Scratched in her short, black hair, chewed a cigar-end, spat.

Up, on the rise, the cattle bunched; the bulls

Drew to the front with menace, pawing bold,

Snatching the grass-roots out with sudden pulls,

The distant cattle raised their heads; the wold

Grew dusty at the top; a waggon rolled,

Drawn by a bickering team of mules whose eyes

Were yellow like their teeth and bared and full of vice.

Down to the jetty came the jingling team,

An Irish cowboy driving, while a Greek