water pocket

Example Sentences

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Now we reach the offensive water pocket; our ponies have had no water for thirty hours, and are eager even for this foul fluid.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley

At night we camp at a water pocket, a pool in a great limestone rock.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley

At five o'clock we come to the spot, and there is a huge water pocket containing several barrels.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley

I have been figuring on that and I think it will keep us a going for a week, with what we can get from the water pocket.

From The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure by Roosevelt, Wyn