American Buffalo 
his relatives and companions shot down before his eyes with no 
feeling than one of stupid wonder and curiosity. His stolid indiffer- 
ence to everything he did not understand cost him his existence.” 
In appearance the bull buffalo was easily the finest of our quad- 
rupeds. ‘‘The magnificent dark-brown frontlet and beard of the 
buffalo, the shaggy coat of hair upon the neck, hump and shoulders, 
terminating at the knees in a thick mass of luxuriant black locks, to 
say nothing of the dense coat of finer fur on the body and hind 
quarters, give to our species a grandeur and nobility of presence, which 
are beyond all comparison among ruminants.” * 
* Hornaday op. ct, 
j? 

