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and at last whole cakes were expended in this 

 ridiculous kind of sport. The fair part of 

 our company retired to a plain before the 

 house, and were followed by the gentlemen, 

 the game still continuing. Other missiles 

 were then sought for, and when every thing 

 else had been exhausted, what had been left 

 by a number of mules, that had been feeding 

 hard by, was sent about in all directions by 

 the combatants. 



To this succeeded dancing to a guitar, 

 strummed by a pretty little girl about twelve 

 years of age, and some of the ladies ac- 

 companied with their voices the movements 

 of their feet. Whilst this amusement was 

 going on, a fine young bull was brought and 

 tied by a long cord to the stump of a tree : 

 the beautiful little animal seemed for a while 

 to enjoy the noisy sport as much as any of the 

 company, till he had received several very 

 marked insults, when he lost his temper, and 



