Not only had the animal swam safely to shore through the heavy surf, but, without guide or compass, had found his way from Cape de gat to Gibraltar, a distance of more than two hundred miles, across a mountainous and intricate country, intersected by streams, and in so short a time that he could not have made one false turn.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
It was then the use of Pudding-burn house, And the house of Mangerton, all hail, Them that cam na at the first ca', gat nae mair meat till the neist meal.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
"I gat them in the field fechting, "Where, cruel king, thou durst not be.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott