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point, climbed on to the intervening 

 bank, and, giving a mighty yell, 

 dashed forward in the direction of 

 the noise, quickly followed by Pierre 

 and myself. And then we found that 

 Pierre's horse had slipped his head- 

 collar and the captain's had broken 

 away from the twig to which he had 

 been tied, and the pair of them were 

 now having a good set-to hoof and 

 tooth as hard as they could go. It 

 was a great fight, and was all the 

 more amusing to watch, as the two 

 owners kept skipping round, at a 

 very safe distance, hurling stones 

 and abuse with equal futility at their 

 pugilistic quads. 



At length, by using huge branches, 

 we succeeded in separating and se- 

 curing the combatants ; and although 

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