He'd seen a small herd of them down there on the way over.

Find someone who has seen a herd of animals up close.

He could see a herd of creatures moving in his direction, grazing as they came.

Far out across the valley I saw a little herd of zebras running.

But a few miles out, she saw a large herd of antelope and slowed.

Because in one corner he saw a herd of triceratops.

"I saw a small herd in a break to the west," said Rollo.

To the west, some miles off, she could see a herd of large animals grazing peacefully.

One day we saw a great herd of elephants.

Perhaps she had seen a herd of grazing animals and jumped to a conclusion.