Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . see the character of the motion, butyou will find it very difficult to understand it. XXX, THE CATTLE HUNT. Here is another picture of a scene in Australia, which forms,in some sense, a counterpart to the preceding. It is an Australiancattle-hunt. In that country there are immense herds of wildcattle, that roam over the grassy plains and green valleys thatabound there, getting their living themselves, and requiring
Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . see the character of the motion, butyou will find it very difficult to understand it. XXX, THE CATTLE HUNT. Here is another picture of a scene in Australia, which forms,in some sense, a counterpart to the preceding. It is an Australiancattle-hunt. In that country there are immense herds of wildcattle, that roam over the grassy plains and green valleys thatabound there, getting their living themselves, and requiring nocare from men. Men, however, go out sometimes to hunt them. The hunters, it seems3 in the following engraving, are in some THE CATTLE HUNT. 133 The danger of the horse and the hunter. The herd of cattle. danger. A wild bull has come from the herd, and is rushing to-ward them to attack them. How terrified the horses look ! Theyshrink back instinctively from the fierce • animal that they seecoming upon them with such fury. The bull bellows loud in hisanger, and paws up the ground as he advances. Unless the horsesspring out of his way, they will be dreadfully gored by HUNTING CATTLE. In the distance we see the immense herd, crowding againsteach other, and forcing their way over the plain, in their, attemptsto escape from the hunters. 134 THE CHINAMAN. The Chinese peddler. His baskets. What is bamboo. XXXI. THE CHINAMAN. How different are the customs of different countries ! Thesame ends, generally, are to be accomplished in all, but the meansby which they are accomplished are infinitely varied. For instance, it is necessary that there should be in every coun-try arrangements for buying and selling, but the nature of thesearrangements are seldom the same. In a former article of this volume we had a view of Orientalshop-keepers sitting in their shops. In this we have a Chinesepeddler selling in the streets. He has trinkets and jewelry to sell. He is trying to sell someof
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