sinner did it with much less effort and splash than the 

 bigger Tsetse. But then came an extremely unpleasant 

 spell. Snowball got a scare, because Hall in his anxiety 

 to get me out rushed up to him on the warty side to 

 get the reins off ; and the old ruffian waltzed around, 

 dragging Hall through the thorns, while Snarleyow 

 and I waited in the water for help. 



At that moment I had a poorer opinion of Snowball 

 and Snarley than at any other I can remember. I 

 wished Snarley dead twenty times in twenty seconds. 

 Crocodiles love dogs ; and it seemed to me a million 

 to one that a pair of green eyes and a black snout must 

 slide out of the water any moment, drawn to us by 

 those advertising whines ! And the worst of it was, 

 I was outside Snarley with my white legs gleaming 

 in the open water, while his cringing form was tucked 

 away half hidden by the reeds. What an age it 

 seemed ! How each reed shaken by the river breeze 

 caught the eye, giving me goose-flesh and sending 

 waves of cold shudders creeping over me ! How the 

 cold smooth touch of a reed stem against my leg made 

 me want to jump and to get out with one huge plunge as 

 the horses had done ! And even when I had passed the 

 struggling yowling Snarley up,the few remaining seconds 

 seemed painfully long. Hall had to lie flat and reach his 

 furthest to grip my hand ; and I nearly pulled him in, 

 scrambling up that bank like a chased cat up a tree. 



When one comes to think it out, the bank must 

 have been nine feet high. It was mighty unpleasant^ 

 but it taught us what a horse can do when ne _P uts 

 back into it ! 



