104 WILD LIFE IN NORTH CANARA. 



tion showed that the horns were bed- 

 ded in a plate of cellular bone which 

 covers no portion of the brain any- 

 where above the eyes. This bull was 

 not more than five years old, and I 

 have no doubt that in an older animal 

 the cellular plate of bone would be- 

 come quite solid. This arrangement 

 renders it a matter of indifference to 

 the bison how much he is hit about 

 the upper part of the head, his most 

 vulnerable points are behind the shoul- 

 der and just behind the angle of the 

 jaw, where the throat begins. 



It is due to one of the bravest and 

 ugliest little men that ever stepped, 

 that I should describe my henchman 

 Manoel. A short, square, wiry figure 

 supported a very large head ; the face 



