THE WILD BUFFALO 



indicated, themselves the offspring of wild bulls. 

 I heard of a heavy bill which the then Deputy 

 Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police at 

 Dibrugarh once had to pay. They were shooting 

 from elephants near Sudiya on the frontier, and 

 getting amongst a herd of buffalo had capital 

 sport with them. The animals proved however 

 to be tame ones, and the sportsmen were obliged 

 to recompense the owners of the slain. 



My advice to beginners under "the Great Indian 

 Rhinoceros," applies with equal force to buffalo 

 shooting in Assam. 



Wild buffaloes possess very great vitality, and 

 will stand much lead if the latter be not very 

 accurately placed. The late Mr. Sanderson, a 

 long time subsequent to the publication of his 

 book, wrote to me just after he had returned from 

 an expedition undertaken mainly in search of this 

 game, telling me that he had lost half the "buffs" 

 which he had wounded, though some of them 

 were upon three legs, and in spite of the powerful 

 weapon (an 8-bore with a powder charge of twelve 

 drachms) which he used in that trip. 



The vernacular names for the buffalo are 



Hindustani Arna (male), Arni (female), JunglL 

 Bhains and Bhains. 



In Bhagulpore Mung. 

 Gondi Gera-erumi. 



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