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Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 30, 29 February 1844, Page 3

Chinese MJtthoD of Takimo Cattle.—A party fifty stiong, was funned into one line, about tvii feel ap«n ; wnd a rope, consisting ol stud-sail haul.ymds, ez ended fioni right to left, w lich the men held as high as tlieir breasts, kei ping it taught, Tnis line readied nearly across the Island, >by which /ti>. H'is the herd were driven down to h point of iisud, where they faced their pursueis bellowing and tearing lip the ground nitt» iheir leei. At length, headed t»y a tivnondous h a< k bull, they charge ! tin. entre of the line, The * x-remiti* sof The ripe l». u«« kept taught the for*moat ones feh o'er it, when a ruqh wait made on ll.em, him! i efore tbev could recover tlieir legs they wer« firmly lied wi*li span yarn. In this manorr from five o six were cvnabt at » fi t ,>l ; when, having a tope secured louud the hums and another to one ot tlieir b ml h gs, the lashing* were c-s-t < ff, anrt they -ere VOikrii i.owii. t-i the bins',— Saturr ay I lagutinc.