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Everybody laughed at the two white boys , but they took the fun in good part and learnt their first important lesson in handling cattle : it 's never so easy that it does n't need care . -LSB- 1 -RSB- A camp-horse is a horse which has been especially trained for cutting out cattle on a cattle-camp . -LSB- 2 -RSB- Working on the face of the camp means taking cattle which have been cut out from the man who is doing this particular job , and driving them away to the second mob . The Branded Warragul By noon the cattle were in two mobs , clean-skins and branded . Leaving the clean-skins in charge of three boys , with instructions to keep them from straying , Mick and the other stockmen drove the branded cattle right away and let them go , and then rode back to camp for dinner . A fire was lit , the nine quart-pots put in the blaze , the damper and bag of meat brought out , and soon everybody was munching the hard tucker with a relish which can be gained only by a vigorous life in the open air . As soon as three of the black-boys had finished , they were sent out to relieve the ones who were watching the cattle , and at the end of the hour 's middle-day `` camp '' , everybody was ready for the branding .