iSl THE LIFE or 



will not touch j but the great number of thcnij 

 which are every where to be found, renders a 

 fingle horfe of very little irnportance. The 

 Indians, who are very dextrous in catching 

 them, ride in a very lingular manner ; their 

 faddle is coarfe, and the girths are ot hide ; their 

 bridles exadly refemble thofe of the Moors, 

 Turks, and Tartars, a circumftance which the 

 more aftonifhes me that there is no conncdtioa 

 between the countries, but their ftirrups are 

 widely different, and truly lingular in chtircon- 

 flru(ftion ; theyconfifi of a piece of wood which 

 forms a fort of femicirclc, about an inch diame- 

 ter^ and there is a hole through each end of this 

 to receive the ftirrup leather. The Indic-in 

 fixes his^r«?^/ ioe in this curved piece of wood, 

 which is juft large enough to receive it, nor, 

 does he touch the flirrup with any other part of 

 his foot; in fad, they ri,de (contrary to the, 

 pradlice of the Moors, &c.) with fuch long 

 ftirrups, that it requires the utmofi extent of 

 the leg, to reach them even with the toe. 



The Admiral's departure from his fliip was 

 announced by the ufual falute, and a fjgnal gun. 

 was fired from every fort on the coaft between, 

 the road where the Ihips lay and the town ; thefe 

 forts, as he palTed them, likewife fired a royal 

 falute. This great ceremony was performed 

 becaufe his Excellency had come from Lifbon, 



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