ALENCAR

O Guarani 3.4 · 3.4

The pack-train

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Pouco adiante, dous homens a pé tocavão alguns animaes carregados de caixas e outros volumes, cobertos com uma sarapilheira alcatroada que os abrigava da chuva.

A little ahead, two men on foot drove some animals laden with crates and other bundles, covered with a tarred burlap that sheltered them from the rain.

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Behind them, two men on foot drove pack animals laden with crates and bundles, covered by a tarred burlap that kept off the rain.

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The war-party has a baggage train, and the tarred sacking over the crates is a small perfect detail of a real working expedition. Alencar keeps his frontier concrete — these men carry their fortune in boxes on muleback through the rain, and every object earns its place.

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