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Chapter 14

           Thecharacterofthepursuerwasstillamysterytomost,ifnotall,upontheground:foronlythemustangerknewtheexactsignificationofthephrases"unasinocimmaron,""unmacho."

           "Explain,Maurice!"commandedthemajor."Lookyonder!"repliedtheyoungIrishman,pointingtothetopofthehill.

           Thetwowordsweresufficient.Alleyesbecamedirectedtowardsthecrestoftheridge,whereananimal,usuallyregardedasthetypeofslownessandstupidity,wasseenadvancingwiththeswiftnessofabirduponthewing.

           Butverydifferentisthe"asinocimmaron"fromtheassofcivilisationthedonkeybe-cudgelledintostolidity.

           Theonenowinsightwasamale,almostaslargeasanyofthemustangsitwaschasing;andifnotfleetasthefleetest,stillabletokeepupwiththembythesheerpertinacityofitspursuit!

           Thetableauofnature,thuspresentedonthegreensurfaceoftheprairie,wasaspromptlyproducedasitcouldhavebeenuponthestageofatheatre,orthearenaofahippodrome.

           Scarceascoreofwordshadpassedamongthespectators,beforethewildmareswerecloseuptothem;andthen,asifforthefirsttime,perceivingthemountedparty,theyseemedtoforgettheirdreadedpursuer,andshiedoffinaslantingdirection.

           "Ladiesandgentlemen!"shoutedtheguidetoascoreofpeople,endeavouringtorestraintheirsteeds;"keepyourplaces,ifyoucan.Iknowwheretheherdhasitshaunt.Theyareheadingtowardsitnow;andweshallfindthemagain,withabetterchanceofachase.

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