The prospect is not enlivening; nor do the low brick houses, given up to nondescript Longshore traffic, and freely punctuated with gilt-lettered saloons, add to its impressiveness.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
The scent of the champak would be too heavy, but for a pleasant air from up-stream, which we hope will help to clear out the piratical Longshore crew of Mandalay mosquitoes which we brought with us.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
So much-and also that her own name was Meliar-Ann and her mother kept a sailor's lodging-house-the small creature told us, still trotting by our side, until we found ourselves walking alongside a low wall over which we inhaled strong odours of the sea and of Longshore sewage, and spied the riding-lights of the harbour looming through the fog.
"Merry-Garden and Other Stories"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch