190 JOURNAL. 
Lord Cochrane last sailed from hence. But a few hundreds were 
brought together to-day ; however, ’tis but the first, and as it is not 
the regular season, probably there will be nearly the whole in a few 
days more. The head vaccaros, or cowherds, ought, generally speak- 
ing, to be born on the estate where their business lies. The haunts 
of the cattle are so wide apart, and the country so little inhabited, 
and so little travelled, that tracks and landmarks there are none, 
and only experience can guide the vaccaro at the different seasons 
to the different haunts of the beasts. His business is, besides attend- 
ing at the rodeos, to bring them either to the plain or to the hill, 
to feed or to browse, according to the season; to portion them so 
as to secure free access to water; and to be watchful over the young, 
whether calves, young horses, or mules. A real vaccaro is seldom 
off his horse; and it may be doubted, if the human and the brute 
parts of the centaurs were ever more inseparable than the vaccaro 
and his steed. Each of these men has a certain number of cattle 
committed to his charge, for which he is accountable to the land 
steward.—One part of the ceremony of the rodeo is very agreeable 
to the men concerned. About 12 o’clock to-day, one of the peons 
was desired to laza a bullock; which was immediately killed and 
dressed for the public: the skin, however, belongs to the estate, and 
was instantly cut up into thongs to make lazas, halters, and all man- 
ner of useful things. 
