My grip and camera were placed near one side so as to avoid, as 

 much as possible, the water that was continually dripping from the 

 roof. This was a bad move, as it was discovered the next morning 

 that the violent jarring occasioned by the stopping and starting of the 

 freight train during the night had not only placed grip and camera 

 close against the side but also caused the w'ater that had collected 

 in the rail above the door to pour down frequent streams into them 

 both. This not only ruined the films and put the camera out of 

 commission, but also made a sorry-looking mess of the suitcase 

 and contents. 



The buffalo gradually became accustomed to the noise and move- 

 ments of the train. At first they fought and kicked their crates in a 

 most violent manner, but after a time, as the train moved along, they 

 became quiet, stopped gritting their teeth and commenced eating the 

 hay. A very noticeable feature was, as long as the train was in 

 motion they would drop down and lie quiet, but as soon as it 

 stopped, were on their feet at once and uneasy until the train was 

 again on the move. This applied to all, with the exception of one 

 young bull who fought from start to finish and at times drove his 

 horns with great force through the boards on the top, front and sides 

 of his crate. 



As the car at night was lighted only by a lantern, which hung 

 from the ceiling, its rays penetrated but a very short distance through 

 the fog, and as this uneasy bull was at the far end, it was impossible 

 to see the amount of damage that was being done to his crate. The 

 sound of splintering boards continued and visions of a loose bull 

 ripping into the other crates loomed up before me, so with hammer 

 in one hand and nails in the other I quietly stationed myself near 

 him throughout the night and after each paroxism, by carefully feel- 

 ing over the damaged spots, made such temporary repairs as was 

 necessary until the following day when they were further strengthened. 

 Here the short pieces of board that I had put into the car at Newport 

 for just such an emergency proved of great value. 



The freight train which was scheduled to take us to Springfield 

 that night cut our car out at Greenfield at 3.10 A. M., where we 

 laid over until 7 A. M., when a passenger train took us to Spring- 

 field, arriving there at 9.15. Here we should have been picked up 

 by a passenger train leaving at 11 A. M. We were already in position 

 on the track when, at the last moment, without any explanation, the 

 car was ordered back to the yards to remain there until night. I 

 then tried to see the express agent, but as the car was on the move 

 and the door unlocked, had some difficulty in keeping it in sight 

 before I finally caught up with it. Arriving at the yard we were 

 shoved around, back and forth, for over an hour which gave no 

 opportunity for interviewing anyone, and moreover the terrific impact 

 required to connect with the bad coupling on our car w^as getting 

 on my nerves. Finally we were shoved out on a side-track and here 

 we remained for sometime, when we w-ere again pulled out on the 

 main track only to be sent back to the yards again where a number 



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