 | Hunting - 1797 - 422 pages
...through the flock with his dog at his feet, to whom he fecretly gave a lignai fo as to let kimknow the individuals he wanted, to the number of perhaps ten or twelve, out of » nock of fome hundreds ; he then went away, and from a diftance of feveral miles fent back VOL. IX.... | |
 | 1796 - 598 pages
...at his foot, to whom . he fecretly gave a ilgnal fo as to let him 'knOw the individuals he wanred, to the number of perhaps ten or twelve, out of a flock of fome hundreds ; he then went away, ;and from a diftance of 'feveral miles fent back the dog by him'felf,... | |
 | John Black - Dialect drama, Scottish - 1806 - 258 pages
...purehafe them, he went through the flock, with his dog at his foot, to whom he fecretly gave a fignal, fo as to let him know the individuals he wanted, to the...number of perhaps ten or twelve, out of a flock of fome hundreds. He then went away ; and from a diftance of feveral miles fent back the dog by himfelf,... | |
 | John Black - Dialect drama, Scottish - 1806 - 260 pages
...purchafe them, he went through the flock, with his dog at his foot, to whom he fecretly gave a fignal, fo as to let him know the individuals he wanted, to the...number of perhaps ten or twelve, out of a flock of fome hundreds. He then went away ; and from a diftance of feveral miles fent back the dog by himfelf,... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...the sheep, with an inteution to purchase them, he went through the flock with the dog at his foot, to whom he secretly gave a signal, so as to let him know the particular sheep he wanted, perhaps to the number of ten or twelve, out of a flock of some hundreds;... | |
 | 1828 - 612 pages
...the shce]), with an intention to purchase them, he went through the flock with the dog at his feet, to whom he secretly gave a signal, so as to let him...twelve, out of a flock of some hundreds : he then went away, and, from a distanee of several miles, sent back the dog by himself, in the night-time,... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Dogs - 1829 - 590 pages
...the sheep, •with an intention to purchase them, he went over the grounds with the dog at his feet, to whom he secretly gave a signal, so as to let him know the individuals he wanted, to the number perhaps of ten or twenty, out of a flock of some hundreds ; he then went away, and from a distance... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...at the sheep with an intention to purchase them, he went through the flock with the dog at his heel, to whom he secretly gave a signal, so as to let him know the individuals he wanted, to the number often or twenty out of a flock of some hundreds. He then went away, and, at the distance of several... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 pages
...at the sheep with an intention to purchase them, he went through the flock with the dog at his heel, to whom he secretly gave a signal, so as to let him .know the individuals he wanted, to the number often or twenty out of a flock of some hundreds. He then went away, and, at the distance of several... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1847 - 666 pages
...the sheep, with an intention to purchase them, he went through the flock with the dog at his feet, ERAN PRACTICE. At the conclusion of a review of the 2d regim particular ehrep he wanted, perhapa to the nnmber often or iwelse, ont of a flock of some hundreds... | |
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... to whom he secretly gave a signal, so as to let him .know the individuals he wanted, to the number often or twenty out of a flock of some hundreds. 
