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appearance and behaviour of a young cow standing 
alone in the grass, her head, armed with long and 
exceedingly sharp horns, much raised, and watching 
his approach in a manner which betokened a state 
of dangerous excitement. She had recently dropped 
her calf, and he at once conjectured that it had 
been attacked, and perhaps killed, by some animal 
of prey. To satisfy himself on this point he began 
to search for it, and while thus engaged the cow 
Puma killed by Cow. 
repeatedly charged him with the greatest fury. 
Presently he discovered the calf lying dead among 
the long grass; and by its side lay a full-grown 
puma, also dead, and with a large wound in its 
side, just behind the shoulder. The calf had been 
killed by the puma, for its throat showed the wounds 
of large teeth, and the puma had been killed by 
the cow. When he saw it he could, he affirmed, 
scarcely believe the evidence of his own senses, for 
it was an unheard-of thing that a puma should be 
