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round their heads, and directed with such un- 

 erring aim that it seldom failed to catch their 

 victims by the horns or legs, and sometimes by 

 the tail alone. The struggle is soon over, for 

 the horse is made to wheel round and drag his 

 captive to the earth. A man on foot then 

 steps up and severs the ham-strings, so as 

 effectually to prevent him from rising again. 

 The wind-pipe is then cut and the beast quickly 

 bleeds to death. A repetition of similar scenes 

 is going on at the same moment with the rest 

 of the cattle, which have been let out rapidly 

 in succession, several at a time. They are 

 then skinned, and cut up on the spot, in an 

 incredibly small space of time. The pieces of 

 meat are heaped up in confusion, in large 

 carts brought to the killing-ground for the 

 purpose, and taken at once to the residences 

 of the different purchasers, — many choice 



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