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An Accident

           Thiswasdoinggoodbusiness;butwhatpatienceandenergywererequiredtoconductsucharestive,stubbornlottotheirdestination,andwhatfatiguesmusthavetobeendured.Trulythegainwashardlyearned.

           SamMachelltoldhishistoryinafewwords,whilethedrovecontinuedtheirmarchamongthegrovesofmimosas.LadyHelenaandMaryandtherestofthepartyseatedthemselvesundertheshadeofawide-spreadinggum-tree,andlistenedtohisrecital.

           ItwassevenmonthssinceSamMachellhadstarted.Hehadgoneattherateoftenmilesaday,andhisinterminablejourneywouldlastthreemonthslonger.Hisassistantsinthelaborioustaskcomprisedtwentydogsandthirtymen,fiveofwhomwereblacks,andveryserviceableintrackingupanystrayedbeasts.Sixwagonsmadetherear-guard.Allthemenwerearmedwithstockwhips,thehandlesofwhichareeighteenincheslong,andthelashninefeet,andtheymoveaboutamongtheranks,bringingrefractoryanimalsbackintoorder,whilethedogs,thelightcavalryoftheregiment,preserveddisciplineinthewings.

           Thetravelerswerestruckwiththeadmirablearrangementofthedrove.Thedifferentstockwerekeptapart,forwildsheepandbullockswouldnothavegotontogetheratall.Thebullockswouldneverhavegrazedwherethesheephadpassedalong,andconsequentlytheyhadtogofirst,dividedintotwobattalions.Fiveregimentsofsheepfollowed,inchargeoftwentymen,andlastofallcamethehorses.

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