An Account of the Abipones An Equestrian People of Paraguay volume 1
An Account of the Abipones An Equestrian People of Paraguay volume 1
Martin Dobrizhoffer
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The horsemen employed have each separate tasks assigned them. Some fur- nished with swift horses attack a herd of oxen, and with a long spear, to which is added a sharp semicircular scythe, disable the older bulls by cutting the nerve of the hinder foot; others throw the halter on them whilst they are stag- gering, and others follow behind to knock down and slay the captive bulls. The rest are em- ployed in stripping the hides off the slaughtered animals, conveying them to an appointed place, f...ixing them to the ground with pegs, and taking out and carrying away the tongues, suet, and fat. The rest of the flesh, which would suffice to feed a numerous army in Europe, is left on the plain to be devoured by tigers, wild dogs and ravens;, and indeed one might almost fear lest the air should be corrupted by such a quan- tity of dead bodies. In an expedition of this kind, lasting several weeks, the person at whose ^ 222 ACCOUNT OF THE ABIPOXES. expense it is undertaken is supplied with some thousands of hides.
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