What does ound external mean and is it a metaphor?
It is the round eternal, meaning the never ending task of balancing the books. I somehow rather fancy that I’d like to change with Clancy Like to take a turn at droving where the seasons come and go While he faced the round eternal of the cashbook and the journal But I doubt he’d suit the office, Clancy of the overflow. Anjo is saying that he’d like to change places and go droving while Clancy faced the never ending round of balancing the cashbook and doing the repetitive tasks of the office.