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 
