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Suspicious Occurrences

           Themeansoftractionandtransportwerenowreducedtothreebullocksandfourhorses.

           Thesituationbecamegrave.Theunmountedhorsemenmightwalk,ofcourse,asmanysquattershaddonealready;butiftheyabandonedthewagon,whatwouldtheladiesdo?CouldtheygoovertheonehundredandtwentymileswhichlaybetweenthemandTwofoldBay?JohnManglesandLordGlenarvanexaminedthesurvivinghorseswithgreatuneasiness,buttherewasnottheslightestsymptomofillnessorfeeblenessinthem.Theanimalswereinperfecthealth,andbravelybearingthefatiguesofthevoyage.ThissomewhatreassuredGlenarvan,andmadehimhopethemaladywouldstrikenomorevictims.Ayrtonagreedwithhim,butwasunabletofindtheleastsolutionofthemystery.

           Theywentonagain,thewagonserving,fromtimetotime,asahouseofrestforthepedestrians.Intheevening,afteramarchofonlytenmiles,thesignaltohaltwasgiven,andthetentpitched.Thenightpassedwithoutinconveniencebeneathavastmassofbushyferns,underwhichenormousbats,properlycalledflyingfoxes,wereflappingabout.

           Thenextday’sjourneywasgood;therewerenonewcalamities.Thehealthoftheexpeditionremainedsatisfactory;horsesandcattledidtheirtaskcheerily.LadyHelena’sdrawing-roomwasverylively,thankstothenumberofvisitors.M.Olbinettbusiedhimselfinpassingroundrefreshmentswhichwereveryacceptableinsuchhotweather.HalfabarrelofScotchalewassentinbodily.BarclayandCo.

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