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19) In the afternoon I
went with Erdo to the
Bull fight. The affair
started at 3:30 with a good
sized crowd of men! I
saw only 2 or 3 women of
the upper class there and
also only a dozen or so
of the Indians or Cholos.
Apparently it is a masculine
affair here. Six bullsmen
killed but none of them by
a single thrust, several
by many repeated stabs. The
bandeireros showed much skill
in placing the bandeiras in the
middles of the bull. Some
4 horses were killed, one by
a heart thrust from the bull
& another by having its entrails
ripped out. The cruelty of the
feature was amazing. The horses
were blindfolded +