INHABITANT OF THE PLAINS. 



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the advent of the first mild weather, even before the snow has 

 disappeared, they commence to shed their rough coat, first 

 from between the fore-legs, then the prominent parts of the 

 body, and later from the fore limbs and hump. This long 

 hair or, as it is frequently called, wool comes off in 

 patches, trees and rocks being used to rub against ; the 

 result is, that by March a more ragged, tattered, weather- 

 beaten creature can scarcely be imagined. The horns of 



BUFFALO IN SPUING COAT. 



both bull and cow are about the same length"; those of the 

 former are thick, blunt, and clumsy, those of the latter 

 sharp, slim, and trim-looking. Both sexes much resemble 

 each other ; at the same time the figure of the female is 

 more delicately formed, and not within a couple of hands 

 as high at the shoulder, nor is she clothed with such a quan- 

 tity of the rough, coarse covering over the fore-quarters. 



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