A STRANGE SCENE. 



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him, but, at the same time, were well aware that it could be done only by a des- 

 perate fight with the magnificent fellow that defied them. 



The African buffalo is one of the most dreaded animals that roam the plains 

 and jungles of the Dark Continent. He is the true buffalo, the name being a mis- 

 nomer as applied to the species, now nearly extinct, on our Western prairies, and 



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AFRICAN BUFFALO. 



which are properly called bisons. He is of great size, very powerful and active, 

 courageous, swift of foot, with an enormous spread of horns, that curve outward and 

 upward to sharp points, which, backed by the prodigious strength of the animal, 

 become the most formidable of weapons. 



It has been said by more than one native of South Africa that one should rather 



