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bistory, with which I conclude the present series of 

 anecdotes : ' A bull had gored so many cattle that he 

 was lassoed, and his horns blunted at the tips to pre- 

 vent further mischief. A few weeks after, a panther 

 (jaguar) killed a cow ; and from the torn condition of 

 the bull's head and neck, and the trampled state of the 

 ground, he had evidently done battle for the cow. He 

 was secured, his wounds plaistered up, his horns made 

 sharp again, and turned out into the savannah. The 

 wild dogs and vultures having been kept from the body 

 of the cow during the day, the panther returned to his 

 feast at night, and a furious engagement took place 

 between him and the bull ; for the former was found 

 dead close by the cow the next morning, pierced 

 through and through. The bull returned again and 

 again to him with fury, and was himself again 

 wounded ; but his gashes were sown up, and he re- 

 mained so fierce that his horns were obliged to be 

 re-blunted.' 



TUB END. 



MORRISON AND OTBB, EDINBURGH, 

 PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE 



1 M. V. 6.11.86. 



