11. At day's end, try a black mud body mask, sea salt exfoliation or, the ultimate indulgence, an in-room massage. 12. People walking on the narrow paths threading through the tents sink up to their knees in slick, black mud . 13. Runoff streams flowing into the Dead Sea brought in large deposits of this gray-black mud during the Holocene era. 14. By 27 December, flood waters began to recede in Babinda and Gordonvale, leaving behind debris and thick black mud . 15. Algal mats form in the inter-tidal region and appear as areas of flat black mud flats but are actually living stromatolite. 16. There were major difficulties building the line as, following rain, the ground took up the appearance and consistency of black mud . 17. The floor is dirty and the end of the shack where the men wash . . . is caked with black mud . 18. The narrow road into the Honduran rain forest was a mire of black mud , a grinding test for the hardiest four-wheel-drive vehicles. 19. Within three hours it was belching ash and steam high into the air, with black mud and rock showering from the volcano's rim. 20. Workers plod through the thick black mud , hoping that the fire scared off most of the vipers and rats that inhabit the brush.
