J0 THE BUFFALO, &c. 



becaufe they belong to warm climates ; and the 

 large animals, in general, of thefe countries, have 

 little or no hair. 



In Africa and India, there are vail quantities 

 of wild buffaloes, which frequent the banks of 

 rivers and extenfive meadows. Thefe wild buf- 

 faloes go in flocks *, and make great havock 

 in the cultivated fields. But they never attack 

 men, nnlefs when they are wounded. They 

 are then extremely dangerous fj f° r they run 

 ftraight upon the enemy, overturn him, and 

 trample him under their feet. They are, how- 

 ever, afraid at the fight of fire :f, and they ab- 

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* There are fuch numbers of wild buffaloes in the Philip- 

 pine ides, that a good hunter, with a horfe and a fpear, may 

 kill thirty of them in a day. The Spaniards kill the buffalo 

 for his fktn, and the Indians for his fleih ; Voyage de GaneM 

 Carcri, torn. 5. p. 162. 



f We are told by the Negroes, that, when they fhoot a£ 

 the buffaloes, without wounding them mortally, they dart with 

 fury on the -hunters, and trample them to death. . . . The 

 Negroes watch where the buffaloes aifemble in the evening, 

 climb a large tree, from which they tire upon them, and de- 

 scend not till the animals are dead ; Voyage de Bo/man, p. 437. 



% At the Cape of Good Hope, the buffaloes are larger than 

 thefe of Europe. Inilead of being black, like the latier, they 

 are of a dark red colour. Upon the {'runt, there is a rude 

 tuft of curled hair. Their whole body is well proportioned ; 

 and they advance their head very much forward. Their horns 

 aie very fliort, and hang down on the fide of their neck ; 

 the tips' bend inward, and nearly join. Their ilcin is fo 

 hard and 6rm, that it is difficult to kilt- them without a good 

 ■ fle'fh is neither fd {'at nor lb tender as that 

 ..... The buff do, at the C^spe, turns funmis 

 it il ! <■' ■ I farmsnt, or upon hearing a gtm di£ 



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