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THE MO.TOS INDIANS. 193 
Ou tilt' Pltwii before the loggia of the former Jesuits’ Colleeo 
Avliere the Prefect ami the ofRcials have taken their seats, an arena 
has hecn formed ivithin a circle of stout palisades. At a given 
signal, a wild hull, captured on the campos for the occasion, is 
brought in, and the ring is carefully closed on all sides. The animal, 
at last disengaged of the several hujos by which it was originally 
restrained, suspiciously looks around for a way out ; — in vain ! Nothing 
meets his view hut endless palisades and the towering heads of a 
bloodthirsty crowd, intent, from his Excellency doAvn to the loivest 
MDJOS IXIUAX 01-’ 'J'lUXniAT), 
