Hunting the Wild Buffalo. 



Captain Harris, gives the following lively picture of Buffalo hunting in Africa : " It was a perfect pano- 

 rama of game; I had with great difficulty restrained Piet from firing, and was almost within reach of the 

 bucks, when a Hottentot suddenly discharging his gun put every thing to flight. The Buffaloes passed me 

 quite close on their way to the hills. I fractured the hind leg of the largest, and mounting my horse, 

 closed with him immediately, and after two gallant charges performed upon three legs, he fell never to rise 

 again. This was a noble specimen of the African Buffalo, standing sixteen hands and a half at the shoulder. 

 His ponderous horns measured four feet from tip to tip, and like a mass of rock, overshadowing his small 

 sinister grey eyes, imparted to his countenance the most cunning, gloomy, and vindictive expression. The 

 savages instantly set to work upon the carcass with their teeth and assagais — Piet providing himself with 

 portions of the hide for shoe soles, and of the flesh, which, though coarse, is a tolerable imitation of beef. 

 From the summit of a hill, I shortly afterwards perceived a large herd of Buffaloes. Creeping close upon 

 them, I killed a bull with a single ball, but the confused echo, which reverberated among the mountains, 

 alarming the survivors, they dashed from their concealment, ignorant whence the sound proceeded, and 

 every thing yielding to their giant strength, I narrowly escaped being trampled under foot in their progress." 



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Domestic Ox. 



Indians Hunting the Bison. 



