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we left for Madioen, our Rees-Wagen had to be transported across the river on a raft, the horses being conveyed over in boats and attached to the carriage on the opposite side. We were again unfortunate in our horses, or rather large-sized ponies, some of which were so obstinate and vicious that it appeared to us as though they were scarcely broken in. Two or three times we seemed in imminent danger of capsizing, and, in one instance, the four front ponies leaped over the low embankment which separated us from a field, and was but a few yards from a deep ditch. Had our Rees-Wagen been a carriage of light construction, probably the result would have been far from pleasant; but fortunately it was too cumbrous to