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in behind the other two, first taking the 

 precaution to have the barge moored 

 clear of the quay and other craft. We 

 then moved on, when the brute threw 

 himself about first up in the air then 

 down on his knees up again then for- 

 ward then back on his haunches: but 

 the two fore horses kept on, and their 

 traces, acting upon the barge, did not 

 give him time to lay down, and, after 

 two or three attempts to baffle us, he 

 rolled off the towing-path into the canal. 

 Here, after two or three plunges, and 

 immersed in water, the tackle holding 

 good, he regained his feet and the 

 towing-path at the same time; and the 

 other two horses keeping their places 

 and their pace, and the barge being in 

 motion, there was nothing left for him 

 but to keep quietly on, or put up with 

 another ducking. He chose the former, 

 walked up to his collar, and took his 



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