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Picture of overlanding? absurd?

It started with, "bullocks are worth more than bullets" & the first little lot were. They were good Chillers, better than Freezers. But all of the other mob were only stores, & mostly steers, not bullocks. In some cases the steers were spread all over the place just wandering about & feeding, no one with them. The drivers (not drovers) must have been away at a pub, or they sure would not have galloped straight towards the mob, guess three horses would not last long at the pace they sent them. About the only natural thing was the steers lieing (lying) down chewing the cud, & if they had not had a drink for three days, that was not natural. They were as full as ticks, & had just had a drink by the look of them, that is the reason the man on foot halted them going into the water. There was plenty

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