There is land in sight-very low land,-a thin dark line suggesting Marshiness; and the nauseous color of the water always deepens.
"Two Years in the French West Indies"
Lafcadio Hearn
They were simple folk, living in rounded huts or cabins, which were perched on floors supported by piles, probably on account of the Marshiness of the ground, and which had to be entered by means of ladders.
"Ancient Egypt"
George Rawlinson Other: Arthur Gilman