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It was the fight or the finell of their remams, my 
oxen took fright, and were fo unruly in their 
■• traces, that it became neceflary to unharnefs 
them as quickly as polGble. The inftant they 
were at liberty, they fet off on a gallop towards 
the horde, and fome of our company were 
obliged to run after them to bring them back. 
Already, in the morning, when they were 
firft put to the waggons,* they had fhown them- 
felves reftive, and it was not without difBculty 
that we harneffed them. The fatal confe- 
quences that might arife from fuch dangerous 
freaks prefented themfelves to my mind, and 
made me ftill more regret the lofs of my old 
teams. To how many accidents fhould I be 
expofed from animals fo badly broken in ! 
This was a new fubje(fl, of inquietude. Hap- 
pily, however, all I fuffered this day was in 
apprchenfion. Thefe cattle, which gave me 
fo much reafon to fear for my people and 
my waggons, foon became gentle, and evea 
travelled with eafe twenty- four leagues in 
the next three days, acrofs mountains and 
through execrable roads, where we only once 
met with water, and that horribly bad. For- 
tunately we found fome in the trenches of 
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