Having obtained their object further pursuit was useless, 80 picking up the scattered loot, they began to retrace their steps. The amount of loot obtained, did not seem to satisfy their wishes, however, so rumour gocs_ that they frightened away the herd boys attending their cattle and driving the herd before them, made headway for home. Under such conditions it seems folly to notify the authorities when a robbery occurs, for if help is sent, it means being fleeced twice instead of once-—or oftentimes the second fleecing is the more minute and detailed. We have seen these tactics in action, and. know what it feels like to be searched the second time, when your money has already been taken or your clothing too has gone.
We have never seen the herd boys driven away by the soldiers, but we have met the latter bringing in the cattle and goats and have been told by onlookers where they came from.
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