Frequently the growling of our lorry would frighten up coveys of waracabra—black jungle birds somewhat resembling guinea fowls, but with larger and longer legs.

The most important of these feasts became known, in the early thirteenth century, as double feasts, that is, twice as feasty as the normal feasts; […]

not all grafts take

It's a seizure even if the suspect refuses to stop, evades capture, and rides off into the sunset never to be seen again.