human
Now for ways and means, Reuben said.
gpt
What spare horses have you, Mr. Blount?
human
I have only two, besides the one I am riding.
gpt
I should like to take at least six. We must carry a good store of provisions.
human
I don't think you need trouble about that, Mr. Blount said.
gpt
We must take a supply of flour with us, and of course tea and sugar; and a few bottles of rum will not be amiss. All these I can furnish. But as to meat, I do not think we need trouble. Going as fast as the blacks will travel, there are sure to be lots of the sheep fall by the way. The blacks will eat as many as they can, but even a black cannot stuff himself beyond a certain extent, and there will be plenty for us.
human
Yes, I did not think of that, Reuben replied;
gpt
It would be a good thing to have a few with us, though, one of the young men said.
human
My place is only six miles off. I will ride over and bring back three with me; they are all good ones, and I should be sorry to find they were gone when I get back. I can lead one, my black boy can ride another and lead the third. It is likely enough some of the horses may give out, or get speared if the blacks make a fight of it, and half a dozen spare horses would come in very handy.
gpt
That will make ten altogether, with Blount's two. We shall travel all the faster, because we can ride the spare horses by turns.