BUFFALO,—Bibalus biigelus. 
in all positions of danger. These herds are never seen on elevated ground, preferring the 
low marshy districts where water and mud are abundant. In this mud they love to 
wallow, and when suddenly roused from their strange pastime, present a most terrible 
appearance, their eyes glaring fiercely from amid the mud-covered dripping masses of 
hair. Sometimes the Buffalo is said to fall a victim to its propensity for wallowing in the 
mud, and to be stuck so firmly in the oozy slime, as it dries under the scorching sunbeams 
of that burning climate, that it can be killed without danger. They generally chew the 
cud while they are lying immersed in mud or water. 
Captain Williamson, in his work on “ Oriental Field Sports,” speaks thus of the 
Buffalo, and its mud-loving propensities :— 
“This animal not only delights in the water, but will not thrive unless it have a swamp 
to wallow in. Then rolling themselves, they speedily work deep hollows, wherein they 
lie immersed. No place seems to delight the Buffalo more than the deep verdure on the 
confines of jeels and marshes, especially if surrounded by tall grass, so as to afford 
concealment and shade, while the body is covered by the water. In such situations they 
seem to enjoy a perfect ecstasy, having in general nothing above the surface but their 
eyes and nostrils, their horns being kept low down, and consequently hidden from 
view. 
“ Frequently nothing is perceptible but a few black lumps in the water, appearing like 
small clods, for the Buffaloes being often fast asleep, all is quiet; and a passenger. would 
hardly expect to see, as often happens, twenty or thirty great beasts suddenly rise. I have 
a thousand times been unexpectedly surprised in this manner by tame Buffaloes, and 
once or twice by wild ones. The latter are very dangerous, and the former are by uo 
