spooring

We hastily returned to camp, where, having breakfasted, I saddled up, and proceeded to take up the spoor of the largest bull elephant, accompanied by after-riders and three of the guides to assist in spooring.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester

"I am spooring," said Clarence with simple dignity.

The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion 1928

Rain had fallen towards the daybreak, and this fact, together with the nature of the soil, made spooring a very difficult business.

Maiwa's Revenge Henry Rider Haggard 1890

We soon found the spoor of an old bull elephant, which led us into a dense forest, where the ground was particularly unfavorable for spooring; we, however, threaded it out for a considerable distance, when it joined the spoor of other bulls.

Forest & Frontiers 1867

The hunters, who were now warmed to their work, proposed to follow up the spoor; but Swartboy, who had enough of that "old rogue," declared that there would be not the slightest chance of again coming up with him without horses or dogs; and as they had neither, spooring him any farther would be quite useless.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

They had not followed it more than a quarter of a mile, when they came upon another road of a similar kind, that crossed the one they were spooring upon.

The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

It would be a tedious business spooring the game afoot, after it had once been fired upon.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

The hunters, who were now warmed to their work, proposed to follow up the spoor; but Swartboy, who had had enough of that "old rogue," declared that there would be not the slightest chance of again coming up with him without horses or dogs; and as they had neither, spooring him any farther would be quite useless.

The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

There were good reasons for fearing that the elephant they were spooring was a "rover."

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

They had not followed it more than a quarter of a mile, when they came upon another road of a similar kind, that crossed the one they were spooring upon.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850