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hatred tor the tiger, and the domesticated animals have 

 heen known to rescue their herdsmen frt)m his attack. 

 It was with a herd ot buffaloes that Mowgli, in Kipling's 

 Jungle Tales, killed Shcre Khan, the tiger, and regained 

 his power o\ er his jungle friends. 



The wild herd w hen attacked is said to form a ring, 

 with the cows and calves on the inside and the hulls on 

 the outside, with lowered horns pointing outward, a 

 ring which no wild animal can break through. Thev 

 are hunted bv beating with a line ot elephants, bv track- 

 intr on a sintrle elephant or on toot, and no bjir i:ame 

 shootinir is attended with jrreater dan<:er. 



The cape buttalo [^IihIuiIus ciiffcr) is a nati\e ot South 

 .Atrica and perhaps is the largest and most terocious ot 



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The buffalo feeds on the aquatic grasses and reeds which line the hanks 



