In 1685, a were-wolf, supposed to be the incarnation of a deceased burgomaster of Ansbach, did much harm in the neighbourhood of that city, preying upon the herds and even devouring women and children.
Humbert de Poutiers, prior of the town of Saint-Marcel-lez-Jussey, and pardoned two herds of swine which had been condemned to suffer the extreme penalty of the law as accomplices in an infanticide committed by three sows.
So vast were once the herds in the Valley of the Upper Platte, that it would sometimes take several days for one of them to pass a given point.
Herds of buffalo, perhaps, or of deer, looked upon our moving train from the plateau tops.
The animal was first caught with the lasso, a method which does not imply that it was wild, for at that period the herds were allowed to roam at large, and even domestic animals had to be taken in this fashion.
During the dry season from November to March herds consisting of anything from ten to twenty beasts make their way to the forests both for shelter from the heat and for the pools which have not yet dried up.
The deities with Indra at their head hymned His praise when He lifted up the Gobardhana mountains for protecting the cow-herds of Brindavana against the incessant showers that Indra poured in rage.
The low of herds Blends with the rustling of the heavy grain Over the dark-brown furrows.
Methinks it were a nobler sight To see these vales in woods arrayed, Their summits in the golden light, Their trunks in grateful shade, And herds of deer, that bounding go O'er hills and prostrate trees below.
These ample fields Nourished their harvests, here their herds were fed, When haply by their stalls the bison lowed, And bowed his maned shoulder to the yoke.
Or haply dost thou grieve for those that die-- For living things that trod thy paths awhile, The love of thee and heaven--and now they sleep Mixed with the shapeless dust on which thy herds Trample and graze?
Twice twenty leagues Beyond remotest smoke of hunter's camp, Roams the majestic brute, in herds that shake The earth with thundering steps--yet here I meet His ancient footprints stamped beside the pool.
Immense flocks of sheep, and herds of horses and cattle, are seen feeding every where, and sometimes herdsmen, on horseback galloping to and fro, attending to their charge.
From the summit of a hill they beheld the Moors encamped in a valley which was covered with the flocks and herds swept from the neighboring country.
Out of this gate the Moors used to make frequent sallies, to fall suddenly upon the Christian camp, or to sweep off the flocks and herds about its outskirts, and then to scour back to the bridge, beyond which it was dangerous to pursue them.
At the southern end of the street are the gates of Aldermaston Park; a picturesque expanse of broken ground with several fine avenues, and populated by herds of deer.
Herds of deer roam the open glades, and wild life is abundant and varied.
Mankind now sleep in their towns; now herds and flocks peacefully slumber, and the winged creatures, swift falcons, and vultures.
This native American horse was succeeded, in after ages, by the countlessherds descended from a few introduced with the Spanish colonists.
The violet clouds which greet his rising and his setting would now be represented by herds of cows which feed in earthly pastures.
Cattle herds and others should be warned accordingly.
In fact, the bulls of the circus are recruited especially from the herds in the Sierra Morena.
Sometimes we saw herds of some thousands on the horizon, rushing forward like a storm, crushing everything before them.
These houses formed a circle, in the centre of which rose a large shed without windows; through the middle of the plain a stream flowed; near it were herds of mules, guarded by men on horseback.
The most experienced owners of the herds would be puzzled to indicate the proper places to seek the moss beneath the deep snow.
They are usually seen, in their wild state, in small herds of ten or twelve, the majority being females, and generally each one has a calf or baby elephant by her side.
Small herds range these hills to a height of six thousand feet, where the nights are often frosty and the cold quite severe.
Deep in its recesses the rhinoceros, bison and buffalo hide, herds of wild elephants roam, tigers prey on the countless deer, and the great mountain bears descend to prowl in it for food.
The last ten miles of the way lay through less sterile country; and the tram passedherds of black buck--the pretty, spiral-horned antelope.
Also she feared for John, my brother--not being acquaint with John, and conceiving tnat they might do him a mischief, together with the innocent plough lads and herds in the house.
The farther he traveled the better grazing he encountered, and, strange to note, the fewer herds of cattle.
The herds have been driven fast and far, and stragglers are not rounded up.
The lessening pasturage also reduced the herds which formerly fed in the vicinity, and at last we caught the tinkle of the cow-bells only as the cattle were driven past to remoter meadows.
He is less sociable than other species of his kind, living alone with his family and not in herds like the Fallow Deer.
So the next time the herds were attacked, I went with the people in order to encourage them to rid themselves of the annoyance by destroying one of the marauders.
The gorilla herds in small companies, or rather families, one adult male being the husband and father of the band.
The Bison is gregarious, associating in herds many hundreds strong.
These herds have been greatly reduced during late years, but a herd seen by Captains Lewis and Clerk was numbered by them at not less than twenty thousand.
Beavers do not live in Europe in large companies or herds as they do in America, but only in solitude, and in this state they haunt secondary rivers, such as the Gard and the Gardon.
Vast herds formerly frequented the shores of the islands scattered between America and Asia, the coasts of Davis's Straits and those of Hudson's Bay.
The herds were attended by an immense number of the invariable rhinoceros birds, which on observing me did their best to spread alarm throughout the hippopotami.
To this pond the wild cattle repaired in herds to drink, and here the hunters lay in wait for them.
The white-lipped peccaryherds in large numbers, migrating apparently in regular order in companies sometimes a thousand strong.
I have heard from a good authority that it has been found that herds of cattle absolutely deteriorate the grass instead of enriching it, which is a phenomenon that requires explanation.
Rich meadows, waving fields of grain, and the herds and flocks contentedly grazing on the pasture lands, testified to the thrift and prosperity of Ali Hafed.
Gradually, fields were opened, houses built, orchards planted, flocks andherds acquired, and slaves bought.
His fields, his flocks, and his herds yielded an ample supply of domestic productions.
Give back our land and our country, give back our herds of game; Give back the furs and the forests that were ours before you came; Give back the peace and the plenty.
Free Trade was a lively inroad into the neighboring baron's lands, and the iportation thence of goodly herds and flocks.
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