A horse, ox, or donkey bitten by a tsetse wastes and dies in the course of a fortnight or even in a few days.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
There were two negroes in it and one of them was sick, having been bitten by a thread-like worm.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
The saw had hardly bitten through the bark when another log drove grinding against the rest, and Mattawa's companion, who let the handle go, fell forward on his face.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton