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privation felt by a chasseur in ser- 
vice is, the want of a segar, which 
he must not use in the woods, where 
the scent, from the freshness of the 
trees and stillness of the air, conti- 
nues long suspended, and is gradually 
spread’in the atmosphere, by which 
the company could not but be be- 
trayed, in spite of the great si- 
lence which they observe on their 
marches. At other times the segar 
is hardly ever out of their mouths. 
I must now complete your idea of 
a Spanish chasseur, by giving you a 
description of his dress. You may 
imagine it will be brief, for the 
wearer is not a man of fashion, and 
he lives beneath a vertical sun. A 
check shirt, open at the collar, so as 
to expose the neck, from which 
hangs a small crucifix; a wide pair 
of trowsers, also check; a straw 
hat, or rather one manufactured of 
the morass thatch, divided into small 
filaments, seven or eight inches in 
the rim, with a shallow round crown, 
and very light; add his belt and 
sword, already described, and a pair 
of untanned leather shoes. Into 
this dress, put a man with a Spanish 
countenance, swarthy but animated, 
a person above the middle size, thin, 
but not meagre: to his belt affix the 
cotton ropes, and imagine them at- 
tached by collars round the necks of 
his dogs, and you will havea finished 
picture of him. 
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Besides his untanned shoe, the 
chasseur often contrives, in the 
woods, a curious defence for his 
feet, which is greatly preferable- 
Having skinned the thighs and hocks 
of the wild hog, he thrusts ‘his foot . 
into the raw hide as far as he can 
force it, then cuts a small slip at 
the instep, and, with his knife, takes 
off the superfiuous skin behind, 
adapting the remainder to his ancle 
and the lower part of his leg. The 
pliant hide takes the shape of a close 
short half-boot, fitting like a glove 
on the foot, with a lengthened use- 
less projection’ beyond the toe, 
something resembling the modérn 
fashion of our beaux, ‘This contriy- 
ance will last a march of weeks or 
months; but once taken off, the 
skin dries, shrivels, and becomes 
useless. ‘There are porco zopatos 
made of dried hides that reach to 
the calf of the leg; but they are 
wide, hard, and not pliant to the 
feet. 
The Besucal chasseurs had not 
above seventy dogs properly broke 5 
the others, of which they had many, 
though of the same breed; will kill 
the object they pursue: they fly at 
the throat, or other part of a mag, 
and never quit their hold, till they 
are cut in two. These dogs, howe 
ever, are seldom, if ever, carried 
out till perfectly trained. 
Eo) ie NATURAL 
