CHAPTER> SIX 
THE BUFFALO 
an HE buffalo (Buffaloe, Bison, Bos Ameri- 
canus) is of the size of an ordinary ox, 
though his ungainly shape and long 
shaggy hair make him seem larger. 
The hair is yellowish brown; on the 
a head and at the extremities, blackish. 
The fore part of the body to back of the shoulder 
blades is covered with thick long tufts. On the fore- 
head the hair is curled, and so thick that a bullet 
glances off. Two short, thick, black horns project 
from the tangle; below, half hidden by the tufts of 
hair, roll two black gleaming eyes. The face is curved 
somewhat convexly. The upper lip is very broad 
below. From the underlip to the knees hangs down 
a long terrible beard. The head is very large and 
heavy; the neck thick and strong. On the back rises 
a considerable hump, formed of the prolonged spinal 
processes, and the muscles and ligaments thereto at- 
tached. The prolongation of the spinal processes in- 
creases from the rear to the front. The front ones 
