Litchfield enquirer., 1865-07-06


 ing in the grass with bullet through his brain. But Harry promptly put down the weapon' scolding his wife little in his good humored way:
 'Fie, Louise, would you deprive us of the amusement We have been so long in search of
 say it's shame-a downright barbarity, to permit those ferocous brutes to mange and murder the innocent foals ? exclaimed Diana indignantly. lingering the lock of her rife i'm patiently.
 Mao, Sonora Diana. Fl lon nao muerto nada.
 ANd MeNdoza was right. The lion would kill nothing That we saw very clearly in less than thirty seconds.
 There came suddenly shrill neigh from the general of horse, magnificent brown stallion "a yell more like the scream of a sharp-steam whistle than the neigh of horse, and, in a moment, the whole troop was charging down like whirwind.
 First they came four or five abreast, inssec- tions passing between us and the mare,s land beyond the pumas, the head of the column, when. the leader suddenly swept round in a curve to the left, the animals dropping into single file as regularly as the best drilled troopers on earth could have done, and round they went like lightning by the left until the head of ,he column came round and Tapped the rear on the inside by about ten animals, leav- ing space of about six feet clear between the laps of the circle which enclosed the two pu- mas and tbe mare with her foals.
 The moment that the mare found herself encircled by her friends, she adroitly fell into the ranks. as did her foals 7; but the latter fell out again directly, and on the outside, too, when they shot off at tangent and joined their young friends in charge of the natron mares.
 The pumas, finding themselves completely enveloped. set up terrible roar, and, oI the instant, dashed upon thelr enemies with head long, brute fury. The male made tremen- dous leap aimed at the brown stallion, who, wheeling on the instant his head towards the outer line, let fly his heels with such force that their contact with the puma's jaw sounded like the crack of pistol. The vast brute was hurled end over end against the revolving circle and like lightninls-- fiery ped into line, wheeled, and drove his heels into the pumas ribs with thud that sent the monster rolling over and over, bowling with rage and agony.
 The female puma sprang her leap upon the beautiful mottted mare, some ten animals in advance of the brown stallion, and was more hardly dealt with than her mate. As quick as thought the mare and two of her nearest con- panions fell within the line, turned tail to, and simultaneously, there fell the crushing blows from six spiteful hoofs upon the puma's head and breast and shoulders, hooking every atom of fight out of her in second, and laying her out on the grass as limp as rag:
 Bravo, little beautyr cheered Louise for the mottled mare.
 Hurrah for General Brown ? shouted Diana, enthusiastically.
 Vica os todos carvalhos !, put in Mendoza, in ecstacies.
 Hurrah bravo /! go it wild horses !! we all yelled in concert.
 And go it they did-those gallant defenders of female and infant horses. Round and round they went in that whirling, dizzy waltz, dealing battering blows with their vengefal heels until the last spark of life was beaten from the mighty pumas, and then, with many a proud neigh of triumph, and went prancing away from the field of battle.