The Lake Frome Monster. Arthur W. UpfieldЧитать онлайн книгу.
five-gallon water-drums, which at times had to last six days. This supply had to be eked out by the man, and thus the daily average of two gallons had to meet both cooking demands and personal washing supply.
The first time Old George put on his Act charmed Bony. Bony rationed himself to three pannikins of water in a dish, and immediately he poured this amount Old George would shuffle forward in his hobbles and wait for the dish of used and soapy water to be presented to him. This he would drink avidly, toss up his head and at once bring up cud for chewing.
That was what he needed, his cud to be moistened. Thereafter he could manage to get through the day. Rosie disdained such service. After her fourth day she would fidget when being saddled and loaded, sink herself low to ground so that her surcingles would not be passed under her until shallow channels were scooped with a shovel. When this was going on she would moan like a tortured soul, attempt to sink lower, flinch and generally stage a sit-down strike. In addition to the iron saddle which was divided into two compartments to take the hump, she carried the tucker box at the forward end, whilst coils of wire were hung from either side. Old George, the bullock, carried about five hundredweight of gear including the heavy pack saddle.
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