The Adventures Of Captain Bonneville By Washington Irving

























































































































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A wild bull, of the fiercest kind, which has been caught and
exasperated in the same manner, is now produced - Page 346
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A Wild Bull, Of The Fiercest Kind, Which Has Been Caught And Exasperated In The Same Manner, Is Now Produced; And Both Animals Are Turned Loose In The Arena Of A Small Amphitheatre.

The mortal fight begins instantly; and always, at first, to the disadvantage of Bruin; fatigued, as he is, by

His previous rough riding. Roused, at length, by the repeated goring of the bull, he seizes his muzzle with his sharp claws, and clinging to this most sensitive part, causes him to bellow with rage and agony. In his heat and fury, the bull lolls out his tongue; this is instantly clutched by the bear; with a desperate effort he overturns his huge antagonist; and then dispatches him without difficulty.

Beside this diversion, the travellers were likewise regaled with bull-fights, in the genuine style of Old Spain; the Californians being considered the best bull-fighters in the Mexican dominions.

After a considerable sojourn at Monterey, spent in these very edifying, but not very profitable amusements, the leader of this vagabond party set out with his comrades, on his return journey. Instead of retracing their steps through the mountains, they passed round their southern extremity, and, crossing a range of low hills, found themselves in the sandy plains south of Ogden's River; in traversing which, they again suffered, grievously, for want of water.

In the course of their journey, they encountered a party of Mexicans in pursuit of a gang of natives, who had been stealing horses. The savages of this part of California are represented as extremely poor, and armed only with stone-pointed arrows; it being the wise policy of the Spaniards not to furnish them with firearms.

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