Nor had they buried it, unless at the bottom of the Irrigating ditch, for some signs of their work must have remained.
"Brand Blotters"
William MacLeod Raine
After searching the horizon carefully to see that nobody was in sight, she got into the rig and drove round the corral to the Irrigating ditch.
"Brand Blotters"
William MacLeod Raine
Hillsides, when not too precipitous, frequently offer admirable shelter and desirable soils, but their use entails a rather more complicated system of drainage, to carry away storm water without land washing, and for the ready conversion of the same into Irrigating ditches during the dry season.
"Cacao Culture in the Philippines"
William S. Lyon