58 BUFFALOES. 



ever met with. He shot remarkably well with 

 ball, and sometimes used English rifles, but 

 he could not shoot so well with them as with 

 a match -lock-gun. 



Wild Buffaloes are plentiful in many parts 

 of Bengal,, and also in some parts ofBahar. I 

 have never seen how they are destroyed by 

 the natives, but I believe their only method 

 is, shooting them from platforms, trees, boats, 

 or elephants. They are too powerful to be 

 attacked openly or in any other way. 



Female Buffaloes are not naturally inclined 

 to attack men unless they have calves with 

 them, then, they are fierce and should be 

 avoided. The Bulls are at all times fierce, 

 particularly so, when in company with a sin- 

 gle female, and they often attack men without 

 any provocation whatever; many natives are 

 killed by them, and some few Europeans have 

 shared the same fate. 



An officer of the Bengal army had a most 

 miraculous escape from one, by having the 



