The Thundering Herd (u 



gigantic buffalo bull. He was standing 

 chewing his cud, in a ruminating manner, 

 and looking off across the rolling prairies 

 to the distant sunset, or so it seemed to 

 the watchers with the glass. 



Although he was perhaps a quarter of a 

 mile away, yet the glass brought him quite 

 near, so that they could study him and get 

 a good idea of just how the King of the 

 Plains looked. His head and shoulders 

 were very massive, and almost out of pro- 

 portion to his hind-quarters, but not enough 

 so to look badly. A long black beard, per- 

 haps a foot in length, hung down beneath 

 his chops, while his massive head was gen- 

 erously ornamented with long dark curly 

 hair that nearly hid his large, ox-like eyes. 

 His horns were short and sharp, and 

 slightly curved upward, suggesting what 

 execution he could do if he were suddenly 

 to throw up his great head, and catch his 

 victim upon the horns. 



