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the great herd. It was communicated from 

 animal to animal by rapid breathing, toss- 

 ings of the head and jerkings of the short 

 spike-like tails, and the stamping of many 

 hoofs. The very air was surcharged with 

 excitement. 



With each successive flash of lightning 

 and each reverberating peal of thunder, the 

 crowding and pushing, snorting and stamp- 

 ing increased until the entire mass was 

 turbulent like an angry sea, tossing this 

 way and that. 



To add to the confusion, the air was filled 

 with deep, angry bellows, low moans from 

 crowding bulls, and long, quavering lows 

 from anxious cows, who feared that their 

 calves might be killed in the crush, while 

 their lusty offspring added to the din by 

 calling loudly and persistently for their 

 dams. 



For half an hour more Buck and Bennie 

 crowded and pushed, fighting for their 



