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1 From not far away came the barking of hounds.
2 From the distance came the barking of a dog.
3 From all sides came the barking of coyotes, as though they were signaling one another their whereabouts.
4 From still further came the barking exhaust of the first-train engine waiting for orders for the cañon run.
5 On the bank he had left, he could see two black-and-white specks moving about, and across the water came the barking of dogs.
6 From outside the plain, dark walls of the tent came the barking of the camp dogs, the caw of rooks about the midden.
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