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effectually, and instead of turning on her 

 assailant she went headlong at the man in 

 front. He leaped to one side just in time, 

 one of her horns grazing him, ripping away 

 his clothes and knocking him over; as he 

 lay she tried to jump on him with her fo: 

 feet, but he rolled to one side, and as she 

 went past she kicked at him like a vicious 

 mule. The effort exhausted her, however, 

 and she fell before going a dozen yards far- 

 ther. The man who was charged had rather 

 a close shave; thanks to the rashness and 

 contempt of the game's prowess which tl 

 all felt for all three are very quiet men and 

 not afraid of any thing. It is always a good 

 rule to be cautious in dealing with an ap- 

 parently dead or dying buffalo. About the 

 time the above incident occurred a party of 

 hunters near my ranch killed a buffalo, as 

 they thought, and tied a pony to its foreleg, 

 to turn it over, as its position was a verv 

 bad one for skinning. Barely had the pony 

 been tied when the buffalo came to with a 

 jump, killed the unfortunate pony, and 



