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sessed by me, had quite resented being 
dragged from the shade of the great 
cottonwood trees around the hacienda. 
To show his native independence of spirit 
he therefore refused to listen to advice 
and water his horses on the road, but on 
returning allowed them to drink all they 
wanted; as a consequence one horse 
died. We left Deming with two large 
American horses, but now found it im¬ 
possible, even on that great hacienda, to 
obtain a suitable match, so we were 
obliged to start off with a comical, sturdy 
broncho for a mate, which not only gave 
a very lop-sided look to the conveyance, 
but an appearance of extreme cruelty 
toward the little animal. Whenever the 
big horse trotted the little fellow would 
take up a canter to keep alongside, and 
it was almost enough to make a person 
