They soon get waterlogged and go to the bottom.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
"Well, now, I want it straight,"-and he lowered his voice,-"what does a sensible man find in an old waterlogged town like this?"
"The Other Fellow"
F. Hopkinson Smith
Si'Wren felt her grip on his mane slipping, and letting go involuntarily, she was dragged under by the weight of her waterlogged kit with it's heavy clay tablets.
"Si'Wren of the Patriarchs"
Roland Cheney