The motion of the litter would have been more easy for the wounded lad, but it would have necessitated two bearers, that is to say, there would have been two guns less for defense if an attack was made on the road.
A hordágy ugyan sokkalta kevésbé rázza a sebesültet, de két fegyverbíró ember kezét foglalja le; márpedig azzal számolniok kellett a telepeseknek, hogy útközben támadás éri őket, és puskával kell védekezniök.