Avoid it as you would the poisonous exhalations of the Bohon Upas, and fly it as you would the dreadful samiel of the Arabian desert.
"Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation"
John Bovee Dods
She begged for samiel, who had several times before relieved her in slight illnesses; but she was given to understand that the Dauphin would not permit him to interfere with Maitre Bertrand.
"Two Penniless Princesses"
Charlotte M. Yonge
They halt for a moment-they form and they stand; Then with sabers aloft they ride down on our band Like the samiel that sweeps o'er Arabia's sand.
"The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems"
H. L. Gordon
