But if they succeeded in reaching them, they would be saved, as mountains are seldom waterless.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
The flow is not so strong nowadays, but it still reaches the top of the pipe and flows over, and enables men and cattle to live in a country which used to be a waterless desert.
"In the Musgrave Ranges"
Jim Bushman
He had observed that it was waterless; and could be easily reached from the glacis.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid