THE U.ITF.R BUFFALO 



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or tiger and buffalo tiglit, when a tiger and a domesti- 

 cated water buffalo, usually a bull or a cow with a young 

 calf, are placed in the arena. The tiger invariably at- 

 tempts to kill his enemy by leaping on his shoulders and 

 breaking his neck, but when he is in the air midway ot 

 his leap the buffalo usually lunges torward and strikes 

 him a stunning blow with his head and horns; then, 

 before he can scramble to his feet, the buffalo is upon 

 him kneeling and kneading his body with such terrihc 

 force that he is left a bloody, mutilated and lifeless pulp. 

 Sometimes two tigers are pitted against one buffalo, and 

 it is seldom that he tails to vanquish them. 



The Burmese when referring to a desperate combat 

 ot anv kind say "A'vTrc knit Kvii lo hcli' — like a tight 

 between a buffalo and a tiger — meaning to the death. 

 Buffaloes, both wild and domesticated, have a ereat 



Buffaloes are good swinimers but arc ungainly in tlieir muxenKin laiKi 



