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Suspicious Occurrences

           Theseplantsinfullflowermeasuredthirtyfeetinheight.Horsesandriderspassedeasilybeneaththeirdroopingleaves,andsometimesthespurswouldclashagainstthewoodystems.Beneaththeseimmovableparasolstherewasarefreshingcoolnesswhicheveryoneappreciated.JacquesPaganel,alwaysdemonstrative,gavesuchdeepsighsofsatisfactionthattheparoquetsandcockatoosflewoutinalarm,makingadeafeningchorusofnoisychatter.

           Thegeographerwasgoingonwithhissighsandjubilationswiththeutmostcoolness,whenhiscompanionssuddenlysawhimreelforward,andheandhishorsefelldowninalump.Wasitgiddiness,orworsestill,suffocation,causedbythehightemperature?Theyrantohim,exclaiming:"Paganel!Paganel!whatisthematter?"

           "Justthis.Ihavenohorse,now!"hereplied,disengaginghisfeetfromthestirrups.

           "What!yourhorse?"

           "DeadlikeMulrady’s,asifathunderbolthadstruckhim."

           Glenarvan,JohnMangles,andWilsonexaminedtheanimal;andfoundPaganelwasright.Hishorsehadbeensuddenlystruckdead.

           "Thatisstrange,"saidJohn.

           "Verystrange,truly,"mutteredtheMajor.

           Glenarvanwasgreatlydisturbedbythisfreshaccident.Hecouldnotgetafreshhorseinthedesert,andifanepidemicwasgoingtoseizetheirsteeds,theywouldbeseriouslyembarrassedhowtoproceed.

           Beforethecloseoftheday,itseemedasifthewordepidemicwasreallygoingtobejustified.Athirdhorse,Wilson’s,felldead,andwhatwas,perhapsequallydisastrous,oneofthebullocksalso.

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