In fortune, as utterly destitute as
in character, they had, in most respects, already forfeited the shelter,
as in numberless instances they had not merely gone beyond the sanction,
but had violated and defied the express interdict, of the laws; and now,
looking, as such men are apt most usually to do, only to the immediate
issue, and to nothing beyond it, the banditti--for such they were--with
due deliberation and such a calm of disposition as might well comport
with a life of continued excitement, proceeded again, most desperately,
to set them at defiance.
The military came on in handsome style. They were all fine-looking men;
natives generally of a state, the great body of whose population are
well-formed, and distinguished by features of clear, open intelligence.
They were well-mounted, and each man carried a short rifle, a sword, and
pair of pistols. They rode in single file, following their commander; a
gentleman, in person, of great manliness of frame, possessed of much
grace and ease of action.
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