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VOLUME XXKII.— No. 0. 
1NTEW YORK, SEPTEMBER, 1873. 
NEW SERIES— No. 320. 
THE ROMAN CATTLE- 
Under the title " Picador Romain," Mr. 
Kncedler, to -whom the puljlic are indebted for 
many fine works of art, lias published a large 
colored print of a painting by Jules Didier. 
We reproduce this, by permission, not only be- 
cause it is a very- spirited piece of drawing, but 
for the glimpse it gives of the rural manners 
and customs iu other countries. The picturesque 
costume, with the armed leggings, are such as 
■we must cross the ocean or go into Spauish- 
American countries to find ; and the effect of it 
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DRIVE R. — After a Picture by Didier.- 
is much heightened by brilliant and strongly 
contrasted colors. The ponderous saddle and 
the murderous bit are peculiar to south Euro- 
pean couutries, aud they are to be found in a 
modified form in South America and Mexico. 
In the harried, frantic ox that is rushing into a 
slough to escape its persecutor we see the pro- 
totype of our Texan cattle, the long horns of 
which are now familiar iu our cattle markets. 
The driver is armed with a stout staff, one end 
of which is shod with iron. This is the "pka" 
•Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
the pike, or lance, and the one who uses it is 
called a "picador." In the savage state in 
which the animals of southern countries are 
allowed to remain it is perhaps necessary for 
one who goes among them to he provided with 
means of defense against a vicious animal ; but 
the Italian or Spanish cattle-driver is nothing 
if not brutal, and in his eyes catile seem to 
bo made only to be tortured. In countries 
where bull-fights are a popular amusement 
we can hardly look for kindness to animals. 
