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They had pastured their cattle there on the evening before; and conjectured that it must be the haunt of many kinds of game.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

Besides this central path, there were numerous little by-paths made by the feet of cattle that had pastured here for a few months of the previous summer.

From Clover and Blue Grass by Hall, Eliza Calvert

Only here and there were thickets, easily avoided, while he encountered winding, park-like glades where the cattle had pastured in the days before war had run them off.

From The Night-Born by London, Jack

Prosperous farms came into being in the meadows where the antelope had pastured.

From Where the Trail Divides by Lillibridge, Will

He had pastured her, since the baby died, in a canon about three miles northeast of the village,—a lovely green canon with oak-trees and a running brook.

From Ramona by Jackson, Helen Hunt