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 line parted�察�t would whip。 So maybe half the time Buck and I worked without liaison�察�doing it dead slow ard depending on his judgment。
  
  If there was not a sound anchor tree properly posi~ ioned
  
  ´and it seems to me that this happened more often than not´then we had to wait while I worked something out。 This cOuld be anything�此�a sling between two trees�察�then rig a fairlead to a third tree´ A bare´rock anchor using driven pitons
  
  ´I hated these as I had to do my checking right at the rear axle�察�walking behind�察�and God help us all if I stumbled。 Then that was always followed by the time´consuming chore of salvaging those pitons´the harder the rock�察�the better the anchor�察�but the tougher the job of getting them out´and I had to get them out�察�I would need them farther along。
  
  Sometimes no trees and ´ no rock´ Once the anchor was twelve mules faced back along the trail�察�with Dora soothing them while I checked at a rear axle and Bu~k controlled the progress。
  
  On the prairie we often made thirty kilometers a day。 Once we were through Hopeless Pass and had started down the gorge the distance made good over the ground could be zero for days on end while I prepared the trail ahead�察�then up to as high as ten kilometers if there were no steep pitches that required rappelling down by line。 I used just one unbreakable
  
  rule�此�The trail bad to be fully prepared ~from one turnaround base to the next before a wagon was moved。
  
  Minerva�察�it was so confounded slow that my ;calendar; caught up with me�察�the sow littered´and we were not out of the mountains。 ´
  
  I don't recall ever making a harder decision。 Dora was in good shape�察�but she was halfway through her pregnancy~ Turn back ��as I had promised myself�察�without teffing her��´ or push on and hope to reach lower and fairly level ground' before she came to term�拭�Which would be easier on´her��
  
  I had to consult her´but I had to decide。 Responsibility cannot be shared。 I knew how she would vote before I took the matter up with her�此�Push on。
  
  But that would be simply her gallant courage�察�I was the one with experience both in wilderness trekking and in childbirth problems。
  
  I studied those photomaps again without learning anything new。 Somewhere ahead the gorge opened out into a broad river valley´but how far�拭�I didn't know because I didn't know where we were。 We had started with an odometer on the right rear wheel of the lead wagon�察�I had reset it to zero at the pass´and it had lasted only a day or two�察�a rock or something did it in。 I didn't even know how much altitude we had managed to drop since the pass�察�or how much more we must lose to get down。
  
  Livestock 。and equipment�此�fair。 We had lost two mules。 Pretty Girl had wandered over the edge one night and broken a leg�察�all I could do for her was to put her out of her misery。 I didn't butcher her ´ because we had fresh meat and I could not do it where the other mules could not see it�察�anyhow。 John Barleycorn had simply upped and died one night´orpossibly lost to a loper�察�he was partly eaten when we found him。 ´
  
  Three hens were dead and two piglets failed to make it�察�but the sow seemed willing to suckle the others。
  
  I had only two spare wheels left。 Lose two more and the next broken wheel meant abandoning one wagon。
  
  It was the wheels that made up my mind。
  
  ��Omitted�此�approximately 7��000 words which reiterate difilculties in getting down the gorge。��
  
  When we came out on that plateau�察�we could see the valley
  
  stretching out before us。´
  
  A beautiful valley�察�Miner´va�察�wide and green and lovely´ thousands and thousands of hectares of ideal farmland。 The river from the gorge�察�tame now�察�meandered lazily between low banks。 Facing us�察�a long�察�long way off�察�was a high peak crowned with snow。 Its snow line let me guess how high it was´around six thousand meters�察�for we had now dropped down into subtropics�察�and only a very high mountain could keep so much snow through a long and very hot summer。
  
  That beautiful mountain�察�that lush green valley�察�gave me´a feeling of d�j��vu。 Then I placed it�此�Mount Hood in the land of my birth back on old Earth�察�as I bad first seen it as a young man。 'But this valley�察�this snowcapped peak�察�had never before been seen by men。
  
  I called out to Buck to halt the march。 ;Dorable�察�we're home。 In sight of it�察�somewhere down in that valley。;
  
  ;'Home��' ; she repeated。 ;Oh�察�my darling� �
  
  ;Doa't sniffle。;´
  
  ;I wasn't sniffling� ─�she answered�察�sniffling。 ;But I've got an awful good cry saved up and when I get time to�察�I'm going to use it。;
  
  ´ ;All right�察。�dear�察─�I agreed�察 �when you have time。 Let's name that mountain 'Dora Mountain。';
  
  She looked thoughtful。 ;No�察�that's not' its name。 That's Mount Hope。 And all this below is Happy Valley。;
  
  ;Durable Dora�察�you're incurably sentimental。;
  
  ;You should talk� ─�She patted her belly�察�swollen almost to term。 ;That's Happy Valley because it's whe're I'm going to have this hungry little beast 。 。 and that's Mount Hope because it is。;
  
  Buck had e back to the first wagon and was waiting to find out why we had stopped。 ;Buck�察─�I said�察�pointing�察 �that's home out there。 We made it。 Home�察�boy。 Farm。;
  
  Buck looked out over the valley。 ;Ogay。;
  
  ´in his sleep�察 � Minerva。 Not lopers�察�there wasn't a mark on Buck。 Massive coronary�察�I think�察�although I didn't cut him open to find out。 He was simply old and tired。 Before we left�察�I had tried to put him to pasture with John Magee。 But Buck didn't want that。 We were his family�察�Dora and Beulah and I�察�and he wanted to e along。 So I made him mule boss and didn't work him´I mean I never rode him and never had him in harness。 He did work�察�as mule boss�察�and his patient good judgment got us safely to Happy Valley。 We would not have made it without him。
  
  Maybe he could have lived a few years longer turned out to pasture。 Or be might have pined away frdm loneliness soon after we left。 Who's to judge��
  
  I' didn't even consider butchering him�察�I think Dora would have miscarried if I had so much as broached the idea。 But it is foolish to bury a mule when lopers and weather will soon take care of his carcass。 So I buried him。
  
  It takes an hellacious big hole to bury a mule�察�if it hadn't been soft river´bottom loam�察�I'd be there yet。
  
  But first I had to deal with personnel problems。 Ken was just junior to Beulab in the water queue and was a steady�察�strong mule who talked fairly well。 On the other hand�察�Beulah had been Buck's straw boss the whole trek´but I could not recall a gang of mules bossed by a mare。 ´ ´
  
  Minerva�察�with H。 sapiens this would not matter�察�at least not today on Secundus。 But with some sorts of animals it does matter。 A boss elephant is female。 A boss chicken is a cock�察�not a hen。 A boss dog can be either sex。 In a breed where sex controls the matter a man had better by a damn sight go along with their ways。
  
  I decided to see if Beulah could swing it�察�so I told her to。 line 'em up for harness�察�both as a test

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