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not properly apply to the so-called buffalo of America, 

 which is a true bison. 



2. The Indian buffalo, or arna, as it is called, is, in its 

 wild state, ten feet long and six feet high, and wears a 

 coat of smooth, thin, short hair. It frequents the great 

 swampy jungles of India, and is fierce and pugnacious in 

 disposition. It wallows in the mud, and seems to prefer the 

 lower and more unfrequented lands. Here it sometimes 

 comes in conflict with the Bengal tiger, for whom it is 

 more than a match. But this buffalo has been tamed in 

 its native land, and applied to practical use. During the 

 middle ages it was introduced into Egypt, Greece, and 

 Italy. Its great strength adapts it to the yoke ; its milk is 

 good, but its flesh is not pleasant. The Cape buffalo of 



A Buffalo Cow defending Tier Calf. 



South Africa is neither so high nor so large as its Indian 

 cousin, but it is equally ferocious, and does not wait for a 

 provocation, but wages a wanton war on men and animals. 

 It collects in great herds, and delights to wallow in the 

 mire. 



