Shall we halt or go on ?" "Go on for another hour, and the men can thus examine the traces and the wagons by daylight, and then, when we stop, we can remedy any defects." "Be it so; there is a house, is there not, on the rising ground, as far as you can see ?" "Yes, I think so," replied the Major.
"I know it very well," said Swinton; "it is the farm of a Dutch boor, Milius, whom we saw at Algoa Bay.

I did not think that we had got on so fast.

It is about three miles off, so it will just be convenient for our breakfast.

It will take us a good hour to arrive there, and then we will unyoke the oxen.

How many have we yoked ?" "Ten to each wagon.