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THE PAMPAS. 



***** 

 Two days afterwards, 1 was riding near the car- 

 riage, which was galloping along — Pizarro and 

 Cruz looking fatigued and dirty, while the posti- 

 lion before them, fresh and careless, was singing a 

 Spanish song, when Pizarro's horse fell, and al- 

 though Cruz tried to pull up, the postilion's horse 

 dragged Pizarro along the ground at least twenty 

 yards. 



I really thought he was killed; however he 

 quietly declared he was not hurt, and, without say- 

 ing one other word, he adjusted his saddle, and 

 galloped on to the next stage. As he was there 

 mounting a young horse, which evidently had 

 scarcely ever before been saddled, the creature 

 plunged very violently. Pizarro was evidently 

 weak from his accident, and, as he fell, the horse 

 kicked him with both legs on his back. 



Still he declared he was not hurt, though he 

 looked very faint, and could scarcely mount his 



