oft-maligned

Updated: June 27, 2025

As a matter of fact, it is unsafe to venture far out into the desert unaccompanied by this oft-maligned creature about the only animal fitted to carry supplies. But the use of dams and canals to conserve and supply water for irrigation prevailed even in most ancient times.

Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson - Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania