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Nelson surveyors found fresh foot-tracks of a bird, which were measured for fourteen inches.
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Behind her, muddy foot-tracks stood out on the clean kitchen floor like accusations.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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Who gazed on the foot-tracks of the inglorious creature
Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall
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The next morning he got up still earlier; but there were the mighty foot-tracks and the long, long stride.
How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell Sara Cone Bryant
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In Denmark not a few examples of artificial foot-tracks have been observed and described by Dr. Petersen.
Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan
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Had the desire to rescue been uppermost in mind, would not the sight of human foot-tracks on the snow half way between the two camps have excited hope, instead of "suspicion," and prompted some of the party to pursue the lone wanderer with kindly intent?
The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
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Ah, that wor it, there wor his foot-tracks through th 'gateway.
Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow F. Jewell
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In a few moments the two girls were walking together in one of those little pasture foot-tracks which run so cozily among huckleberry and juniper bushes, while Cerinthy eagerly pursued the subject she could not leave thinking of.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various
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When she reached the country in which she might hope to encounter him, she would zigzag across that main trail in order to pick up his foot-tracks if he had passed her undetected.
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No man knows better than he the meaning of foot-tracks in the snow, and how long they have been there, and which way they lead; thus, those that survive their enemies have acquired extreme wisdom, and keep carefully away from everything that is at all suspicious to their eyes and nostrils.
The Human Side of Animals Royal Dixon 1923
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