XVI ff.—In one place, outside the two ethnographic regions which we are specially studying, these tattooings are put on the animals which belong to the clan.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

This is particularly obnoxious to the equine race.
— from Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone

All his property was immediately confiscated to the public treasury, but a large proportion of this the emperor remitted to him, for he was still inclined to spare him.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius

If a Mexican cart is an ill-looking contrivance, then surely the yoke for the oxen fully matches it, for it is nothing more than a piece of timber, the edges rounded somewhat so they may not chafe the animals' necks, [120] laid directly behind the horns, and lashed there firmly with thongs of rawhide.
— from Philip of Texas: A Story of Sheep Raising in Texas by James Otis

Railroad Connections The southern portion of the Park—the only part developed at present—is reached from Ashford, 6½ miles from the Park, on the Tacoma Eastern Railroad, a branch line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul.
— from Your National Parks, with Detailed Information for Tourists by Enos A. Mills

The direct hernia passes through the parietes opposite to the external ring, and does not come in contact with the spermatic chord until it has reached that point.
— from Elements of Surgery by Robert Liston

The percentage of the total estimated range represented by the fourth through tenth captures was, respectively, 52, 65, 73, 85, 88, 93, and 96 per cent.
— from Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas

His knowledge of the localities, and the present unsafe condition of the prison, owing to the extensive repairs, will breed perpetual attempts, however unsuccessful, to escape,” writes the governor.
— from Millbank Penitentiary: An Experiment in Reformation by Arthur Griffiths

Queensberry cozened the Cavaliers—by promises of tolerating their Episcopalian religion—into voting a Bill recognising Anne, and then broke his promise.
— from A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang

“Look!” cried Dan, pointing off to the East River.
— from The Battleship Boys at Sea; Or, Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Frank Gee Patchin