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arrival^ more than it cost me. Horses, how- 

 ever, ought to be cheaper here, for the origi- 

 nally imported breed has increased out of all 

 proportion to the wants of a small population. 

 In the interior of the Banda Oriental horses 

 are found completely wild, and literally belong 

 to any body who can catch them. The great 

 export trade, in return for our Manchester and 

 Glasgow goods, is in hides. An instance was 

 mentioned to me of an English merchant 

 having obtained a licence from the govern- 

 ment to kill 3000 horses, for their skins. 



The mode of hunting them, as I have been 

 informed, is extremely cruel. The hunters 

 pursue them with sharp cutlasses, and ham- 

 string them the instant they are lassoed. 

 Without stopping to put them out of misery by 

 a speedy death-blow, they continue their abo- 

 minable sport for several days, and afterwards 



