The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-25 00:00:00

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Bags, &c. flags, &e:
• Liverpool 621,174 569,1X.16
London 64,403 6i,668
Glasgow ... 30,823 41,030
Total exported in N'29
Same pet iod 1828

Bage, &C.
1 793
11 1,440

,113,114,
70.634.

WILD CATTLE HUNTING.

Bap, he.
51,701
5 ,CO3

There is something romantic in these hunts ;
and as they are proofs of the determined bravery
of the natives, it would be unpardonable to pass
them over in silence. From the mountainous
state of the country, it may be supposed that
there are likewise an infinity of canadas, which
afford shelter to the wild cattle, and furnish
them food. The huntsman is always mounted
on a strong, bold, and well trained horse. As
soon as he catches sight of a wild bull, the chase
commences, and he follows it. " through bush
and briar," leaping up and down precipices of
three or four -feet, and passes at full speed over
a country which,- for unevenness, has scarcely
any parallel. Were it not for a jacket and
trowsers of tanned hide, the flesh would pro-
bably be torn from the bones by the thorny
branches of the misquite (a thick bush.) The
chief object of the huntsman is, never to lose
sight of the bull, and the horse is always left to
take care of his own and his master's neck. It
never happens that the chase is of any long con-
tinuance, as the bull usually takes to the nearest
canada. This ravine he follows through all its
ruggedness, at the height of his speed, stumbling
and even rolling along, till its extreme narrow-
ness renders further progress impossible. No
sooner does the huntsman, who is usually not
far behind, see the dilemma of the bull, than ho
dismounts, and rapidly taking ofl' his long
leathern jacket, and drawing his knife from the
side of his right knee, where it had till now been
confined by the band which fastens the leathern
protectors of his legs, called " botas," he man-
fully advances towards the animal, who, when he
sees his adversary approach, turns round and
makes a furious attempt to destroy him with his
horns. This the sportsman evades with a dex-
terity truly wonderful. And now commences a
most bloody fight. Spurred up to his utmost
fury by wounds which he is continually receiving
from his adversary, the efforts of the bull arc
tremendous ; but the huntsman avoids all his
thrusts, and inflicts freah wounds. There is no
crying " craven ;" one or other of the combat-
ants must inevitably perish. The carrion cro.m,
and other carnivorous birds, who always attend
the huntsman from the period when' the affray
commences, set up their horrid croaking, so that
the horrors of the fight would be considerably
increased, did the occupation of the hunter per-
mit him to reflect that these birds will eventually
feed on the dead carcase of either man or beast !
The conflict seldom lasts longer than a quarter
of an hour; sometimes it is terminated in a few
minutes, if the hunter makes a successful stab ;
and when the bull has lost a great quantity of
blood, his head sinks for want of strength to
support it, his huge body begins to totter, and,
at last, down he drops on his lore legs as if pray-
ing for mercy, which his relentless conqueror re-
fusing to grant, gives him the coup de grace,
ending the fight and the misery of the poor
brute together.—Hetrdy's Mexico.

The library of the late Earl of LivErtroor.
crag sold last week by Mr. C.:Hamm at his great room,
in King-street, St. James's-square. It consisted of an
assemblage of history, English antiquities, law, divinity,
general science, voyages and travels, some French and
Italian literature, and a fair sprinkling of Greek and La-
tin classics and lexicons. The library of a Prime Mi-
nister, as was the case in the sale of Mr. CANNING'S,
naturally enough occasions excitement and competition,
consequently many of the lots brought prodigiously high
prices. We heard in the room that such books as con-
tained marginal notes, in the autograph of the deceased
Nobleman, were properly retained in the family, so that
the "prying eye of curiosity" could merely be indulged
with the occasional presentation copy "from the Author
to the Earl of Ltvaaroor.•" A curious collection of en-
graved portraits of Physicians was purchased by Mr.
SMITH, the printeeller, for twenty guineas.