"Efflorescent" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... extremity of the valley we came upon a small mound of earth, all white and glistening, covered with nitre in an efflorescent form, which shone so conspicuously in the sun, it could be seen at many miles' distance; from the base of it a clear spring of water trickled, so disagreeable in taste that no one, save Somali, could possibly drink it. Now, emerging from the low land, we ...
— What Led To The Discovery of the Source Of The Nile • John Hanning Speke |
