In the silence could be heard only the heavy breathing of the camels, the rapid hoof-beats on the sand, and at times the swish of whips.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
"There 's no tracks of a hoof on the gravel," muttered the old woman, in a broken voice; "there was nobody here!"
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Now they were gone; the distant hoof-beats had died.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey