ese, pieces of pork,
plantains, yams, calvanasses, cassava, bread powdered, boiled maize,
oranges, lemons, and such other ingredients as could be obtained; the
whole being cut up into small pieces, and duly seasoned. The animal
thus stuffed is skewered together, and baked in the same manner as the
beef.

When the cook considered that the viands were sufficiently dressed, a
trumpeter proclaimed the important fact to the officers, who immediately
ranged themselves in a ring to enjoy the repast. One of the men, acting
as waiter, used to stick his lance into the meat, and thus conveyed it
to our chief, who helped himself; after which it went the rounds, on the
point of the lance, to the rest of us.

The doctor's office was a sinecure so long as no fighting was going
forward, as the hardy llaneros were seldom sick, or preferred their own
remedies to those he could administer. He accordingly generally joined
in our hunting expeditions. I can fancy I see him now--a large
handkerchief bound round his hat and fluttering in the breeze--as, lance
in hand, he one day came on a herd of wild hogs, and set off after them
with a shout which had often echoed in his younger days amid the forests
of his fatherland. The animal he had singled out took to flight, and
showing good bottom, led him a long chase amid the tangled brushwood;
till, finding that running would not avail it, the creature turned at
bay, and with its sharp tusks made a rush at the legs of the doctor's
steed. The animal at that moment gave an unexpected hound, and the
doctor was thrown ignominiously to the ground,--happily, on the opposite
side to that on which stood the enraged boar.

We saw the accident, but were too far off to render him assistance
before the boar could reach him. Springing up, however, and shortening
his lance, of which he had not let go, he stood ready to receive the
savage animal; and loud shouts of applause burst from the throats of our
men as he was seen to plunge his spear into the body of the boar.

"Carne con cuero!" he shouted out; "we'll have this fellow baked in his
skin, and I'll eat him in revenge for the fall he has given me."

The doctor's steed being caught, he remounted; and the llaneros carrying
the hog in front of him, with several others which had been killed, we
returned to the camp. It was one of the last days we spent there.

On arriving at the camp Don Carlos met me, and I saw by his countenance
that he was much a