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He did not have his reins undone, so his horse would probably have got his hind foot in the reins, & would have been drowned. The man should have been off his horse hanging on to the mane near the wither, & guiding the horse with a very light hand on the reins. A most ingenious way of floating the empty buck board over the river, with 2 gallon drums. If fully loaded, 44 gallon drums would have been the best, tho 10 gal drums would carry a fair load. That was a bonsa (sic) picture of the Crockodiles (sic) (crocodiles) on the river bank. No wonder they wanted some more fresh horses the way they galloped theirs about. It was nice to see the mob of brumbies so beautifully classed up. No stallions, brood mares, foals, yearlings, 2 & 3 year olds, & all of them with their tails so nicely pulled. My eyesight was not good enough to see if they were shod.

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