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established by crossing bull buffalo with domestic cows; the buffalo cow not 

 producing a hybrid oft'spring. This hybrid race is perfectly fertile, either with 

 itself or when again crossed with domestic cattle; and it is considered that a 

 strain of buffalo-blood will lead to' the cattle in the Northwestern states beine 

 better enabled to withstand the blizzards of those districts. 



In general the buft'aloi has no reason to fear any of the other animals that 

 frequent die regions it inhabits, for if an individual should be attacked, the 



AMERICAN BUFFALOES, SHOWING METHODS OF HUNTING THEM. 



bulls rally to its assistance, and compel the assailant tO' flee before the blows 

 which they inflict with their armed heads. It is only when wounded by the 

 Indian's arrow, or by the bullet of the white man's rifle, or else from becom- 

 ing sick from any cause, that this great beast falls a victim tO' its four-footed 

 enemies. The cunning white wolf is the one it has most tO' dread ; for these 

 stealthy, thick-coated Arabs of the prairies soon ascertain when a buffalo is in 



