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New Zealanders showed us unbounded hospitality; many of us had visited their shores before and stronger ties than those of friendship bound us to this beautiful country. When we came to Lyttelton, Meares and Bruce had already arrived with nineteen Siberian and Manchurian ponies and thirty-four sledge dogs, and these were now housed at Quail Island in the harbour.
And Max, sending after her with his own hands those souvenirs of the past, had added a few tender words of regret and thanks which to her dying day that good woman cherished and said her prayers over. The Thanksgiving was a very splendid affair; but the people who liked it least were the piebald ponies.
Driving down to the rodeo-ground, we all stood about on our ponies and held the herd, as it is called, the young girls doing vaquero duty, as imperturbable of mien as Mr. Flannagan, the foreman. So many women in the world are afraid of a dairy cow, even gathering up their skirts and preparing to shriek at the sight of one eating daisies.
"Pretty figures we shall cut on ponies while Aramis and Porthos caracole on their steeds." "Aramis! Porthos!" cried Athos, and laughed aloud. "What is it?" asked d'Artagnan, who did not at all comprehend the hilarity of his friend. "Nothing, nothing! Go on!" "Your advice, then?" "To take the hundred pistoles, d'Artagnan. With the hundred pistoles we can live well to the end of the month.
They moved on, walking their ponies quietly, and the line of men on foot at once marched after them. Neither Jack nor Mr. Haydon was bound. They were entirely free except for the Kachins who marched on either side and kept a wary eye on their movements. "After all," thought Jack sadly to himself. "What need is there to bind us? Suppose I broke loose now and ran?
There seems to have been improvement in lung power and grip is shown by spirometer and dynamometer, but weights have altered very little. I have gone up nearly 3 lbs. in winter, but the increase has occurred during the last month, when I have been taking more exercise. Certainly there is every reason to be satisfied with the general state of health. The ponies are becoming a handful.
"I haven't the knack of handling men. Purvis let me have a half-company for a month in Rhodesia over towards Lake N'Garni. I couldn't work 'em properly. It's a gift." "Do colour-sergeants handle half-companies with you?" "They can command 'em on the 'heef. We've only four company officers Burgard, Luttrell, Kyd, and Harrison. Pigeon's our swop, and he's in charge of the ponies.
"The soft-hoofed semi-quadruped recently captured was subjected to the art of our distinguished man-tamer in presence of a numerous assembly. The animal was led in by two stout ponies, closely confined by straps to prevent his sudden and dangerous tricks of shoulder-hitting and foot-striking. His countenance expressed the utmost degree of ferocity and cunning.
Selecting one of the pack ponies, he tied it to a pine tree and the others he hurried off with Little Thunder down the trail. "Going to do some trading, are you?" enquired Cameron. "Yes, if the price is right, though I'm not too keen," replied Raven, throwing himself down beside the fire. "What are you after? Furs?" "Yes, furs mostly. Anything they have to offer." "What do you give in exchange?"
The clouds were rolling in thick successive volumes at our feet, and obscured the view below us. 25th. We were detained until noon in consequence of the Abban's ponies, which had gone astray, and until then could not be found.
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