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fr tlu> spoor, \\h--n In- heard n crush close to him, and before he could mm.- himself, he WM 

 .sent living in tin- air by tin- charge <>f tlie HtifTalo. II.- f.-ll into some branches and was thus 

 safe, for the HulTalii was not satNt'u-d with tliis jierforiiiaiic.-. hut \\i>h.-d to tinM, th.. work 

 which lit- had M. ahly U-LTMII. After examining tin- safe |M.siti<n of liis victim, lie retreated. 



Hi.- Katlir. \\lm lia.l i \\ o or three ribs broken, reached his home with difficulty, and gave 

 up Huffalo-shootiiiL: from tliatday. 



It appeared that this cunning animal had retraced its stepe after retreating, and had 

 then tracked into a bush, and waited for the Kaffir to pass. 



\ _ ..: itsinan at Natal, named Kirknwn, told me that he was shooting Buffaloes 

 u li.-ti iie was across the Sugela river on one occasion, and having wounded a bull, he wan giving 

 him his quietus, when the creature sent forth a sort of moan. Now the Buffalo always dies 

 game, ami rarely makes any other noise when luird hit. This moan was prohihly a signal ; and 

 a.s such it was translated by the herd to which this animal belonged, as th-y suddenly 8topi)ed 

 in tln-ir i>-tr>-at. and came to the rescue. Kirkmun dropped his gun ami took to some trees, 

 where he was in safety. Fortunate it was for him that timber happened to be near, as the 

 savage herd really meant mischief, and came round his tree in numbers. When they found 

 that In- M:I> safe from their rage, they retreated. 



Tlic vulnerable parts in a Buffalo are behind the shoulder, near the kidneys, or high up on 

 tin- back. His head is so protected by his horny helmet, that a bullet does not ea.-ih find a 

 vulnerable point in the forehead. I once met a Buffalo face to face in the bush we were 

 about t hn-e yards apart ; I fired at his forehead, aiming between the eyes. I know that my 

 build -truck tnii- : tin- Huffalo fell, but soon jumped up again, and scampered off. This was 

 certainly a fair trial of lead versus horn, and horn had the best of it." 



ANOTHER species of Buffalo b the ANOA, an inhabitant of the island of Celebes. This 

 animal was formerly thought to belong rather more to the antelopes than to the oxen, but is 

 now satisfactorily ascertained to be a member of the genus Bubalus. It is a small, (nit very 

 tierce animal, and is with difficulty made prisoner. Some of these creatures, which were kept 

 in confinement, killed in one night fourteen stags which were placed in the same inclostire. 

 The horns of this animal are quite straight, and are set nearly in a line with the forehead. In 

 length they equal the head, are boldly flattened in front, and are covered throughout their 

 length u ith successive wrinklings. The Anoa is generally found among the more rocky local- 

 ities of its native island. 



THE BAXTENO, or JAVAX Ox, possesses something of the homely aspect which belongs 

 to the common domestic cattle. It is, however, a very strong, fleet, and active animal, inhab- 

 iting the wooded valleys of its native land, and living in small herds under the watchful guar- 

 dianship of vigilant sentries. 



This animal is rather variable in color, according to its age and sex, the old bulls being of 

 a blackish-brown color, and the females a reddish-bay. Upon the hinder quarters is always a 

 bold patch of white, the inside of the ears and the lips are of the same hue, and the lower half 

 of the legs is white. It is a tolerably large animal, the height of an adult bull being about five 

 feet six inches at the shoulder. In spite of its constitutional shyness and its dread of man, it 

 is domesticated by the inhabitants of Borneo, and is employed for many useful purposes. 



LARGEST of all the existing members of the Ox tribe is the GAUR, or GOUB, an animal 

 which may be easily recognized by the extraordinary elevation of the spinal ridge and the 

 peculiarly white "stocking." The general color of the Gaur is a deep brown, verging here 

 and there upon black, the females being usually paler than their mates. The dimensions of 

 the Gaur are very considerable, a full-grown bull having been known to measure six feet ten 

 inches in height at the shoulders. The great height of the shoulder is partly owing to 

 the structure of the vertebra, some of which give out projections of sixt^-n inches in 

 length. 



The Gaur associates in little herds of ten, twenty, or thirty in number, each herd generally 



