BULLET AND SHOT 



The tail of a bison makes excellent soup, the 

 tongue is a delicacy, the marrow-bones afford first- 

 rate material for marrow-toast, and the under-cut, 

 though somewhat rich, is well-flavoured and tender. 



Although as a rule a bison has no dewlap, the 

 first bull which I ever bagged had a well-defined 

 one. Captain (now Colonel) W. (late of the 43rd 

 O. L. I.), who was with me, and who had shot a 

 very large number of bison, was greatly struck 

 by the dewlap carried by this animal a solitary 

 bull with a very fair head and he called my 

 attention to it. 



When close to bison, a strong smell as of the 

 domestic cow is often very apparent, but this is 

 not an unfailing guide to the proximity of the 

 animals, as it remains in a place where the bison 

 have been lying down for some time after they 

 have moved off. 



It is very curious how the natives inhabiting 

 the Cossya hills in Assam fear bison. The late 

 Major Cock a great Assam sportsman, who was 

 killed at the assault of Khonoma, in the Naga hills, 

 some twenty years ago stated that he had seen 

 natives who had little fear of elephants or tigers, 

 show signs of funk when called upon to follow 

 bison. Possibly, just as the lion evinces a very 

 different disposition in Eastern Africa from that 

 characterising the same animal when encountered 

 in the south and in Somaliland as is noticed in 

 one of the Badminton Library volumes on big- 

 game shooting, by Mr. F. J. Jackson the bison 

 of Assam may be more prone to attack without 



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