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- AnuTiciii Maca/inc on rlipOrit-ni 



A Chinese water buffalo 



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In the wild state the buffalo is one ot the largest, 

 strongest and most terocious animals in existence. "A 

 buffalo," declares Baker, "if not killed will surely de- 

 stroy its adversary. There is no creature in existence 

 that is so determined to stamp out the lite ot its oppo- 

 nents, and the intensity ot its tury is unsurpassed when 

 a wounded bull buftalo rushes torward upon the last 

 desperate charge." It is more than a match tor the 

 tiger and, because ot this, the native Indian princes used 

 to arrange a fight between these tv\'o animals tor the 

 entertainment ot their guests. 



The natives ot the interior ot Java at the period ot 

 the Mohammedan New Year sometimes stage a Rampok, 



