Not a few are destroyed annually by wolves and bears, notwithstanding the usual precautions against such casualties, while in very severe winters numbers are sure to die of starvation.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
I can easily believe that the heavy amount of lead, and other precautions, rendered it necessary to use a large force of horses.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
Wheeler laughed, for it was evident to him that Nasmyth had been taking precautions, and, turning away, he led his horse down the gully.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton