Most of the
cattle around the stations were destroyed.
So, frequently, the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge treats its
cattle.
The custom of most Indian villages is for a few boys to take the
cattle and buffaloes out to graze in the early morning, and bring them back at night.
Here are some
cattle for you to begin with, and a mile farther down the road there is another herd, which I will give you as a present
And as for your life, it is forfeit to your eagerness to buy my herd of
cattle so cheaply.
You will now come to the Thrinacian island, and here you will see many herds of
cattle and flocks of sheep belonging to the sun-god--seven herds of
cattle and seven flocks of sheep, with fifty head in each flock.
Their stock consisted of one thousand two hundred and sixty-nine oxen, one thousand five hundred and fifty-seven cows, five thousand and seven young
cattle, four hundred and ninety-three horses, eight thousand six hundred and ninety sheep, and four thousand one hundred and ninety-seven hogs.
The vaqueros, or Indian
cattle drivers, have also learned the use of the laso from the Spaniards; and employ it to catch the half-wild
cattle by throwing it round their horns.
At another place a number were descried on the beach of a small island, under the shade of the trees, or standing in the water, like
cattle, to avoid the flies and the heat of the day.
Can't ye smell bottom, or are them
cattle too rank?
So the Serpent in revenge began stinging several of the Farmer's
cattle and caused him severe loss.
In the Book of the Dun Cow, and in another old book called the Book of Leinster, there is written the great Irish legend called the Tain Bo Chuailgne or the
Cattle Raid of Cooley.
Then Hermes made designs on Apollo's herd of
cattle which were grazing in the same place as the
cattle of Admetus.
In many cases this could not be otherwise: thus the inherited peculiarities in the horns of
cattle could appear only in the offspring when nearly mature; peculiarities in the silkworm are known to appear at the corresponding caterpillar or cocoon stage.
One dark night we were surrounded by numerous seals and penguins, which made such strange noises, that the officer on watch reported he could hear the
cattle bellowing on shore.