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marks their progress when far away. They swim rivers 

 with ease, even amid floating ice, and show a surprising 

 agility and expertness in making their way down precipi- 

 tous cliffs and banks of streams, plunging headlong where 

 a man would pick his way with hesitation. Ordinarily, 

 however, the buffalo exhibits commendable sagacity in his 

 choice of routes, usually taking the easiest grades and the 

 most direct course, so that a buffalo-trail often worn 

 deep into the ground can be depended on as affording 

 the most feasible road through the region it traverses. 



6. "When belligerent, the old bulls make the most 

 blustering demonstrations, but are really cowardly. Fac- 

 ing the approaching hunter with a boastful and defiant 



The Bison Hunt. 



air, they will pace to and fro, threateningly pawing the 

 earth, only to take to their heels the next moment. The 

 bulls greatly enjoy pawing the earth, and throwing it up 

 with their horns, digging into banks, or getting down on 

 one knee to strike into the level surface, so that the 



