“Neutral ships, even neutral ships en route from neutral port to neutral port, have been destroyed, just as hostile ships, in steadily increasing number.
— from The German Pirate: His Methods and Record by Ajax
As many of the cattle and horses even now showed evil results from injudicious driving on the trail, it was at length decided to make a full day's stop so that they might feed up.
— from The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
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