. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . V THE DOGS OF MACIIACIIT. 119 For the future I went about armed with a bludgeon, as theseguardians seemed quite capable of eating one up. If this hadoccurred, and their masters had been brought before a Jefo-politico, the defence would have been substantially the same asthat which was made by a gentleman, living in a Midland county,whose two Pyrenean mastiffs, on meeting a curate riding on horse-back, hunted him and pulled him down. Their owner assuredthe Bench that they were the gentlest creatures alive, but theywere unaccustomed to see curat
. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . V THE DOGS OF MACIIACIIT. 119 For the future I went about armed with a bludgeon, as theseguardians seemed quite capable of eating one up. If this hadoccurred, and their masters had been brought before a Jefo-politico, the defence would have been substantially the same asthat which was made by a gentleman, living in a Midland county,whose two Pyrenean mastiffs, on meeting a curate riding on horse-back, hunted him and pulled him down. Their owner assuredthe Bench that they were the gentlest creatures alive, but theywere unaccustomed to see curates riding on horseback, andthought it was improper. The Machachi men would have said,It is certainly to be deplored that there is nothing left of theDoctor except the buckles of his braces, but this is not the faultof the dogs, who are the best dogs in the World. The fact is,the Seflor would go on foot, he would not ride on horseback,and the dogs did not understand it; and there is no doubt thatthe defence would have been considered a good INDIAN REED-PIPES.
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