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and then they begin at the bottom and drive them 

 up past three or four windrows ; and then one horse 

 stands still and some one holds him, and a man 

 drives the other horse, just walking beside him and 

 holding the reins that way, to the other end of the 

 windrow." 



"I see ; and the chain is on the upper side." 

 "Yes. Then they drive the horses down the slope 

 and toward each other, too, and the hay collects in 

 a big bunch, and the chain holds it, and you sit on it, 

 and it 's- beautiful! The last trips are the nicest 

 ones, for the hay is 'way up and you have a long ride. 

 It 's it 's extremely interesting," she said. 



"Urn," said Herr Trommel ; "I should think it 

 might be. I did not know that method. I have 

 learned something." 



