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Show UOEII LAAOEna BAVJ rormad rroin Uoo. I'larad Alia la VJ Alia, 1'sWa Oqlaanl. HBSJ In South Africa, whenever travoltri M "oulspan" for the night, they Invarla- HH bly form tho wagons Into a detenalv work railed a laager. Provided thero HHJ aro enough wngons. Ibis .Is either avsawJ iquarevDr"bMong; lhelatter shape, be- VsVsi Ing prrferrcd. When each ox Is at- lowed thlrly-slx aqua e feet tbo srnal- Icat alzed laager that will hold tho oxen Is that formed by sixty wagons. These are formed In single rank In a hollow square, tbe axles touching, and with their poles outward. This ren- dera the Improvised protection easily BBS remoied when tho order to "Import" Is BBV given. Each wheel should be locked and faatencd securely to Ita neighbor, to prevent nn enemy from dragging out ono of tbo wagons and Ihua gaining ttyj acceat to tho aquare. Eiery human HBV being and animal must bo within tho Inetosuro beforo dark, or they may run BBS aerloua risk from being fired upon by ftVH their own friends. If tlmo permits a shelter trench should bo dug all around tho laager, to that, with men lying In BH them, the others posted on the wagons, BV a double tier of Infantry tiro may bo BH maintained. BH |