It was a yellow - painted two - story cement construction built along the dusty brown trails just south of River John, where Papa's mother almost drowned when she was a girl, back when people still washed their clothes on the rocky edges of the river. (bookbrowse.com)
You can even cross the Rio Bongo at low tide by dredging through waist - high water at the outer edge of the river but be careful as crocodiles live in the river! (redpalmvillascostarica.com)
She was first discovered lying near the edge of a river, infested with screw worms and close to death. (si.com)