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going on, so forthwith makes himself acquainted 

 with the cause of his allies' disagreements. 



There was nothing for it, however, but to push 

 rward, which we did with renewed energy, and 

 although our position was not without a certain 

 amount of danger, it occurred very forcibly to me 

 that I might at that time be poorer than I was in 

 the morning by the loss of my sturdy little mare. 

 I had bought her green and quite uneducated ; 

 through kindness she had become an apt pupil, and 

 was as near perfection as any horse I ever owned. 

 She had no faults, and but one deficiency, that was, 

 she was scarcely as fast as I should have desired ; 

 however, in the country of the very big game, her 

 speed for their pursuit was amply sufficient. 



CORBIVEAUX. 



