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The wind did not abate till the day after, when tales kept pouring in of terrible losses of sheep and cattle killed by the cold wind; sheep in open plains had suffered most, and cattle which had been kraaled were nearly all dead, whilst the herds of cattle and horses which had been left grazing out had been driven away and were also believed to have died.
Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked C. H. Thomas
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Everybody's cattle were recovered which had not been kraaled, including mine.
Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked C. H. Thomas
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At present, save for a solitary mule eating its provender by the wheel of a tented ox-waggon, it is untenanted, for the cattle have not yet been kraaled for the night.
The Wizard Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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These they were to conduct by secret paths that were known to them to where the camels were kraaled, and mounting as many as possible of them on the camels to fly whither they could.
The Ivory Child Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Then I went up the hill, Baas, to the place where I saw those goats are kraaled at night behind a reed fence.
The Ivory Child Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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"Henri Marais, we cannot leave here to-night because the horses are kraaled, and it would be difficult to find them in this darkness, so we must ask your hospitality till dawn."
Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Here in hollows in this belt the cattle were kraaled in case of danger.
Maiwa's Revenge Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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True, the hour was rather late, according to our notions of lateness in the country districts, and the sheep and cattle would have long ago been kraaled for the night; yet, even so, it was seldom that the stock settled down to rest so early, seldom that, among so many animals, there were not a few restless ones proclaiming their restlessness by bleat or bellow -- and on this particular night there was not a sound of any description to apprise the wayfarer that he was within a quarter of a mile of an opulent farm.
Through Veld and Forest An African Story Harry Collingwood 1886
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"Men live kraaled like cattle for eleven months of the year without their families in conditions that encourage tuberculosis,
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"When I went down to the kloof at dawn, where your cattle and those of the Lady Swallow are kraaled, I found among them strange oxen to the number of more than a hundred.
Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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