Her crew had time to save themselves by leaping upon the firm barrier that had wrecked their ship.

The boatmen told me that dead hippopotami had been found on the other side, that had been carried under the dam and drowned.
Two days' hard work from morning till night brought us through the canal, and we once more found ourselves on the open Nile on the other side of the dam.

The river was in that spot perfectly clean; not a vestige of floating vegetation could be seen upon its waters.

In its subterranean passage it had passed through a natural sieve, leaving all foreign matter behind to add to the bulk of the already stupendous work.
All before us was clear and plain sailing.

For some days two or three of our men had been complaining of severe headache, giddiness, and violent pains in the spine and between the shoulders.