However, by "puddling" I managed to make a small dam which would at night collect enough water to admit of a limited amount of panning or Cradling by day.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
Most of the daytime he spent Cradling at the spring.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
He was Cradling the child in his arms, and muttering awkwardly, distressfully: "There now!
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard