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was hoisted up, and the moment his head was 

 let go, away he went as if he had been fired 

 out of a gun ! 



My grandfather shouted some directions 

 to me, which I did not catch — whoever does 

 liear directions under such circumstances ? A 

 small brush fence at the end of the meadow 

 did not stop him ; he jumped high at it, but 

 I jumped a good deal higher even than he 

 did, and was embracing his neck when we 

 landed. The next field was bounded by a 

 high wall, so that he could go no farther. 

 With undiminished speed he raced round it, 

 and gradually bore away back again towards 

 the meadow we started the cruise in. As^ain 

 he charged and topped the low fence ; this 

 time I seemed to be sitting on his ears. He 

 went about twenty yards farther, and then 

 stopped dead, and with great calmness and 

 methodical precision kicked me off, after 

 which he quietly commenced grazing. 



I rose to my feet, and waited to receive 

 my grandfather's sympathy as I screwed my 

 knuckles into one eye. I waited, however, 



