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Chinese and occasionally on the Malayan coast, the 

 buffalo serves as patiently as the bullock, and with 

 greater strength. Perhaps, next to the rhino, the 

 buffalo in its entirely wild state, is the most difficult 

 beast to find because, like the rhino, its favorite 

 haunts are the densest jungles, especially in the 

 neighborhood of swamps, where patches of thick, 

 towering grass provide covered runways, in which 

 they are completely concealed. You might pass 

 within a dozen feet and not see them. 



In India buffalo are more apt to be in herds 

 than in the Siam-Burma section, and in both places 

 they are fond of passing the day in the marshes. 

 They are related to the Cape buffalo (Bos caffer), 

 but distinguished from them by the length and 

 sweep of their horns and the wide separation at 

 their base; as well as by the less thickly fringed 

 ears and 4;he more elongated and narrow head. 

 Besides, they are bigger, standing from five to six 

 feet at the shoulder, while the Cape species aver- 

 ages from four and one-half to five feet. As to 

 horns, those of the Indian will average a full ten 

 inches longer with an incomparably wider spread. 

 The record outside length of an Indian is 77 inches, 

 that of the African 49; but the average of the 

 former is from 56 to 60, and of the latter 44 to 47 

 inches. 



A breed is maintained by the Rajahs of India for 



