THE PAMPAS. 



distinguish but themselves. At last the child ex- 

 claimed, that he could see a " Cristiano" driving 

 some horses, and when we came to this man, he 

 told us where the post was. 



I found the horses at the post in the corral, and 

 the post-master, whose house I had several times 

 slept at, gave me a horse with a galope largo (a 

 long gallop), and a very handsome Gaucho as a 

 guide. I had a long conversation with this man as 

 I galloped along, and I found him a very noble- 

 minded fellow. He was very desirous to hear 

 about the troops which the government of Mendoza 

 had sent to reinstate the governor of San Juan, 

 who had just been deposed by a revolution. The 

 Gaucho was very indignant at this interference; 

 and as we rode along, he explained to me, with a 

 great deal of fine action, what was evident enough, 

 —that the Province of San Juan was as free to 

 elect its governor as the Province of Mendoza, and 

 that Mendoza had no right to force upon San 

 Juan a governor that the people did not approve 

 of. He then talked of the state of San Luis ; but 

 to some question which I put to him, the man 

 replied, that he had never been at San Luis t 



