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           Thehorsesscarcelyslackenedtheirspeed.AtnoontheypassedthedesertedfortofTapalquem,thefirstofthechainoffortswhichdefendthesouthernfrontiersfromIndianmarauders.ButtotheincreasingsurpriseofThalcave,theydidnotcomeacrosseventheshadowofanIndian.Aboutthemiddleoftheday,however,threeflyinghorsemen,wellmountedandwellarmedcameinsight,gazedatthemforaninstant,andthenspedawaywithinconceivablerapidity.Glenarvanwasfurious.

           "Gauchos,"saidthePatagonian,designatingthembythenamewhichhadcausedsuchafierydiscussionbetweentheMajorandPaganel.

           "Ah!theGauchos,"repliedMcNabbs."Well,Paganel,thenorthwindisnotblowingto-day.Whatdoyouthinkofthosefellowsyonder?"

           "Ithinktheylooklikeregularbandits."

           "Andhowfarisitfromlookingtobeing,mygoodgeographer?"

           "Onlyjustastep,mydearMajor."

           Paganel’sadmissionwasreceivedwithagenerallaugh,whichdidnotintheleastdisconcerthim.HewentontalkingabouttheIndianshowever,andmadethiscuriousobservation:

           "Ihavereadsomewhere,"hesaid,"thatabouttheArabsthereisapeculiarexpressionofferocityinthemouth,whiletheeyeshaveakindlylook.Now,intheseAmericansavagesitisquitethereverse,fortheeyehasaparticularlyvillainousaspect."

           NophysiognomistbyprofessioncouldhavebettercharacterizedtheIndianrace.

           Butdesolateasthecountryappeared,Thalcavewasonhisguardagainstsurprises,andgaveorderstohispartytoformthemselvesinacloseplatoon

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