. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. SPAN OF OXEN IN TEAM OF BROWN OXEN. 330 Animal Life local weather prophet that it was only the pride of the morning, so about me and the necessary camera crossing the big ground. The dinner-hourcommenced at 12 oclock; but, in spite of the weather prophet, by that time the elementshad made up their miuds that it was a suitable date for a spell of wet. The camera,wrapped in its velvet cloth, was placed in the hedge, whilst the ox-man, boy and myselfcrouched under the bushiest part. The wind blew in
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. SPAN OF OXEN IN TEAM OF BROWN OXEN. 330 Animal Life local weather prophet that it was only the pride of the morning, so about me and the necessary camera crossing the big ground. The dinner-hourcommenced at 12 oclock; but, in spite of the weather prophet, by that time the elementshad made up their miuds that it was a suitable date for a spell of wet. The camera,wrapped in its velvet cloth, was placed in the hedge, whilst the ox-man, boy and myselfcrouched under the bushiest part. The wind blew in angry gusts; the rain found itsway in cold streams down the backs of our necks; meanwhile the good red earth gotdarker and darker, and clouds of steam rose from the hot bodies of the span—a spanthat absolutely refused to lie down. To pass the time, I asked the ox-man if his charges were always as quiet anddocile as they appeared to the onlooker. He looked far away to the beyond, and pulledthoughtfully at his pipe for a time; then he remarked: Theym funny creturs tobrek in. Tell me an experience,
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