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They used fire to keep their hunting grounds open and freshly grassed by frequent, light burning on the open plains, creating open wood pasture of widely spaced trees through which they could move easily, denying the cover of under-brush to their quarry.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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They used fire to keep their hunting grounds open and freshly grassed by frequent, light burning on the open plains, creating open wood pasture of widely spaced trees through which they could move easily, denying the cover of under-brush to their quarry.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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Then, we crossed over — by the simple method of jumping — and commenced to beat our way back through the under-brush.
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She'd said she didn't know -- "It's ever so thick outside, confusing, too ... with so much under-brush and all."
Covenant Lewis, Beverly 2002
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He could hear them banging through the under-brush.
The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997
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A tall fire burned just up the slope of the hill, visible through the thick trees and under-brush.
The Reign of Istar Weis, Margaret 1992
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A little dazed by his fall, Pepper, without stopping to consider his direction, started off as fast as he could go, turning this way and that as he went, to avoid the thicker growths of under-brush, until he had gone a mile or more, getting ail the time deeper into the forest.
The Boy Scouts Patrol Ralph Victor
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This was convincing proof to him that danger was near at hand; therefore he turned off from the trail and led his animal as high up the steep hill as he could, where, fortunately, he found sufficient under-brush, aided by the darkness of the night, to conceal himself from view.
The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself de Witt C. Peters
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It should be remarked, that forest maples do not produce so much sugar as those grown in open fields or in groves, where they have more light, the under-brush being cleared away.
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Sheathing the knife and seizing his rifle, he again set forward, and did not stop till he gained a small but thick under-brush.
The Old Bell of Independence; Or, Philadelphia in 1776 Henry C. Watson
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