It would not be difficult to get enough for you and me, but when it comes to a large number the sack of the whole settlement would not go very far.
"My own idea is that we had best join the others tonight, kill a few sheep, and go two or three days' march into the bush, until the heat of the pursuit is over.

We are all armed, the blacks would not venture to attack us, and the soldiers would not be likely to pursue us very far.
In a week or so, when we can assume that matters have cooled down a bit, we can come down again.

We know all the shepherds, and even if they were not disposed to help us they would not dare to betray us, or report a sheep or two being missing.

Of course, we shall have to be very careful to shift our quarters frequently.

Those black trackers are sure to be sent out pretty often." "As long as we are hanging about the settlements there won't be much fear of our being bothered by the blacks.