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Updated: September 22, 2025
The wicked old mule that had engineered the stampede of the Nez Percé ponies had continued to hold his position as captain. He could out-kick and out-bray any other mule there, and no mere pony would have dreamed of disputing him.
At last, on May 13, Atkinson brought news that the dogs were returning, and soon afterwards Meares and his team arrived, and reported that the ponies were not far behind. For more than three weeks the weather at Hut Point had been exceptionally calm and fine, and with joy Scott saw that all of the dogs were looking remarkably well, and that the two ponies also seemed to have improved.
The boy is actually well dressed, for a place like this." "Mother," said Dabney, as they drove along, "you wouldn't let 'em have Ham's house, would you?" "No, indeed. But I don't mean to have our own stand empty." With that reply a great deal of light broke in upon Dab's mind. "That's it, is it?" he said to himself, as he touched up the ponies.
At Shanghai, certainly, many thousands of ponies are employed, but it is owing entirely to the influence and example of Europeans. The majority of men taking up appointments in China are barely out of, if not still in, their teens, and whether they come straight from school, from business in the city or from the universities, it is seldom they have had any large experience of horses.
I have my ponies here, so we can have plenty of drives; and there are some people that we know at the Bedford. We don't intend to mope, mamma and I; we are going to the grand bazaar at the Pavilion, and there are some first-rate concerts. But you shall be as quiet as you like," with a sudden change of tone, as Bessie looked grave; "your only duty will be to talk to me.
The action of the ponies was followed by a floundering and crashing out there in the bushes as if a large animal were tearing its way through them. "Hold your fire!" directed Lieutenant Wingate in a low voice. "It may be that one of the ponies has broken loose." No one answered, but every rifle was held at ready. "There it comes!
At such moments we were glad of our swift ponies. From our saddles we could study these outbreaks of atavistic rage with serene enjoyment. In herding the cattle we came to know all the open country round about and found it very beautiful.
"God bless you, sir," said Kathleen, who now put her arms round me and kissed me. We mounted our horses and set off. We pressed our horses, or rather ponies, for they were very small, till we had gained about six miles, when we considered that we were, comparatively speaking, safe, and then drew up, to allow them to recover their wind.
An ornamented chair, borne aloft, came into view, on which his lordship, an official of the third or fourth button, sat in state, followed by two servants on ponies, the only species of horseflesh we have seen in Canton. It is with considerable difficulty that even these small animals get through, and their use is confined to escorting high officials.
"There now, jedge; that settles it. I know I'm right; them Indians had lost their ponies. I couldn't find a hoof-mark on their trail this morning; they dragged some lodge-poles along, though. I say, we must leave their cache jest as we found it. We must foller right along, too, or we'll run short of fodder. They've taken my old road.
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