MODE OF TRAVELLING. 



any military officer would, I believe, without hesi- 

 tation report as impassable. 



The mode in which the horses are harnessed is 

 admirably adapted to this sort of rough driving. 

 They draw by the saddle instead of the collar, and 

 having only one trace instead of two, they are able, 

 on rough ground, to take advantage of every firm 

 spot ; where the ground will only once bear, every 

 peon takes his own path, and the horses'* hmbs are 

 all free and unconstrained. 



In order to harness or unharness, the peons have 

 only to hook and unhook the lasso which is fixed 

 to their saddle ; and this is so simple and easy, that 

 we constantly observed when the carriage stopped, 

 that before any one of us could jump out of it, the 

 peons had unhooked, and were out of our sight to 

 catch fresh horses in the corral. 



In a gallop, if any thing was dropped by one of 

 the peons, he would unhook, gallop back, and over- 

 take the carriage without its stopping for him. I 

 often thought how admirably in practice this mode 

 of driving would suit the particular duties of that 

 noble branch of our army, the Horse Artillery. 



The rate at which the horses travel (if there are 



