A table, made of box-covers with sapling legs driven into the floor, was under the window, and a bed, on a wooden foundation strapped with green-hide, stood against the back wall.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
The man looked from her to the sapling pole by the door, counted the notches on it and his eyes returned to her.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
She stands in full sun, beside grey boulders under green foliage; cattle finely bred, like deer, feed on either side of her, and the sapling stems draw shadows on their fawn and white hides, and across the withered, short, dry grass.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch