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Chapter 5

           Thehousewasamerecabin—notlargerthanamarqueetent—withonlyasingleaperture,thedoor—ifweexcepttheflueofaslenderclaychimney,erectedatoneendagainsttheuprightposts.Thedoorwayhadadoor,alightframeworkofwood,withahorse-skinstretchedoverit,andhunguponhingescutfromthesamehide.

           Intherearwasanopenshed,thatchedwithyuccaleaves,andsupportedbyhalfadozenposts.Aroundthiswasasmallenclosure,obtainedbytyingcrosspolestothetrunksoftheadjacenttrees.

           Astillmoreextensiveenclosure,containingwithinitscircumferencemorethananacreofthetimberedtract,andfencedinasimilarmanner,extendedrearwardfromthecabin,terminatingagainstthebluff.Itsturftrackedandtornbynumeroushoof-prints—insomeplacestrampledintoahardsurface—toldofitsuse:a"corral"forwildhorses—mustangs.

           Thiswasmadestillmoremanifestbythepresenceofadozenormoreoftheseanimalswithintheenclosure;whoseglaringeyeballs,andexcitedactions,gaveevidenceoftheirrecentcapture,andhowilltheybrookedtheimprisonmentofthatshadowypaddock.

           Theinteriorofthehutwasnotwithoutsomeshowofneatnessandcomfort.Thesheetingofmustang-skinsthatcoveredthewalls,withthehairysideturnedinward,presentednomeanappearance.Thesmoothshiningcoatsofallcolours—black,bay,snow-white,sorrel,andskewbald—offeredtotheeyeasurfacepleasantlyvariegated;andtherehadevidentlybeensometastedisplayedintheirarrangement.

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