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not fearful of, but have an attachment to, each other. As herbs and vegeta- 

 bles are sufficient for their nourishment, they have quite enough to satisfy 

 their appetite ; and as they have no relish for the flesh of animals, they 

 never make war with them, nor with each other. They never quarrel 

 about their food, they have no occasion to ravish the prey of another, the 

 ordinary source of contentions and quarrels. 



The astonishment and fear which the inhabitants of Mexico and Peru 

 expressed at the sight of horses and their riders, convinced the Spaniards 

 that this animal was entirely unknown in those countries. They therefore 

 carried thither a great number, as Avell for service and their particular 

 utility, as to propagate the breed. M. de la Salle, in 1685, saw in the 

 northern parts of America, near the bay of St. Louis, whole troops of these 

 wild horses, feeding in the pastures, which were so fierce that no one dared 

 to approach them. The author of the History of the Adventures of the 

 Buccaneers, says, that, in the island of St Domingo, horses may sojnetimes 

 be seen in troops of upwards of five hundred, all running together; and that as 

 soon as they see a man, they will all stop. That one of them will approach 

 to a certain distance, snort, take flight, and then all the rest wilUfollow 

 him. To catch them, they make use of nooses made of ropes, yvlmpi they." 

 spread and hang in places which they know they frequent. But ifnhey are 

 caught by the neck they strangle themselves, unless the hunter comes in 

 time to their assistance, who instantly secures them by the body and legs, 

 and fastens them to trees, where they are left for two days without either 

 food or drink. This experiment is sufficient to begin to make them tracta- 

 ble, and in time they become as much so as if they had never been wild. 

 And even if by chance they ever regain their liberty, they never become so 

 again, but know their masters, and sufier them to catch them again with- 

 out trouble. 



