Herds

Examples

• Devoid of parents, devoid of relations, devoid of flocks and herds, devoid of gold and silver and of precious stones. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When its herds and flocks have consumed the forage of one part of the country, it removes to another, and from that to a third. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Moonlight is an important thing to herdsmen who no longer merely hunt their herds, but watch and guard them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Steppe-like conditions, conditions of pasture and shrub, were bringing with them vast herds of wild horse. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Branding in this way was used mostly by cattle raisers when large herds were grazed on the western plains. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He was a huntsman turned herdsman of the herds he once hunted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When a Tartar or Arab actually goes to war, he is maintained by his own herds and flocks, which he carries with him, in the same manner as in peace. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Beneath the trees we saw feeding many herds of plant men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The disabling dogs, which might be necessary for keeping flocks and herds, from running at the deer, was called lawing, and was in general use. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• They probably followed herds of horses, the little bearded ponies of that age, as these moved after pasture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Great areas of the American interior were prairie land, whose nomadic tribes subsisted upon vast herds of the now practically extinct bison. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• With money rich men ceased to be tied to lands, houses, stores, flocks, and herds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Human society began, just as herds and droves begin among animals, by the family delaying its breaking up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Typist: Penelope