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f>\ j>ermitting It to become Hour, and then -tin in:; the curd and milk viol. Tilly with a large 

 Mirk until it is forced into a homogeneous maas. From the vim. -ni.-i.iii.-.- id. I :ut.n- m.ike 

 a frriurntrd liquid. Th.-se Horses are very strong :nul hardy, and tin- btMdlipVMerved in 

 good condition hy the custom \\hi.-h ].i.-..,il- ;mi..i.- tin- Tartars of killing and eating the 

 defective "I- weak foals. :unl preset \ ini: t In -i inn- :ni<l healthy for use. lleini: brought up 

 with tin- family, tin- Tariai- ll<> u;l.- ami familiar xsitli its nwm-rs. \N ln-u th-y are 



inly a f.'\v mouili-nf a:;.- tli.-\ an 1 riilildi liy tli- rliildivn, luit HI-MT lac-k.-.| l.\ a man until 

 tlit-y are five or six years old. They an- thru, however, severely treated, Iwintc f..rrr.l tu travel , 

 for aevenil consecutive days, and to endure great I'lixationa of hunger ami thirst. 



MUHTAMi. 



AN-MIIH: wrFl-known example of thr Wild Horae is th-- Mi -i \N>. nf th- 

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Thi> animal i>* i-nuv r i - rir:it'd into vast lu-rds. whirli an- always under the guardianship of 

 a -inirlr Iradrr, \v ln> i> alilr. in sonu- \\midrrfiil maimrr. to c<in\.-y hi> unirrs to all his Mill 

 -imultaiifously. Although surrouiulrd l.y various iiriuir-. >m-h a.s the puma, th' 

 wolf, and thr jaguar, they rare little for tin-si- ravrimus ami |Mi\\rrful rarnivoni, trusting in 

 their united strength to save them from harm. Then- N m> animal that will dare to fare a 

 troop i if Wild Horses, which often entice the dnmrMirated animals into their ranks, and 

 carry them exiiltinirly into the free j.lain>. 



The Mustang is always a stmnu and a usrful animal, and is much sought after as a 

 saddle- horse. To rupture th<-..i- wild creatures is a very difficult matin-, ami i* gnierally 

 managed liy the help of the lasso, although the ritle i> -iimetinii-. i.-ilL-d into reipii.-itioii in 

 difficult cases. This latter j.lan. technically called rrea-in-." is never employed luit by 

 very accurate marksmen, as the difference of half an inch in the line of tire is sufficient 

 either to miss the animal or to kill it on the njHit. In "crea^im: " a II. use. the hunter aims 

 o aa to graze the skull just In-hind the ear, the Midden blow stunning the hoi- i few- 



seconds, during which time the hunter pounce., on the liewildered animal, and secure* it 

 l-f<>re it has fairly recovered its 



