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dence, sensible of the difficulties 
which attend the structure of all 
the theories of the earth; but if I 
should be thought to have failed in 
any of my inferences, I have still 
the satisfaction to know that, with- 
out any View to system, I have en- 
deavoured faithfully to collect and 
to record natural facts, of which 
others may probably make a better 
use than I have made myself, and to 
which the attention of scientific 
men may not unprofitably be di- 
rected. It is not for me to pro- 
nounce how far I have succeeded ; 
but as Sir William Hamilton’s ob- 
ject has been to trace the operation 
of firein the formation of the great 
features of nature, so it has been 
mine to trace and to notice the ope- 
ration of water; and, perhaps, when 
the power of these two mighty ele- 
ments is duly considered, great light 
will be thrown on a subject hitherto 
imperfectly investigated. 
I shall be happy should my works, 
with their embellishments, be al- 
Jowed the honour of standing as an 
invitation or introduction to the 
study of that part of the Alps, 
where the few flowers and ears of 
corn which I have gathered may 
serve as a specimen of their rich- 
ness and fertility, asa field of sci- 
ence, and whose harvest I must 
leave to be reaped by others more 
conversant than myself in the philo- 
sophy of natural history. 
Account of the Buffalo of America, 
by Mr. Turner; from Letters 
and Papers on Agriculture, se- 
lected from the Correspondence of 
the Bath and West of England So- 
ciety, Vol, VII. 
HE. American Buffalo is, if 1 
mistake not, the bison of Buffon, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
Immense herds of this animal roam 
at large, in interior America. From 
Green River to the Mississippi, the 
shores of the Ohio are lined with 
them. The hunters are too apt to 
destroy them wantonly: a circum- 
stance much to be regretted, and 
not to be prevented. Frequently 
have I seen this fine animal iilled ; 
and, excepting the tongue and the 
tallow, left on the ground a prey | 
to the tigers, wolves, and eagles. 
The boss on the shoulders of the 
buffalo is, as well as the tongue, ex- 
tremely rich and delicious,—super- 
rior tothe best English beef. It is 
usual to cure the tongues, and 
transport them to New Orleans ; 
where they are sure to meet witha 
good market. 
There is a singular, an affecting 
trait in the character of the buffalo, 
when acalf; and my feelings have 
severely felt it. Whenever a cow 
buffalo falls before the murdering 
lead of the hunters, and happens 
to have a calf, the helpless young 
one, far from attempting an escape, 
stays by its fallen dam, with signs 
expressive of strong and active 
natural affection. ‘The dam thus 
secured, the hunter makes-no ate 
tempt on the calf, (knowing it to be 
unnecessary) but proceeds to cut — 
up the carcase : then laying it onhis 
horse, he returns towards home, 
followed by the poor calf, thus in- 
stinctively attending the remains of i 
T have seen a single hun- — 
its dam. 
ter ride into the town of Cincinnati, 
between the Miames, followed in 
this manner, and, at the same time, __ 
by three calves, who had lost their — 
dams by this cruel hunter. 
Since I have expressed a wish to — 
see the buffalo domesticated on the © 
English farms, I will now mention a — 
fact concerning it, within my own © 
A farmer, on the great © 
knowledge. 
Kenhawa 
