THE BUFFALO. 



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is really the only thing they can depend on for food dur- 

 ing the winter. The buffaloes that frequent the northern 

 regions obtain it in winter by scraping away the snow; 

 but during severe seasons, when the snow is deep and the 

 crust hard, they cannot get at it, and the result is that 

 many thousands starve to death. This is one of the rea- 

 sons for their decimation, as much almost as their wanton 



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slaughter by Indians, hide -hunters, and sportsmen. It is 

 pitiful to hear the deep, gruff bellowing of the poor creat- 

 ures then, as they wander over the snow-fields in search 

 of food, or rush wildly about when almost mad with hun- 

 ger. 



A stranger who never saw a buffalo ground would know 

 it immediately by the number of wallows it contains, and 



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