But worst of all perhaps, was the pain caused by the continual friction of the sharp sand driven along at hurricane speed, which, incredible as it may seem, finally wore holes in our thin clothing and filed our skins to rawness.

Its rivers are water- less, and all that runs within their banks is sand driven by the arid winds.

The contractor's hut, the crane and scaffolding have been removed, and the sand being driven into the bay along the coast has buried the pelvis and backbone.

But now he did not care for death and was disappointed when, as the blow decreased a bit, the caravan had moved forward even through the howling wind and stinging sand, driven by Asharti's will alone.

The awful whirlwind was almost upon it, and it was already pelted with showers of sand driven like hail by the storm.

Outside of a thin coating of sand driven into the varnish, no damage appears.

Ruined one outfit in the wet, and another has sand just driven into the seams.

In several places, rocks, which were formerly covered with soil, are disclosed, and being lashed by the sand, driven against them by the wind, look as if they were recently dug from a quarry.