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very unsuccessful, having all missed, except 

 one who broke the neck of a calf; so we 

 had a live bull and cow, and a dead calf. On 

 returning to the cow, she was standing up 

 with half a dozen lassos over her, and the 

 same number of horses standing with their 

 tails pointed straight at her to restrain her 

 from running at every live thing she saw. 

 A council was then held to decide whether 

 the hunt should be proceeded with, as the 

 cattle that had escaped seemed much ex- 

 hausted, and fresh horses might easily have 

 been procured ; but an old man reminded 

 the remainder that we had two wild beasts 

 to lead four or five miles, one of whom was 

 more like a " tigre "^ than a cow, and so it 

 was concluded to lay the calf on a horse, and 

 secure the old live ones for leading. The 

 old bull was easy enough to secure, as he 

 had one of his hind-legs tied fast to his 

 horns : we then made him fast to a horse's 

 tail by a short lasso some three yards long, 

 and by another longer lasso made fast to the 

 pummel of a horse that followed him ; the 

 thong that made his hind-leg fast to the 

 horns was then just slackened enough for 

 him to put his foot to the ground, but with 

 much limping; so that they proceeded as 



