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crossing the Pampas of Buenos Ayres to Mendoza or towards Salta, very large bodies of the Wild Horse are met with Scampering along with the fleetness of the deer, the manes & tails distended with the wind & revelling in sweet liberty. Now the Mustang of Texas is of Mexican descent; as a Mustang he cannot trace his history very far back & or he found his way over the Rio Grande, either by running away from the vicinity of the Sierra Madre, or from the Apaches, Comanches &c one of whose great delights was & is to steal horses from the Northern Mexican frontier, or horses escaping from the "Missions' or in the fights with the Indians. The Mustang of Texas ☉ One of the best proofs of his indifferent qualifications is that the Indian Horse robbers Comanche,s, Apaches &c seldom do catch them except ? is to eat the young ones either or ? the dried flesh & for hides Making '?' X of their tails & Manes; prefering [sic] a Mexican or an American Horse. The breed of the Mustang may improve if not hunted too

X or long ropes made of Horse or Cow hair. I think those considerably overated but they are ? animals