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Bison Huntiii";. 



Endowed with the sense of smell in great perfection, wary, and fierce, the American Bison is not to be 

 easily surprised by the hunter, and, when surprised, the chase of it is not without peril. On the approach 

 of an enemy, the vast herd moves off, with a tread of thunder, in rapid flight. But, if one be wounded, 

 the hunter's life is in jeopardy, for, turning in an instant, the infuriated animal will rush on its assailant 

 with headlong impetuosity. Mr. Catlin relates a story concerning one Monsieur Chardon, who having 

 wounded a bull Bison, was about to discharge a second shot, when the animal turned suddenly and planted 

 its horns full in the Frenchman's unlucky horse, which was going at full speed. The horse was sadly 

 gored; the rider made a frog's leap of some twenty yards or more over the bull's back. He rose up, and 

 fainted ; but fortunately the Bison was dead, and the hunter, recovering, found that he had been more 

 frightened than hurt. But all Bison hunters do not escape so well, in some instances they perish. 



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Perils of Bison Hunting — Narrow Escupe of Monsieur Chardon. 



