194 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
The buffaloes of Ceylon 
are the same as those of 
India, but the horns are 
inferior insize. ‘‘ The charge 
of a_ buffalo is a_ serious 
matter,’ says Sir Samuel 
Baker. ‘Many animals charge 
when infuriated, but they can 
generally be turned aside by 
the stunning blow of a rifle- 
shot, even if they be not 
mortally wounded. But a 
buffalo is a devil incarnate 
when it has once decided on 
the offensive; nothing will 
turn it. It must be actually 
stopped by death, sudden and 
instantaneous, as nothing else 
will stop it. If not killed, 
it will assuredly destroy its 
adversary. Thereisnocreature 
in existence so determined 
to stamp the life out of its 
opponents, and the intensity 
of its fury is unsurpassed 
bane , when a wounded bull rushes 
CAPE BUFFALO forward upon its last desperate 
: ; : : charge. Should it succeed in 
Notice the striking difference aur ier cre ae the two species of buffalo — the overthrowing ‘is antagonist, te 
will not only gore the body 
with its horns, but will kneel upon the lifeless form, and stamp it with its hoofs till the 
mutilated remains are beyond recog- 
nition.” 
The true Indian buffalo is usually 
shot from the back of an elephant. 
Hunting it on foot is dangerous in 
the extreme, for the buffalo can crash 
through obstacleswhich would prevent 
any man from making his way through 
them when escaping. When domesti- 
cated, the Indian buffalo loses most 
traces ofits savageness ; it is habitually 
managed by the children, who take 
the herds out to graze in the jungle, 
and drive them back, often riding on 
one of the bulls, at night. They 
dislike Europeans, and often show 
this by attacking them; but other- 
wise they are quite tame, and are ra 
docile when in harness or carrying DOMESTICATED INDIAN BUFFALO 
burdens. The buffalo’s milk is very This animal is found as a wild and domesticated species in India, It is valuable 
rich, and makes a much larger per- as a beast of draught and for the dairy 
a ox 
