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the report had only the effect of entertaining them, so that they had evidently never known the effects of ball cartridges.
Wednesday 22 Before sunrise our sable neighbours saluted us with calls. They had only retired to some recesses of the rocks last night and they reappeared in full force again as we were sitting down to breakfast. They continued on the rocks till 9 oclock watching us backing up and saddling our horses. As we were moving off, I took some damper and sugar and rode over to where they were, at the foot of the range. only two old warriors would stand till I got near them, but they would not stand if I came nearer than