marsh

• If the creatures whose footprints he had seen and with whose scent the border of the marsh was redolent could outwit the wary birds that had always eluded him, what surprise might not they hold in store for him But, there was that insistent urge that bade him advance. —  The Black Phantom
• Some eight miles to the southwest of the village there rises from the low prairie and salt marsh, at the head of Vermilion Bay, an island of high land, near a thousand acres in extent. —  Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War
• The wounded buffalo ran on to the border of the next marsh, and, in attempting to cross, fell headlong down the steep bank. —  Stories of Animal Sagacity
• Great flocks of plovers flew wheeling over Cullerne marsh, and flashed with a blinking silver gleam as they changed their course suddenly. —  The Nebuly Coat
• The little skiff was paddled cautiously across the marsh, and in among the reeds where the wild ducks and other waterfowl lived, Sen-senb and her mother holding on to the tall papyrus plants and pulling them aside to make room for the boat, or plucking the beautiful lotus-lilies, of which the Egyptians were so fond. —  Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt

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