the pony had been in such a situation 

 before, if I had not, and she taught me 

 what to do. She gave a sudden spring 

 forward when a space just big enough 

 for her appeared, then wove her way 

 a few paces forward between two ani- 

 mals who had room enough on the 

 other side of them to give way a little, 

 while the space I had just left had 

 closed up, a tight mass of groaning 

 creatures. 



Thus we worked our way to the left 

 whenever there was a chance, and at 

 last through the dust I could see the 

 heavenly open space beyond. Forget- 

 ting my tactics, I made straight for it, 

 and was caught in one of those terrible 

 waves of tightly pressed creatures 

 which is caused by those on the out- 

 side pressing towards the centre, and 

 the centre giving until there is no more 



