in summer: yet it feeds the Bedawi flocks at certain seasons. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 The pangs and tortures of the waterless wilderness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Finally, the river led them amongst plains gaping with fissures, grassless and waterless, where the only change in the flat character of the country was the sandhill formation, that exactly agreed with Sturt's description. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 A larger feature than a Wady, it reminds us of a Norfolk "broad," but it is of course waterless. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Four mortal waterless hours I toiled steeply upward, more than twenty times sure I had reached the summit, only to see the trail, like some will-o'-the-wisp, draw on ahead unattainably in a new direction. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond And when they appear there, they will think no more, just as this narrative says nothing, of the sandy, salt, waterless wildernesses, or the wearinesses, dangers, and toils of the road. Expositions of Holy Scripture To go into such streets and to live her life among strangers would be like coming out of a waterless desert and into a cool forest carpeted with tender young grass. Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories His descriptions of the interior are wonderful pictures of the desolate, waterless, abandoned desert, "I scorched beneath a lurid sun of burning fire." The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Both inhabit wild and waterless mountains, desolate and swampy plains, holding no walls, nor cities, nor tilled fields, but living by pasturage and hunting and a few fruit trees. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster My foot was much swollen, and to make things worse the region was arid and waterless. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond There, for miles round, stretched the rocks and sands of a waterless wilderness, but no doubt the women and children of this very industrious race would manage to make it wave with cornfields. Crescent and Iron Cross The moon however, having only one-eightieth the mass of the earth, cannot retain any gas, hence its airless and waterless condition. Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and its canals," with an alternative explanation He tried to cross the line, to the south of Buchanan's track, but was prevented by the waterless belt of country existing there. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Austin now came to the upper tributaries of the Murchison only to find them waterless. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work A heavy shower of rain had filled the gullies in this locality, and green grass clothed the country, forming a striking contrast to the dry and waterless valley of the Maranoa. 15th to 16th April. Journals of Australian Explorations In those arid sands and waterless furnaces of barren rock there was room for all and to spare. Crescent and Iron Cross Sometimes it was from a coaster, which had found a waterless Bahama cay littered with sun-dried bodies. The Green Flag Cracked and gaping plains, desolate, desert and abandoned of life, scorched beneath a lurid sun of burning fire, waterless, hopeless, relentless, and accursed: that is the picture he draws of the great interior. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 On the evening that they started for the station, the whole party were about to ride blindly on into waterless country, where, but for the black boy, they would all have perished. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work The pow'rs of her monstrous adoption to try, 'Midst, Syria! thy waterless waste, She bade him the blast of thy desert outvie, And defile all thy relics of taste. Poems Long ago the army's mosquito nets have adorned the prickly bushes of the waterless deserts. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign The men were dead-weary; they had slept for days upon bleak and waterless mountain summits—frozen at night, they were grilled at noon, but they pushed ever onward. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Strange and unfathomable that so much of the bread of man, the staff of life, the hope of civilization in this tragic year 1917, should come from a vast, treeless, waterless, dreary desert! The Desert of Wheat On the 14th of April, 1862, we find him encamped at the northern end of Newcastle Waters, once more about to force a passage through the forest of waterless scrub to the north. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work When they left the valley of the Isonzo behind them, they entered a waterless land, without springs for some four miles. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement The one bright hope that upheld us, the one beautiful dream that dragged weary footsteps southward over that waterless, thorny desert was the occupation of the brewery. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign The engineers set about improving all local resources over a wide stretch of country which used to be regarded as waterless in summer. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Beneath, the Chusco wound its half dry course and off to the east a blue haze, melting into the unending sand, told of a treeless and waterless waste. The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure Sturt now came to the erroneous conclusion that he had reached the head of Eyre's Creek, and that further progress was effectually barred by a waterless tract of country. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Famine and thirst stalk over those arid plains, or lurk in the waterless and gloomy cañons; as if to compensate for these evils, the soil of the territory teems with mineral wealth. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" And six hours' march through waterless country before one comes up with the elephant resting with his herd is not the best preparation for a shot. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign It is a region for ever “desolate and without inhabitant,” trackless, waterless, silent, as if it had passed into the passionless calm of lunar solitudes. The Hawaiian Archipelago So the camel is sometimes called the "Ship of the Desert," because he, best of all, can carry men across the waterless sand. People of Africa Into such a waterless and barren region the blacks would seldom penetrate, and what with the sun, hot winds, bush fires, and sand-storms, all recognisable traces would soon have been effaced. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Further on are broken stairs, dry tanks, waterless fountains, endless empty yards, marble platforms, and disfigured arches of majestic porches. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan There is no stolidity so utter as that of a waterless tap. Uneasy Money A hope I have nursed: "The waterless cup will quench my thirst." Christmas Eve Yet these people, on their long journeys through the waterless waste, have learned to be very brave and fearless and strong. People of Africa He fully anticipated finding water, for as yet they had not reached a waterless region, and he left instructions for the rest to follow in his tracks in a day's time. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work In the centre there is a deep waterless well, covered with a grating like the opening into a drain. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Three days' journey from this sea are mountains from which rolls down a stony, waterless river, which opens into the sandy sea. Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People Many of the Bedouin Arabs complain of ablutions not adapted to their waterless condition. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 There are some waterless deserts here, too, but none so large as the Sahara in North Africa. People of Africa And the heat rose up to meet them from the waterless ravine as if its floor were Tophet's lid and the devil busy under it, stoking. King of the Khyber Rifles It was long believed that fruit trees would not grow in that baked and waterless plain around Horsham, but the agricultural college has dissipated that idea. Following the Equator, Part 3 South of "Little Fish," again, a barren tract of white sand will show the "Last Tree," an inhospitable region, waterless, and bulwarked by a raging sea. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 People coming back off a mountain climb, including two waterless bivouacs and a pull through the smoke and ashes of a volcano, are not in ball trim, either as to costume or to cleanliness. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville I have seen mirages and have heard others told of, but the best mirages of all we never hear described; the mirage that waterless travellers see at the last. Tales of War The march through this waterless district was most monotonous, and a dangerous fever attacked me, which seemed to eat into my very vitals. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley My assistance consisted in lighting the gas-stove beneath a waterless kettle. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel It changed, however, into a shallow waterless channel, communicating with one of the large swamps which generally extend along the base of the hills. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 I do not know of any case when a party has actually perished at the mouth of a waterless soak, but in many instances water has been struck when all hope had been given up. Spinifex and Sand Mr. Tietkens reported that no water was to be got anywhere, and the country to the west appeared entirely waterless. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, The small force were 125 miles from their base; behind them lay an almost waterless country, and in front was a powerful enemy. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Here, where it ends and the flat country begins, I descended into the "cut," dry and waterless, with a stone-quarry bottom. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Fortunately we had provided ourselves with some water, which allowed half a pint to every man, so that we felt the inconvenience of a waterless camp less than formerly. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 A part of the timber had already been cleared to admit of “dry-blowing” operations—a process adopted for the separation of gold from alluvial soil in the waterless parts of Australia. Spinifex and Sand These birds inhabit the most waterless regions and the densest scrubs, and live entirely without water. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Their advance, which had hitherto led them through a waterless desert, was now checked by a raging torrent. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan In the entrance to the break there was another sandy but waterless dip, and across this trailed the hoof-prints of the outlaws' mounts, two at a walk—one at a gallop. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police At two miles from camp a large creek was crossed containing a little rain water, and subsequently nine or ten small deep waterless creeks, their beds too sandy to be retentive. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland If in waterless country he would have to leave him, or kill him, or die with him. Spinifex and Sand I had yet a lot of horses heavily loaded with provisions; but to take them out into a waterless, desert country by myself, was impossible. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, I have seen the other face of it—a visage scored with regrets, dead dreams, burnt passions, bald illusions, and the like, the like!—sunless, waterless, without a flower! The Tragic Comedians — Complete Afterward, in searching for the infidels through pathless solitudes, our men entered a deserted, pathless, waterless land, from which the pitiful men emerged scarcely alive. The Deeds of God Through the Franks The country slightly improved but was of the same character, waterless but for the showers of rain. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland Without camels as transport this expedition could not have been carried out, which will be readily understood when we find that a waterless stage of three hundred miles was negotiated. Spinifex and Sand We found the northern face of the ridges just as waterless as the southern, which we had previously searched. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, He contrasted the present with the past; this fever-stricken and waterless village with the great city which was called the healthiest in the world. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy Of natives or of human habitations, however, we saw no signs, and indeed the whole region was so dry and waterless as to be quite uninhabitable. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures He also saw the Marine Plains, and found them utterly waterless. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland In this cheerless and waterless region we marched from August 22nd until September 17th seeing no lakes, nor creeks, nor mountains; no hills even prominent enough to deserve a name, excepting on three occasions. Spinifex and Sand Some hills lay south-westerly, and we reached them in nine miles; they were waterless. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, These engines have the advantage of being a self-contained power, requiring neither chimney nor steam boiler, and may be said to be a waterless power. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students When he said that she felt suddenly the agony of the waterless spaces, the agony of the unpeopled wastes. The Garden of Allah This stream, whose arid banks Mr. Jardine was forced to trace to the sea, in consequence of the sterility and waterless character of the levels to the northward, is neverthless of some importance. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland Everything looked so dry and parched that we were in no way surprised at finding the well waterless. Spinifex and Sand It was late when we left this waterless spot. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, No expensive chimney is necessary for the waterless power plant. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students Under the influence of the music he ordered the soldiers to dig trenches in the sandy bed of the waterless waddy through which lay the line of march. The Golden Bough All day and night they pushed through that choking, waterless plain to reach camp on the other side. The Boys' Life of Mark Twain I felt always that we might come into an even more waterless region ahead, and perhaps be unable to find any natives. Spinifex and Sand Leaving our waterless encampment, we continued our journey, a melancholy, thirsty, silent trio. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, The waterless power plant consists of two divisions: First, a gas generating plant; secondly, an internal combustion or gas engine in which the gas is burnt, producing by thermo-dynamic action the motive power required. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students On the first occasion the horses were in good condition, and they travelled steadily, with only occasional short halts, for over thirty-six hours, by which time they were across the waterless country. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches It was the third battle which the troops had fought within the week, they were under fire for ten or twelve hours, were waterless under a tropical sun, and weak from want of food. The Great Boer War She saw herself, a poor, starved, shrinking figure, travelling through a vast, a burning, a waterless expanse, with an iron sky above her, a brazen land beneath. A Spirit in Prison It was evident that the regions we were traversing were utterly waterless, and in all the distance we had come in ten days, no spot had been found where water could lodge. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, At the fourth onset few of the Franks could fight more, for thirst had conquered them on this waterless hill of Hattin. The Brethren We drove six or seven hours across the dry, waterless plains. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches In three days the men had fought two exhausting actions in a waterless country and under a tropical sun. The Great Boer War The unexplored interior has given a happy hunting-ground to satisfy the British spirit of adventure and research; but large waterless tracts, that baffle man’s ingenuity, have put man’s powers of endurance to sore trial. Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier I don't sigh to meet them again; the great wonder was that they did not sneak upon and spear us in the night, but the fact of our having a waterless encampment probably deterred them. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, He is fast disappearing into the barren, waterless waste in his mad thirst for gold. The Hungry Stones and Other Stories Below, the waterless bed of the burn opened out on the great valley of the Daur; above was the landslip, and beyond it the stream rushing down the mountain. Sir Gibbie Thirty long waterless miles had to be done before they could reach the Modder, and it was possible that even then they might have to fight an action before winning the drift. The Great Boer War No armies of any considerable size have ever attempted to traverse the almost waterless desert which separates the Lower Euphrates valley from the delta of the Nile. History of Phoenicia We searched everywhere, up in hills and gullies, and down into the creek again, but all without success, and we had a waterless camp once more. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Nearly a week they had spent toiling across the hilly, waterless waste, with two harrowing days when their canteens flopped empty on the burros and big Barney stumbled oftener than Casey liked to see. The Trail of the White Mule With a band of deserters, who chose him for their chief, he had taken refuge beyond the wild and waterless Bolson de Tonoro. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard And so they had crossed the great thorny, waterless steppe and come at last to the edge of the morass before Pal-ul-don. Tarzan the Terrible It spread remoter and remoter, with only a few clusters of sere thorn bushes here and there, and the dim suggestions of some now waterless ravine, to break its desolation of yellow grass. Twelve Stories and a Dream This hill was as dry and waterless as the mount and ridges, we had left behind us in the scrubs. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, The Germans were contesting stubbornly every mile of waterless, thorn-covered ground and clinging desperately to their positions along the railway. Tarzan the Untamed To catch the third experience you must have journeyed with us across the "Thirst," as the natives picturesquely name the waterless tract of two days and a half. The Land of Footprints But I am perishing for God as a waterless man upon a raft perishes for drink, and there is nothing but madness if I touch the seas about me. Soul of a Bishop At this period I noticed that the more easterly I went, the more ranges I encountered; whilst the somewhat dreary and mostly waterless lowland lay to the west. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont But on one occasion he was lost in rocky waterless country in Somaliland. The Research Magnificent It filled her with sorrow that her poor horse must go waterless, for even German spies may have hearts and this one was very young and very feminine. Tarzan the Untamed It is to-day practically an airless and waterless desert, alternating between the heat of its long day and the intense cold of its long night. The Story of Evolution I argued thus casually to myself, little dreaming of the vast distances—mountain ranges and waterless deserts—that separated me from these great cities. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont |
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