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We had ordered zacate (fodder) for our animals and had divided it suitably between them.— In Indian Mexico (1908)
"There," said our guide, stretching out his hand towards it, "there are the great llanos_, (plains,) no hay agua; no hay zacate-- nada_: there is neither water nor grass--nothing; every animal that goes upon them, dies."— The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources
Gathered in small bands with such arms as they could secure, they sustained themselves by highway robbery and the levying of blackmail from the country folk zacate: Native grass used for feeding livestock NOTES 1]--Quoted by Macaulay: Essay on the Succession in Spain 2]--The ruins of the Fuerza de Playa Honda, ó Real de Paynavén, are still to be seen in the present municipality of Botolan, Zambales.— The Social Cancer
He was purveyor to the prisoners at Bilibid, and furnished zacate to many Manila houses.— An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere
A little bark, loaded with zacate, drew up to the landing-place below the terrace.— An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere
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