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GEOGRAPHICAL READER, 
4, The inhabitants of the pampas are either Indians 
or a race of half-breeds, called Gauchos. "Che Gauchos 
are a half-wild people, spending almost their whole time 
on horseback, and riding the swiftest and wildest horses 
easily and safely. "They sleep upon the ground, and 
are very proud of their wild, fre: "ife. 
Pampas 
5. There were not always wild horses and cattle on 
the llanos and pampas. "These plains were once covered 
with native animals, as the silvas now are. The white 
people brought the first horses and cattle from Kurope : 
and these have increased in numbers so fast as to drive 
„Way nearly all the native animals. 
Further un the river, the pampas disappear ; and