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 1    1,   10| difficulty in procuring two fleet horses, and he and Paganel were
 2    1,   12|     through the Pampas, and swift horses accustomed to gallop over
 3    1,   14|          and Argentine guides and horses were not far off to lead
 4    1,   15|      milch cows, sheep, oxen, and horses. They went from one prairie
 5    1,   15|          as he could get beef and horses, he cared for nothing else.~
 6    1,   15|           for seven ready saddled horses of the Argentine breed,
 7    1,   15|         rather the provisions and horses were. They were all hungry,
 8    1,   16|   sheltered by their ponchos. The horses lay down on the ground,
 9    1,   17|          lived in a past age.~The horses went on at a good pace through
10    1,   17|     Gygnerium argenteum. Here the horses drank their fill greedily,
11    1,   17|       Salinas before sundown. The horses were tired out and dying
12    1,   17|           the management of their horses, showed themselves to be
13    1,   17|   overtake them with such wornout horses.~“The cowards!” exclaimed
14    1,   18|      resting-place, and the weary horses stretched themselves along
15    1,   18|        parties. Those of us whose horses are so done out with fatigue
16    1,   18|      morning, at six oclock, the horses of Thalcave, Glenarvan and
17    1,   18|          line of route.~The three horses went forward might and main,
18    1,   18|        success to the search. The horses of Glenarvan and Robert,
19    1,   18|      During this conversation the horses had been slackening speed,
20    1,   18|           made them spur on their horses and hurry forward.~But it
21    1,   18|        not far off.~The two other horses seemed to catch their comrade’
22    1,   18|          They were right; and the horses knew it too, for there was
23    1,   18|        USQUEBAUGH, or whisky.~The horses had not been overlooked.
24    1,   19|          of lucerne. The worn-out horses had stretched themselves
25    1,   19|     gradually drawing closer. The horses displayed signs of the liveliest
26    1,   19|        the palings. The terrified horses broke loose from their halters
27    1,   19|        pointing to the frightened horses, “Let us go together.”~“
28    1,   19|        the impossibility of their horses overtaking Thaouka; and
29    1,   20|        day’s march commenced. The horses were so well rested that
30    1,   20|    agitate the atmospheric waves. Horses and men were glad enough
31    1,   20|        such a sierra as this. The horses scarcely slackened their
32    1,   22|          upon himself to have the horses saddled, and make all preparations.
33    1,   22|    monotonous prairie beneath the horsestread.~Hitherto the weather
34    1,   22|        gallop of forty miles, the horses stopped on the brink of
35    1,   22|          with aquatic plants, the horses could get through well enough,
36    1,   22|        easier said than done. The horses soon tired of treading over
37    1,   22|          a double bath, for their horses dashed up the water to their
38    1,   22|          would give way. The poor horses outside, exposed to all
39    1,   22|        with fearful rapidity.~The horses were spurred on to the utmost,
40    1,   22|         refuge, and the terrified horses galloped so wildly along
41    1,   22|       been considerable. The poor horses, however, were breast-high
42    1,   22|    themselves up for lost, as the horses were fast getting out of
43    1,   22|        minutes afterward, and the horses were swimming; the current
44    1,   22|         reach at all hazards. The horses very likely might not be
45    1,   22|        other rapidly; but all the horses, except Thaouka, who still
46    1,   26|           to give, however? Arms, horses, everything had been destroyed
47    2,    6|   bullocks and about half a dozen horses were feeding in meadows,
48    2,    8|          needed much less. Strong horses were provided for Lord Glenarvan,
49    2,    8|        himself among the baggage. Horses and bullocks were grazing
50    2,    8|         and family returned home. Horses and wagons were to be ready
51    2,    8|          the arrival of the seven horses, saddled and ready. They
52    2,    8|          revolvers, mounted their horses. Ayrton gave a peculiar
53    2,    9|      marked by ardor, both in the horses and the horsemen. This is
54    2,    9|          the horsemen, but if the horses are to go far, their speed
55    2,    9|          Besides, the pace of the horses must be regulated by the
56    2,    9|           wine. There are 103,000 horses spreading over the plains,
57    2,    9|              I am not, Madam. The horses and the cattle here are
58    2,   10|    bullocks, 11,000 sheep, and 75 horses. All these had been bought
59    2,   10|          and last of all came the horses.~Sam Machell drew the attention
60    2,   10|         slope upward, so that the horses and bullocks were able to
61    2,   11|         enables them to track any horses that may stray from the
62    2,   13|           quite bearable. Neither horses nor bullocks could complain
63    2,   13|        full speed; but though the horses were at a gallop, Glenarvan
64    2,   13|           dampness of the ground. Horses, cattle, and wagon could
65    2,   13|      temple, and the tramp of the horses, a few words exchanged with
66    2,   14|    clanking of the hobbles on the horsesfeet.~Paganel was engrossed
67    2,   14|          men appeared, mounted on horses of the most perfect breed,
68    2,   14|     friends, for the station. The horses and the camp were left to
69    2,   14|      twelve hoursrest, and both horses and bullocks would be the
70    2,   14|           five miles further, the horses were still treading the
71    2,   15|        bullocks by harnessing the horses, although they were tired
72    2,   15|         not known, but one of the horses sank suddenly, without the
73    2,   15|        much of the sport, and the horses little needed any additional
74    2,   15|   measured thirty feet in height. Horses and riders passed easily
75    2,   15|           three bullocks and four horses.~The situation became grave.
76    2,   15|  Glenarvan examined the surviving horses with great uneasiness, but
77    2,   15| expedition remained satisfactory; horses and cattle did their task
78    2,   15|     turned them out with the four horses, and allowed no one but
79    2,   16|    strength of men, bullocks, and horses.~“At any rate, we must make
80    2,   16|    astonished not to discover the horses and bullocks where he had
81    2,   16|            Two bullocks and three horses lay stretched on the ground,
82    2,   16|            Because out of all our horses only the one your blacksmith
83    2,   16|      capable of having killed our horses and bullocks? And for what
84    2,   17|      since the Wimerra.’ ‘All the horses are dead.’ ‘The poison is
85    2,   17|          to kill our bullocks and horses. At the right moment he
86    2,   17|        left shoe, for one off the horses that had died in the night.
87    2,   19|  mail-coach, drawn by five strong horses, left Delegete at a gallop.
88    2,   19|         lose a minute in changing horses, which took place every
89    3,    1|      Victoria Hotel lent them two horses, and they set out on the
90    3,    8|       progress. Neither wagon nor horses could have passed where
91    3,   18|           as the Snowy River. The horses and bullocks dropped dead
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