herd-boys

You struck and turned him into a wolf; now his own herd-boys chase him away.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

You struck and turned him into a wolf; now his own herd-boys chase him away.

Sense & Sensuality 2009

A speckled kingfisher is seen nearly every hundred yards, which builds in similar spots, and attracts the attention of herd-boys, who dig out its nest for the sake of the young.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

The next morning they set out, -- Lemichin and Lalita riding ahead and three herd-boys, driving the greater part of the herd, followed behind.

Thirty Indian Legends Margaret Bemister

When they reached the village of the Nicolas, Lemichin told his mother to wait with the herd-boys, and dismounting from his pony, he went alone and on foot to the lodge of the old chief.

Thirty Indian Legends Margaret Bemister

On the other bank, Ippolita was received by the herd-boys, all agog to see the champion who had killed the Jew.

Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett

There was no other point within easy reach which promised much of a view; so, rounding the head of the bay, we addressed ourselves to climbing the rocks, somewhat to the surprise of the herd-boys, as they drove their cows into the town to be milked.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 Various

He reached Rohrkarrberg, and, opposite the house which is still standing there, lay a stone heap, upon which sat three herd-boys, apparently busy with something of importance.

The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain

There was nothing there but the flat rolling veld of the Orange Free State, nothing but sheep and cattle and native herd-boys.

Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

There was nothing there but the flat rolling veld of the Orange Free State, nothing but sheep and cattle and native herd-boys.

Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948