In Buffalo Days 
half as far as before, and again stopped. 
Three or four other shots drove him by 
shorter and shorter rushes up the bluffs, until 
at length he would go no further, and subse- 
quent shots only caused him to shake his 
head angrily. Plainly he had climbed until 
his wind had given out, and now he would 
stand and fight. Our fun was over, and look- 
ing back as we floated down the river, our 
last glimpse was of the old bull, still standing 
on his shelf, waiting with lowered head for 
the unknown enemy that he supposed was 
about to attack him. 
It is not only under the stress of circum- 
stances that the bison climbs. The mountain 
buffalo is almost as active as the mountain 
sheep, and was often found in places that 
tested the nerve and activity of a man to 
reach; and even the buffalo of the plains had 
a fondness for high places, and used to climb 
up on to broken buttes or high rocky points. 
In recent years I have often noticed the same 
habit among range cattle and horses. 
The buffalo were fond of rolling in the 
dirt, and to this habit, practised when the 
ground was wet, are due the buffalo wallows 
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