As the hens were usually fed upon their nests, the ground was Strewed with corn, which tempted the rats and mice.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
The rest they Strewed inside the pen, beyond their sliding rail.
"Two Little Confederates"
Thomas Nelson Page
We again encamped under Mount Mudge, where I perceived that a projecting portion of white rock on the summit, had fallen since I had stood upon it; and that the avalanche of rock had Strewed the woody side of the mountain with white fragments down to the very base.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell