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Chapter 26

           Sometimesagreatherdofbuffaloes,massingtogetherinthedistance,seemedlikeamoveabledam.Theseinnumerablemultitudesofruminatingbeastsoftenformaninsurmountableobstacletothepassageofthetrains;thousandsofthemhavebeenseenpassingoverthetrackforhourstogether,incompactranks.Thelocomotiveisthenforcedtostopandwaittilltheroadisoncemoreclear.

           Thishappened,indeed,tothetraininwhichMr.Foggwastravelling.Abouttwelveo’clockatroopoftenortwelvethousandheadofbuffaloencumberedthetrack.Thelocomotive,slackeningitsspeed,triedtoclearthewaywithitscow-catcher;butthemassofanimalswastoogreat.Thebuffaloesmarchedalongwithatranquilgait,utteringnowandthendeafeningbellowings.Therewasnouseofinterruptingthem,for,havingtakenaparticulardirection,nothingcanmoderateandchangetheircourse;itisatorrentoflivingfleshwhichnodamcouldcontain.

           Thetravellersgazedonthiscuriousspectaclefromtheplatforms;butPhileasFogg,whohadthemostreasonofalltobeinahurry,remainedinhisseat,andwaitedphilosophicallyuntilitshouldpleasethebuffaloestogetoutoftheway.

           Passepartoutwasfuriousatthedelaytheyoccasioned,andlongedtodischargehisarsenalofrevolversuponthem.

           "Whatacountry!"criedhe."Merecattlestopthetrains,andgobyinaprocession,justasiftheywerenotimpedingtravel!Parbleu!IshouldliketoknowifMr.Foggforesawthismishapinhisprogramme!Andhere’sanengineerwhodoesn’tdaretorunthelocomotiveintothisherdofbeasts!"

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