Nobody answered , and the troop-horse said , to change the conversation , `` Where 's that little dog ? A dog means a man somewhere about . '' `` Here I am , '' yapped Vixen , `` under the gun tail with my man . You big , blundering beast of a camel you , you upset our tent . My man 's very angry . '' `` Phew ! '' said the bullocks . `` He must be white ! '' `` Of course he is , '' said Vixen . `` Do you suppose I 'm looked after by a black bullock-driver ? '' `` Huah ! Ouach ! Ugh ! '' said the bullocks . `` Let us get away quickly . '' They plunged forward in the mud , and managed somehow to run their yoke on the pole of an ammunition wagon , where it jammed . `` Now you have done it , '' said Billy calmly . `` Do n't struggle . You 're hung up till daylight . What on earth 's the matter ? ''
The bullocks went off into the long hissing snorts that Indian cattle give , and pushed and crowded and slued and stamped and slipped and nearly fell down in the XXXXX , grunting savagely .
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