I want something to eat, though, and I wish I knew whether or not the army patrols will stop me on the way."
"Ahead of the Army"
W. O. Stoddard
He looked up, and beheld the fat madman who patrols that campo, and who has the license of his affliction to utter insolences to whomsoever he will, leaning against the door of a tobacconist's shop, with his arms folded, and a lazy, mischievous smile loitering down on his greasy face.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
The patrols, which Glenn sent right and left, finally reported to him that farther on began a desert entirely waterless; so when they accidentally discovered cool water in a cleft it was necessary to halt in order to replenish their supplies for the further journey.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz