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appearance and behaviour of a young cow standing 

 alone in the grass, her head, armed with long and 

 exceedingly sharp horns, much raised, and watching 

 his approach in a manner which betokened a state 

 of dangerous excitement. She had recently dropped 

 her calf, and he at once conjectured that it had 

 been attacked, and perhaps killed, by some animal 

 of prey. To satisfy himself on this point he began 

 to search for it, and while thus engaged the cow 



Pnma killed hv Cow 



repeatedly charged him with the greatest fury. 

 Presently he discovered the calf lying dead among 

 the long grass; and by its side lay a full-grown 

 puma, also dead, and with a large wound in its 

 side, just behind the shoulder. The calf had been 

 killed by the puma, for its throat showed the wounds 

 of large teeth, and the puma had been killed by 

 the cow. When he saw it he could, he affirmed, 

 scarcely believe the evidence of his own senses, for 

 it was an unheard-of thing that a puma should be 



