With this location, it was an advantage to excavate 5 feet deep on the northwest and run out to the surface of the ground on the southeast.
"Economy of the Round Dairy Barn"
Wilber John Fraser
It was not enough to excavate the Suez Canal; it was necessary also to maintain it, as otherwise the sands of the deserts, lying on both banks, would fill it up in the course of a year.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
The people of the neighbourhood believed that he'd locked up the plague in an underground room of the Abbey, and for years they dared not excavate for fear the demon should leap out and ravage the country.
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson