The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

A SPANISH COCK-FIGHIT.
"Thin by the powers," said Jimmy, "don't I wish I had
thim vicarus here now I To think of'em thryin' to stael
the honor from a stranger in the counthry - and they livin'
in it too. Wouldn't I like to give'em a bit of an ould
Irish shillalah, tho'?
The only animosity Jimmy exhibited was towards the
unfortunate vaqueros, whose testimony had been manufactured by me to suit the occasion; and I very much fear that
could he have found them, he would have administered the
sound drubbing he threatened, in spite of anything we could
do to prevent it.
In the evening we attended vespers for the last time
in the old church, and once more listened to the soulentrancing music of the Papago choralists. After the service, we witnessed in the yard of the church a regular
Spanish "cock-fight," at which silver ounces freely changed
hands. Each cock was armed with the old-fashioned Spanish slasher, a long, thin, steel blade, shaped somewhat like
a hook, anl most effective in destroying the life of the bird
in whose Ibody it is once sheathed.
The priest who officiated at vespers was the owner of the
winning cock, his opponent h.tving, been broug,ht from
Tucson. Of course we congratulated him upon his good
fortune, and his hearty "Mil gracias," convinced us that
his soul was quite as much with his bird, as it had been
with his service.
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