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...its own instinct, only lifting my left foot in tlie stirrup, as I saw the vaquiano do, so that, in case of an accident, I might throw myself off its...dangerous places on foot ? Simply, my reader, in the lit .-i place, because the danger is the same for many miles ; and secondly, because those men who... | |
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...to its own instinct, only lifting my left foot in the stirrup, as I saw the vaquiano do, so that, in case of an accident, I might throw myself off its...because those men who pass their lives in leading travellers over these mountains, know best where to walk, and where to ride -. and I followed the example... | |
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...to its own instinct, only lifting my left foot in the stirrup, as I saw the vaquiano do, so that, in case of an accident, I might throw myself off its...cling to the rock. But why, the reader may ask, did yon not get off the mule at once, anil pass dangerous places on foot? In the first place, because the... | |
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...only lifting my left foot in the stirrup, as I saw the vanquiano do. so that in case of an accident, might throw myself off its back, and cling to the...because those men who pass their lives in leading travellers over these mountains, know best where to walk, and where to ride, and I followed the example... | |
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...place to etop at ; and [INDEPENDE NCI HALL.] Drawn by Devereaux expressly for the New York Journal. did you not get off the mule at once, and pass dangerous places on foot 1 Simply, my reader, in the first place, because the danger is the same for many miles ; and secondly,... | |
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... would send them over the precipice. Our mules, it is true, had no load, but they were accustomed to carrying one ; and therefore kept the extreme edge, to my great discomposure. But I left it entirely to its own instinct, only lifting my left foot... 