Some "domidors" pull the knot while the animal is lying on the ground, and, standing over the saddle, allow him to rise beneath them.

The horse, wild with dread, gives a few most violent bounds, and then starts off at full gallop: when quite exhausted, the man, by patience, brings him back to the corral, where, reeking hot and scarcely alive, the poor beast is let free.

Those animals which will not gallop away, but obstinately throw themselves on the ground, are by far the most troublesome.

This process is tremendously severe, but in two or three trials the horse is tamed.
It is not, however, for some weeks that the animal is ridden with the iron bit and solid ring, for it must learn to associate the will of its rider with the feel of the rein, before the most powerful bridle can be of any service.
Animals are so abundant in these countries, that humanity and self-interest are not closely united; therefore I fear it is that the former is here scarcely known.

One day, riding in the Pampas with a very respectable "Estanciero," my horse, being tired, lagged behind.