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fat cow, i ise up behind ee ue rest- 
ing their guns over her body, shot two or 
three others, without occasioning any serious 
disturbance or surprise to. their companions;. 
for, extraordinary as it may appear, if the buf- 
falo neither see nor smell the hunter, they 
will pay but little attention to the crack of 
guns, or to the mortality which is being dealt 
among them. 
| The slaughter of these animals is frequently 
carried to an excess, which shows the de- 
pravity of the human heart in very bold relief: 
Such is the excitement that generally pre vails 
at the sight of these fat denizens of the prai- 
ries, that very few hunters appear able to re- 
frain from shooting as long as the game re- 
mains within reach of their rifles; nor can 
they ever permit a fair shot to escape them. 
Whether a pleasure of taking life is 
