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the Indians, who lie down behind them to wait the 

 approach of the buffalo. The principal dexterity in 

 this species of chase is shewn by the horsemen, who 

 have to raanreuvre round the herd in the plains, so 

 as to urge them to enter the roadway, which is about 

 a quarter of a mile broad. When this has been ac- 

 complished, they raise loud shouts, and pressing 

 close upon the animals, to terrify them, that they may 

 rush heedlessly forward towards the snare. When 

 they have advanced as far as the men who are lying 

 in ambush, they also rise, and increase the conster- 

 nation, by violent shouting and firing guns. The 

 affrighted beasts having no alternative, run directly 

 into the pound, where they are quickly dispatched, 

 either with an arrow or gun."* 



Another animal, which will range under this di- 

 vision, is an Indian Ox, which has been figured by 

 Frederic Cuvier, whose plate we have used as the 

 materials for the accompanying illustration. 



Franklin's Firit Narrative, p. 112. 



