THE STORY OF THE BUFFALO. 



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centuries were snfiiciently numerous in parts of Switzerland and Germany 

 to be used as food. In a recent summary of the history of the species I found 

 that up to 1500 the European buffalo seems to have been common in Poland, 

 where it was looked upon as royal game, and hunted in right royal manner 

 by the king and nobility, as many as two thousand or three thousand beaters 

 being employed toi drive the game. 



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CAPE BUFFALOES. 



In spite of their size and bulk, the European buffalo' are active animals, 

 and can both trot and gallop with considerable speed. In galloping the head 

 is carried close to the ground and the tail high in the air. Generally they 

 are sly and retiring in disposition, but in Lithuania an old bull has been 

 known to take possession of a road and challenge all comers. The female dis- 



