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Our road lay over a low plain between the Djebel Kessoue and the Ledja, in which the Bedouins of the latter were pasturing their cattle.

From Travels in Syria and the Holy Land by Burckhardt, John Lewis

On the high ridges of the mountain goats were pasturing, and not far from them a shepherd's fire was blazing, and the shepherd himself sat beside it.

From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Jókai, Mór

A few sheep were pasturing on it, and a few estate cottages showed here and there.

From Elizabeth's Campaign by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

At the foot of the mountain we entered a rich plain, where the shepherds were pasturing their flocks down to the shore of the sea, and in about two hours arrived at Lepanto.

From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by Stephens, John Lloyd

It came to a stile finally and looked out upon a stony green field where some cows were pasturing.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore