A bloodhound was used to follow the spoor of the fox that had escaped from the small zoo. From LearnThat.org.
The hounds followed the fox's spoor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The Hottentots were now sent on in advance to trace out the "spoor" -- in other words, the track of the lion. From Wordnik.com. [The Settler and the Savage] Reference
The spoor was a day old and it ran toward the north. From Wordnik.com. [Jungle Tales of Tarzan] Reference
They continued to follow the "spoor" of the two hounds, left so plainly for their guidance. From Wordnik.com. [Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot] Reference
They were now more than twenty miles from their starting-point, and still the black "spoor" of the locusts covered the plain. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference
She had chanced on the spoor of something worth while. From Wordnik.com. [The Sleuth of St. James's Square] Reference
But the spoor of the Piri was not especially strong either. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness of the Light] Reference
"I will hunt a labbla -- there was fresh spoor at the stream.". From Wordnik.com. [Voodoo Planet] Reference
He scanned over the plateau & nowhere found a neighbours spoor. From Wordnik.com. [Unmanned] Reference
"Perhaps he's found the spoor of a runaway elephant!" suggested. From Wordnik.com. [The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain] Reference
The spoor came from the east and led back in the same direction. From Wordnik.com. [A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa] Reference
If not in full cry, surely at any rate alert for any spoor of me. From Wordnik.com. [Two in Time]
When I saw the spoor of blood beside the deer, I knew she was dead. From Wordnik.com. [Clear Cut] Reference
They came at last to a low crater wall, where the spoor disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [A World Called Crimson] Reference
A favourite way of catching deer is to send a man to follow the spoor of. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
And all during the safari these past days, not a sign or a print or a spoor. From Wordnik.com. [This Crowded Earth] Reference
Seek not to follow me, my friend of the wilderness ... for I leave no spoor. From Wordnik.com. [A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa] Reference
They forged on for two hours, Tashtu following the easily read spoor in the pumice. From Wordnik.com. [A World Called Crimson] Reference
Whose spoor was this, that followed upon our own, back towards where the tent stood!. From Wordnik.com. [A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa] Reference
But that fresh spoor, leading off through the trees, tempted him and at last he fell. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
They walked on leaving fifteen black hats lying in the road as spoor of their passage. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
"I wonder what someone would make of spoor like this," he said, grinning at the thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Having selected the spoor of a mighty bull, the Bechuanas went ahead and I followed them. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
They were out on the spoor of a great lion that had made himself the terror of the tribe. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Missionary Heroes] Reference
On every hand were trees in clumps or singly, but no sign of elephant spoor could they see. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
As they do so they establish a visible track record, a distinct spoor, a defining footprint. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
Then the guide pointed out the spoor, deep and heavy in the damp leaves that matted the trail. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
At all events, the bull had drawn blood, for they saw spots on the edge of the elephant spoor. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
All this time we saw no sign of human life, not even a solitary spoor upon the tell-tale sand. From Wordnik.com. [A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa] Reference
Brun led them well beyond the spoor of cave lions before he stopped and studied the landscape. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
But he grunted contemptuously as he examined the last spoor, which was at least half a day old. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
Crossing a stream, they came across the spoor of a lion in the shingly mud at the water's edge. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
For five days they had tracked it, losing the spoor only to find it again, moving always south. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
Dr. von Hofe had been sketching busily for some time, paying special attention to the spoor and the marks of feeding. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
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