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jumped on their feet, and seemed to concentrate all their faculties 
in two senses, hearing and sight. ‘The calves pressed timidly 
against their mothers. Then, when’ the noise of the hounds 
resounded, the Bisons hastened to range themselves in the order 
which they usually take in similar circumstances, namely, placing ~ 
their calves in front they form the rear-guard, to protect them from 
the pursuit of the dogs, and advance. Arrived at the line occupied 
by the beaters and the keepers, they were received with piercing 
cries and firing of guns. They then changed the order of defence ; 
the old Bisons rushed with fury on one side, broke the line of chase, 
and continued their course victoriously, bounding along, and dis- 
daining to trouble themselves about their enemies who were crouching 
against the enormous trees. The keepers however succeeded in 
detaching two calves from the troop : one, aged 3 months, was taken 
at once; the other of 15 months, though seized by eight persons 
overthrew them and fled. The dogs were set in pursuit, and the Bison, 
forced into a marsh, was bound and carried to the court-yard of the 
forester. Four Bison calves, 1 male and 3 females, were taken in 
other places in the forest. One of these females, aged only a few 
days, was suckled at first by a domestic cow, of a fawn colour simi- 
lar to that of the Bison, and, to the surprise of every one, the cow 
manifested a tender attachment for this adopted wild and bearded 
young one. Unfortunately the young animal died six days after-. 
wards, suffocated by a swelling in the neck, which it had before it 
was caught, and which was continually increasing. The other calves 
took no food the first day of their captivity ; but on the following 
day, the one aged 3 months began to suck a cow and seemed gay 
and lively. Its companions in captivity, excepting the one 15 — 
months old, began at first to take milk from a man’s hand, then 
they drank from a pail with great avidity, and when the pail was 
empty they licked one another’s muzzles. In a short time they lost 
their wild look, and their timidity changed into an extreme vivacity 
and petulance. When let out of their stable, into the large court- 
yard of the farm, the rapidity of their movements, their agility, 
and the lightness of their leaps, similar to those of the goat or stag, 
astonished every one. They played with the calves of the domestic 
cows of their own accord, combated with them, and although 
stronger, they appeared to yield to them from generosity. The male 
Bison of 15 months for a long time preserved his wild and stern 
look; he was irritated at the approach of any one, shook his head, 
lashed his tail, and presented his horns. After two months of cap- 
tivity he was at length tamed, and attached himself to the peasant 
who fed him; and then more liberty was given him. The Bisons 
are in general fond of striking the ground with their feet, throwing 
the earth into the air, and then rearing as horses do. ‘They 
exhibit much attachment to the person who feeds and looks after 
them, come and rub themselves against him, licking his hands, and 
obeying his voice; they run bounding up when he calls them. 
Whenever they were let out of the stable, they grew animated, raised 
their head proudly, dilated their nostrils, snorted with force, and 
gave themselves up to all kinds of sports; but soon perceiving that 
