MODE OF TRAVELLING. 



ditioD, SO rapid a mode of travelling, that I twice 

 chose it, and would always prefer it ; but I re- 

 commend no one to attempt it, unless he is in good 

 health and condition. 



When I first crossed the Pampas, I went with a 

 carriage, and although I had been accustomed to 

 riding all my life, I could not at all ride with the 

 peons, and after galloping five or six hours was 

 obliged to get into the carriage; but after I had 

 been riding for three or four months, and had lived 

 upon beef and water, I found myself in a condi- 

 tion which I can only describe by saying that I felt 

 no exertion could kill me. Although I constantly 

 arrived so completely exhausted that I could not 

 speak, yet a few hours^ sleep upon my saddle, on 

 the ground, always sq completely restored me, that 

 for a week I could daily be upon my horse before 

 sunrise, could ride till two or three hours after 

 sunset, and have really tired ten and twelve horses 

 a day. This will explain the immense distances 

 which people in South America are said to ride, 

 which I am confident could only be done on beef 

 and water. 



At first, the constant galloping confuses the head. 



