BUFFALOES 



in blowing his breath into her nostrils when she 

 seemed to lose all her wildness and fear and 

 followed close on the heels of our ponies to the 

 barnyard. She became the companion of the 

 first calf who was now the monarch of the yard. 

 The calves were known as "Governor" and 

 " Princess." In the fall they changed their baby 

 coats of sandy red for dark brown ones. When 

 Governor was three years old he was a beautiful 

 animal nearly eight feet long, with a large, noble 

 head, a long beard beneath his chin, short, 

 rounded horns and big, gentle, brown eyes that 

 were almost hidden by the long, dark hair on 

 his head, as were his ears and the base of his 

 horns. His body was covered with short, dark- 

 brown, woolly fur with a shaggy mane over his 

 high shoulders down to his knees. His hind 

 quarters were much lower and comparatively 

 weaker. His tail was smooth, with a large tuft 

 on the end. I shall never forget the fine pic- 

 ture he made as he stood pawing the ground on 

 the hill near the Gap at sunrise with the red- 

 purple tints of the sky for a background and 

 greeting me with his friendly roaring and bellow- 

 ing. Then as I stood and waved to him he 



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