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"

I

clutched

at

the

bridle

;

but

,

before

I

could

lay

my

hand

upon

it

,

the

horse

was

at

his

full

speed

.

"

At

first

I

was

but

little

alarmed

;

indeed

not

at

all

.

I

supposed

I

should

soon

recover

the

reins

,

and

bring

the

runaway

to

a

stand

.

"

But

I

soon

found

this

could

not

be

so

easily

done

.

They

had

strayed

forward

,

almost

to

the

animal

's

ears

;

and

I

could

not

reach

them

,

without

laying

myself

flat

along

the

neck

.

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"

While

endeavouring

to

secure

the

bridle

,

I

took

no

heed

of

the

direction

in

which

the

horse

was

taking

me

.

It

was

only

when

I

felt

a

sharp

twitching

against

my

cheeks

,

that

I

discovered

he

had

forsaken

the

open

tract

,

and

was

carrying

me

through

the

chapparal

.

"

After

that

I

had

no

time

to

make

observations

--

no

chance

even

to

look

after

the

lost

reins

.

I

was

enough

occupied

in

dodging

the

branches

of

the

mezquites

,

that

stretched

out

their

spinous

arms

as

if

desiring

to

drag

me

from

the

saddle

.

"

I

managed

to

steer

clear

of

them

,

though

not

without

getting

scratches

.

"

But

there

was

one

I

could

not

avoid

--

the

limb

of

a

large

tree

that

projected

across

the

path

.

It

was

low

down

--

on

a

level

with

my

breast

--

and

the

brute

,

shying

from

something

that

had

given

him

a

fresh

start

,

shot

right

under

it

.

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"

Where

he

went

afterwards

I

do

not

attempt

to

say

.

You

all

know

that

--

I

believe

,

better

than

I.

I

can

only

tell

you

,

that

,

after

unhorsing

,

he

left

me

under

the

limb

,

with

a

lump

upon

my

forehead

and

a

painful

swelling

in

the

knee

;

neither

of

which

I

knew

anything

about

till

two

hours

afterwards

.

"

When

my

senses

came

back

to

me

,

I

saw

the

sun

high

up

in

the

heavens

,

and

some

scores

of

turkey

buzzards

wheeling

in

circles

above

me

.

I

could

tell

by

the

craning

of

their

necks

what

was

the

prey

they

were

expecting

.

"

The

sight

of

them

,

as

well

as

my

thirst

--

that

was

beginning

to

grow

painful

--

prompted

me

to

move

away

from

the

place

.

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