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A Buffalo Hunt in Northern Mexico. 



THE SCHOOL OF THE LARIAT. 



" There is plenty of room; take your choice," he of the mild manner 

 said, when we spoke of disposing of ourselves for the night. We set 

 out forthwith to find the cleanest and best aired unoccupied room. 



Through another arched passage, into another square court ; 

 and company, nice-looking people, who actually arose and touched 

 their hats to us, though at the moment of our appearance they 

 were laughing with great gusto. Two children — brown-skinned, 

 naked little fellows — had opened a school of the lariat, for 

 the entertainment of the strangers. Gaunt goats, exceedingly tall 

 and strong, served them as steeds ; a gander answered for game. 

 They rode with the skill of monkeys and the grace of cupids. The 



