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In Search of Water

           Thalcavepositivelytalkedtothebeast,andThaoukaunderstoodperfectly,thoughunabletoreply,for,afteragreatdealofarguing,thenoblecreatureyielded,thoughhestillchampedthebit.

           ThalcavedidnotunderstandThaouka,itturnedout,thoughThaoukaunderstoodhim.Theintelligentanimalfelthumidityintheatmosphereanddrankitinwithfrenzy,movingandmakinganoisewithhistongue,asiftakingdeepdraughtsofsomecoolrefreshingliquid.ThePatagoniancouldnotmistakehimnowwaterwasnotfaroff.

           Thetwootherhorsesseemedtocatchtheircomrade’smeaning,and,inspiredbyhisexample,madealasteffort,andgallopedforwardaftertheIndian.

           Aboutthreeo’clockawhitelineappearedinadipoftheroad,andseemedtotrembleinthesunlight.

           "Water!"exclaimedGlenarvan.

           "Yes,yes!itiswater!"shoutedRobert.

           Theywereright;andthehorsesknewittoo,fortherewasnoneednowtourgethemon;theytoreoverthegroundasifmad,andinafewminuteshadreachedtheriver,andplungedinuptotheirchests.

           Theirmastershadtogoontoo,whethertheywouldornotbuttheyweresorejoicedatbeingabletoquenchtheirthirst,thatthiscompulsorybathwasnogrievance.

           "Oh,howdeliciousthisis!"exclaimedRobert,takingadeepdraught.

           "Drinkmoderately,myboy,"saidGlenarvan;buthedidnotsettheexample.

           Thalcavedrankveryquietly,withouthurryinghimself,takingsmallgulps,but"aslongasalazo,"asthePatagonianssay.

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