We were going to chair you round the big court last night, but the Colonel stopped it.

`Let the poor fellow have a good rest,' he said.

But we did all drink your health with three times three--in water.

Here--hullo! What game do you call that ?" He pointed to where, half a mile away, a dozen of our men were riding out, closely followed by the bullocks we had captured overnight.
"Taking the teams out to graze, I suppose.

The poor beasts must be well fed to keep them in condition." "Of course.