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upon which he dropped the bibarie, and seized the herds- 

 man. The Buffaloes observing this, rushed upon the 

 tiger, and rescued their master; they then tossed the ag- 

 gressor from one to the other with their horns, and to the 

 best of the narrator's recollection, soon destroyed him. 

 Both the wounded men \vere carried to Mr. Johnson's. 

 The bibarie recovered, but the herdsman was so severely 

 wounded, that he died. This anecdote discovers, if not 

 attachment, at least great antipathy and courage, and 

 it is well known that neither the lion nor the tiger are in- 

 clined to attack these ponderous animals, whose vengeance 

 is probably kept alive by occasional depredations upon 

 their young. Hence Indian herdsmen do not scruple to 

 pass the night in the most dangerous jungles, when seated 

 on the back of some favorite Buffalo. 



Their extreme hostility to red is also remarked in India ; 

 and the same antipathy prevails in Europe, as well as at 

 the Cape. A general officer now living, relates, that 

 while a young man, he was employed to survey some land 

 in Hungary, and happened to use a small plain table, 

 covered on the back with red morocco. As he walked 

 from one station to another, he sometimes carried it with 

 the paper against his breast, and the crimson color in front 

 On a sudden he perceived at a considerable distance, a 

 herd of grazing Buffaloes throw out signs of defiance, and 

 come down in full gallop towards him, with their tails up, 

 and evincing the most tumultuous frenzy. Not suspecting 

 the cause, he paused, and dropped his hand, when the 

 whole troop immediately halted, and looked about as if at 

 a great loss. He went on, and again unconsciously rais- 

 ing the table, brought the red color in sight. In a moment 

 they set off, hurrying towards him with the greatest im- 

 petuosity, when, guessing the cause, he turned the obnoxious 

 color towards his breast, and was suffered to proceed un- 

 molested. 



The Cape Buffalo, known among the Hottentots by the 



