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cause they say that if they do anjrthing wrong then it will be seen, and so thfey do not do it. They do not heed being ashamed because they go around as they were born." .—,^^: — . ' "There are a great number of wolves on these plains, which go round with the cows. ' They have white skins. The deer are pied with white. Their sMn is loose, so that when they are Idlled, it can be puUed ofE , with the hand while warm, coming off like pigskin. The rabbits, which are very numerous, are so foolish that those on horseback killed them with their lances. This is when they are mounted amanj the cows. They fly from a person on foot. "Now that I wish to describe the appearaiiso of the bulls, it is to be noticed first that there was not one of the horses that did not take flight when he S3,v/ them first, for they have a narrow short face, the brow two palms across from eye to eye, the eyes sticking out. of the side, so that when they are run- ning, they can see who is following them. They hare very long beards like goats and when they are run- ning they throw, their heads back with the beard dragging on the ground. There is a sort oi gLifclle round the middle of the bodj. The haii i;3 very woolly, like a sheep's, very fine, and in front of the girdle the hair is very long and rough as a hon's. They have a hump, larger than a camel*s. The horns are short and thick, so that they are not seen much above the hair. In May they change the hair in the middle of the body for a down, which makes perfect lions of them. They rub against the smaU trees in the Httle ravines to shed their hair, and they continue