1860. R. Donaldson, `Bush Lays,' p. 14:
"Now to the stockyard crowds the mob;
'Twill soon be milking time."
1872. C. H. Eden, `My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 70:
"A number of cattle collected together is colonially termed
a mob."
1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. ii.
p. 105:
"A mixed mob of cattle--cows, steers, and heifers--
had to be collected."
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Colonial Reformer,' p. 120:
"`Mobs' or small sub-divisions of the main herd."