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not to continue the wish of running away, but give themselves up to be civilized & thus become useful Members of Society. Another Plan of Securing the Mustang when he 'takes to the Woods' & there is a difficulty in lazoing him, is to get pretty near to him & 'crese him', this is done by shooting him with a ball just under the Mane about the centre of the neck; when this has been done by a steady Marksman, the animal generally falls, when he is then easily taken, the wound soon heals & then broken in & if ? his first schooling is very ?; should however the 'crese' have been made too far down, then his hide, tail & mane is manufactured into ?, his flesh a feast for the 'Turkies with a Surname' (Buzzards) and common crows. I have Seen five Mustangs taken, & docile in a few days, I have seen Mustangs full of dangerous tricks, & with 'Mighty' wicked eyes being ever on the look out to give a bite, kick, shying, & running the rider up against trees; but travelling in Texas is mostly performed in American Horses, or bred from them. An English Stallion or two have been wafted over the great Waters 'Smoke' &c &c -