The commands of the caliphs prohibited, indeed, "the contamination of the water," but they were not heeded, and the bodies which the crocodiles did not devour floated with the water, face downward, to the Sixth Cataract and even as far as Beber.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
They who come after me shall know whether there be rewards within reach of honest toil and steady industry without the contamination of a mock patriotism!
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
They feared the contamination of the gaol.
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn