There he would be, sitting upon his hind-legs, holding in his fore-feet the root of a bulrush, and champing away with his sharp teeth so as to be heard at a considerable distance.
"A Vanished Hand"
Sarah Doudney
The bulrush, which is usually associated with water, does not grow in a great many brooks and ponds; in some districts it is even rare, and it requires a considerable search to find a group of these handsome rushes.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
Noble plant, commonly, but incorrectly, called bulrush.
"John Keble's Parishes"
Charlotte M Yonge