CHAPTER III. 



MINNERIA LAKE BRUSH WITH A BULL AN AWKWARD VIS- 

 A-VIS A BRIGHT THOUGHT BULL BUFFALO RECEIVES HIS 

 SMALL CHANGE WHAT is MAN ? LONG SHOT WITH THE 

 FOUR-OUNCE CHARGED BY A HERD OF BUFFALOES THE 

 FOUR-OUNCE DOES SERVICE THE "LOLA" A WOMAN 

 KILLED BY A CROCODILE CROCODILE AT BOLGODDE LAKE 

 A MONSTER CROCODILE DEATH OF A CROCODILE. 



r I "*HE foregoing description may serve as an intro- 

 J_ duction to the hill-sports of Ceylon. One animal, 

 however, yet remains to be described, who surpasses all 

 others in dogged ferocity when once aroused. This is 

 the " buffalo." 



The haunts of this animal are in the hottest parts of 

 Ceylon. In the neighborhood of lakes, swamps and 

 extensive plains the Buffalo exists in large herds ; wal- 

 lowing in the soft mire, and passing two-thirds of his 

 time in the water itself, he may be almost termed 

 amphibious. 



He is about the size of a large ex, of immense bone 

 and strength, very active, and his hide is almost free 

 from hair, giving a disgusting appearance to his India- 

 rubber-like skin. He carries his hea"d in a peculiar 

 manner, the horns thrown back, and his nose projecting 

 on a level with his forehead, thus securing himself from 

 a front shot in a fatal part. This renders him a dan* 

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