BUFFALO 



The American Bison was once the wonder of Western 

 prairies. His shape is not wholly unlike the lion's large of 

 chest-girth, but tapering toward the tail. His horns are 

 almost semi-circles, a beautiful black curving out on either 

 side of his head, coming toward a common point out from 

 the center of his forehead. They are now among the rare 

 relics of the range. You may yet occasionally pick one out 

 of the prairie grasses of the West. They are often weather- 

 beaten and unsightly, but if you will oil them and scrape 

 off the cracked and curled-up surface you will be surprised 

 at the beautiful finish and polish of which they are capable. 

 They will be harder than they were on the buffalo's head. 



I was told by one of Ouster's men that he had seen 

 these animals literally swarm on the Western plains in un- 



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