A Buffalo Hunt in Northern Mexico. 



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THE START. 



isle where to be known argues a merit out of the common. His spirit 

 arose at the suggestion of the courteous Mexican ; he spoke to me, then 

 replied that nothing would make us happier, only we had no horses. 



Don Miguel smiled. 



"You cannot have been long in these parts," he said. " Horses 

 here are to be had for the asking. We will see you supplied." 



The offer was accepted, and the party was to start at five o'clock 

 next morning, under guidance of the shepherd. 



Part II. The Hunt. 



We did not get started till day, though we breakfasted by 

 candle-light. The sally from the patio in which, midst the confu- 

 sion and the seethe and boil of several tempests in an unclean tea- 

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