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The cockney sportmen

The cockney sportmen of Buenos Ayres sometimes amuse themselves by shooting gulls on the beach. . The country affords little jimmy choo uggs facility to follow fishing as jimmy choo shoes a sport; and the fish found in the river, with a few exceptions, is not worth catching. They fish on horseback. Two horses are attached, one to each end of the net,a man standing on their backs, in the manner of one of Astley's equestrians; and they go so deeply in the water, that the horses are, at times, obliged to swim. I have expected to see the men thrown off. The net is then hauled to the shore; the fish that is fit for the market is taken out, and the rest thrown or given away. People don't go out fishing at a distance, in boats. The sailors on board the vessels in the roads catch great quantities of fish, but they are ofa very indifferent kind: one called the catfish is the most common.Throwing the lasso is a favourite amusement of this country, and is performed by the natives with great dexterity. A man on horseback, holding the lasso (a rope looped at the end), rides amongst a herd of cattle, casting the rope towards the object he wishes to entrap; the first attempt almost always succeeds, and the animal is fast secured by the leg. They practice this lasso from boyhood : it is a formidable weapon jimmy choo against a flying enemy.An annual fair is held on some open ground, before the Recolator church, about two miles from the fort, and one' mile north of the town. It commences on the 12th of October (the nativity of Nostra Senora del Pilar, and continues a week. The amusements are not very great: there are a few booths for eating and drinking, swings, two or three humourless clowns running about, and a military band. The national British and American flags are hoisted from houses and booths devoted to good cheer, rented for the occasion by individuals of those nations. At night, the country people dance till a late hour in the booths; they .may be observed to perfection then.