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presence of mind to pull offhis red jacket and 

 throw it at him when he made his charge ; the 

 buffalo received it on his horns and continued 

 tossing it about ; which gave the Gentleman 

 an opportunity of climbing up into a tree, by 

 which he escaped unhurt to the great joy of 

 the rest of the party who despaired of his life. 

 It is a well known fact, that, to the showy co- 

 lour red, buffaloes have a particular aversion, 

 for they always attack a person wearing that 

 coloured cloth, in preference to any other. 



Mr. William Down, who now resides in 

 this neighbourhood, was one of a party shoot- 

 ing, when they saw a Bull-buffalo ; they fired 

 several balls at him, and wounded him in one 

 of his hind legs; Mr. Down pursued him across 

 some water, when the animal attacked him 

 and threw him into a ditch, fortunately it was 

 so narrow that the buffalo could not bring his 

 horns to bear on him, they were so long and 

 lay so much in a direction over his back that 

 he could not get their points under, or against 

 his body; After trying a long time in 



