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yc foon drag him to the ground, while the ftronger 
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is not able to lay hold on him. It is very fre- 
quent on thofe occafions for each party to have — 
{pies, to watch the other’s motions, which puts 
them more on a footing of equality. For want 
of hair to pull, they feize each other about the - 
waift, with legs wide extended, and try their 
ftrength, by endeavouring to vie who can firft 
thro wthe other down. 
On thefe wreftling occafions the ftanders-by ne- 
ver attempt to interfere in the conteft ; even one | 
brother offers not to affift another, unlefs it” 
be with advice, which, as it is always delivered 
openly on the field during the conteft, may, in 
fact, be faid to be equally favourable to both par- 
ties. It fometimes happens that one of the wreft. | 
lers is fuperior in ftrength to the other; and if a | 
woman be the caufe of the conteft, the weaker is | 
frequently unwilling to yield, notwithftanding he 
is greatly overpowered. When this happens to 
be the cafe, the relations and friends, or other 
bye-ftanders, will fometimes join to perfuade the 
weaker combatant to give up-the conteft, left, by 
continuing it, he fhould get bruifed and hurt, 
without the leaft probability of being able to pro- 
te& what he is contending for. I obferved that — 
very few of thofe people were difiatisfied with the 
wives which had fallen to their lot, for whenever 
any confiderable number of them were in com- 
pany, fcarcely a day pafled without fome over- 
tures being made for contefts of this kind; and 
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