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Show 4 2 i\l'PENDlX TO P:\HT lii. rally received ::\s ::\ lWC<;cnt from some female," l1ich they wcur as a badge of the favor or the fair sex and a mark or their gallantt-y. Their horses arc small and slcndct· limbed, but "cry acti"c nnd ::tre capable or enduring- great fittiguc. The equipments of the horses arc, to out· idea, awkward; but l believe them sttpcrior to the En ~· li~h, and they have the advantage ovrr us a<; to the skill of the ri<kr, <~s Wl'll as in the quality of the beast. Thcit· bridles have a strong- rurb, which gives so ~rcat a nll:chanical force to the bridle that l lwlicvc it almost practicable with it to break the jaw of the hor->c. The saddle is made after the Persian mode, wilh a high projecting- pontmc·l (or, as anciently termed, bow) •tnd is likewise raised bt: hind : this io.; merely the u·cc: it is then corcrcd by two OJ' three covers or carved lcathet· and embroidered workmanship, some with ~old nnd silver in a very supct·b manuer. The stirrups arc of wood clo:;ed in front, carvecl g·ene rally into the figure of a lion's !.cad, or tla<~t of some othct• beast, arc very heavy, ancl to us present a very clum.:;y appcat·ancc. The horseman, seated on hh horse, has a small h;~g til'd ht·hincl him, his blankets citltct· under him, or laying with his cloak between his body and the bow, which makes him at his case. Thu<; mounted it is impos-,iulc fot· the most vicious horse ever to di~mount them. They will catch another horse with a uoose and ht~ir rope, when l>oth arc running; nearly full spred, with which they ''ill ~oon choak down the beast of which they arc in pursuit: in s!Jort, the}~ arc probably the most expert horsemen in the world. At cacl1 po~t is a store, called the king's, where it was the original intention of the government that the soldiers ~hould be supplied with pro,·i::,ions, clothin!j, arms, &c. at a cheap rate; but, it being a post generally ~iven to some young oflicer to make his fortune, they arc Sllbj•·ct to g·t·t:at impositions. 'Vhcn a dragoon joins the service he receives from the king fin~ horses and two mules, and this number he i~ always ob li ~ctl to keep good from his own pocket; but, when he is di->charged, the hot·::,es and mules rccci,·e the discharged mark and bccot11c his pri vale property. They engage for five or ten year!>, at tlte option of the soldier, uut in the bounty there is a very lllatct·ial dilh.rencc. It is cxtn·mcly easy to keep up their corps, as a pr·ivatc dragoon com;idcrs hilllscll' upon an equality with most of the t:itiz.ens, and infinitely superiot· to the lower class, and it is not \lldrequ<·tltly that you sec men or consideraulc fortune marrying the dau!;lilcrs or sergeants and corpot·als. The p;,ty of the troops of New Spain varies with the locality, but may be a\'crngcd, in the internal pro\'inccs, as follows: APPENDIX 'TO PAnT IlL !\mount of pa) RANK. prr· annum. H l·:MAHKS. J) oil a r ,, .. Colonel, 4,500 \Vith this pay they find their own clothes, pro- Lieutenant Colonel, Jl.,ooo visions, arms, accoutre-mct1ls, &c. aftCI' the first cquipmcllls. Major, 3,000 Captain, 2,100 First Lieutenant, 1,500 Second Lieutenant, 1,000 Ensign, 800 Sergeant, 350 Corporal, 300 Private, 28S . Corporal punishment is contrary to the Spanish ordinances. They punish hy imprisonment, putting in the stocks, and death. As a remarkable instance of the disciiJlinc ancl regularity of conduct or those pt·ovincial troops, although marching with them and doing duty as it were for uearly four months, I never saw a man receive a blow or put under confinement for one hout·. How impo~siblc would it be to regulate the turbulent dispositions of the Americans with such trentmcnt! In making the foregoing remark I do not inchtdc ofl'tcers, fo1· I saw more rigorous treatment exercised towards some of them, than ever wns practised in our army. The discipline of their troops is very different from ours: as to tactics or military man~uvrcs, they arc not held in much estimation, for, during the whole of the time I was in the country, I never saw a ('Orps of troops exercising as dra~oons, but frequently marchint; by I . ., |