catch-them-with-a-rope

Updated: May 14, 2025

There were none of the fine physical specimens common to the highlands of Mexico, and the teeth were notably bad. A few of the soldiers, in blue-jean uniforms with what had once been white stripes, faded straw hats, and bare feet, were mountain Indians with well-developed chests; for military service of the catch-them-with-a-rope variety is compulsory in Honduras.

Harry Alverson Franck - Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond