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wind. The men urge forward their mustangs, dashing “ pell 
mell ” for the leading bullock. One of the horsemen is now 
ahead. We see him swing the lariat; but he is yet too far 
back of the frightened bull. Onward they come, the horse 
steadily gaining, and now the lariat swings round and round? 
and then shoots forward. Has he caught him? Yes !—Ho ! 
“By George! sir,” the lasso is over his horns; but the end 
of the cord has been jerked from the rider’s hands, and the 
bull bounds along uncaught. Then the race is pushed faster 
and faster, and the horseman is seen swaying over and almost 
touching the ground. He has caught up the dragging lariat, 
and with a loud bellow from the bull he is checked in his 
flight. 
On come the other horsemen, and again a swing of the lariat 
round and round, and the mustang stops, holding from the 
pommel of the saddle the lariat, which is fastened at the other 
end to the hind leg of the bullock. Another horseman swings 
his lariat and clutches the foreleg, and in a moment the poor 
bullock falls upon his side, bellowing lustily in his fright and 
rage. Then the horsemen loosen the animal, and sweep off in 
a body after fresh victims, and thus bull after bull is caught, 
and cheer after cheer goes up from our carriage—for this, in¬ 
deed, is rare sport, the most exciting and best we have seen in 
crossing the continent. 
It is perfectly astonishing what skill these men have ac¬ 
quired, and how unerringly they throw the rope, and lasso the 
mark desired. 
In their riding one can almost fancy them a part of the 
horse, for they can sway over and touch the ground when the 
horse is on a run ; and they descend the steep declivities of 
high bluffs, urging their mustangs at their full speed, and you 
wonder how they can make these frightful rides without being 
dashed upon the ground, a mangled mass of broken bones and 
jelly- 
Other Dairies .—Turning partly about, we drive to the Evans 
dairy, of one hundred and forty cow r s, and from thence to 
