144 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



Black Beauty. He certainly is celebrated, in 

 a way, for he has murder on his head, a mur- 

 der committed with deliberate and malicious 

 intent. Like all his kind, Black Beauty is 

 extremely jealous and has a wish to reign su- 

 preme without any rivals in the shape of other 

 bull buffaloes. He has not the slightest ob- 

 jection to fighting, or even killing, these 

 rivals; as a matter of fact he appears to en- 

 joy anything in the shape of a fight, and 

 would get up one daily, on very little provo- 

 cation, or without any provocation at all, if it 

 were not for the fact that he is now always 

 kept in solitary confinement, when his rivals 

 are among the herd. 



Some time ago there was another fine, hand- 

 some bull, to whom Black Beauty took a great 

 dislike. Several times he did his best to fight 

 him, but the two were always separated be- 

 fore any serious damage was done. But one 

 day, when all the buffalo seemed quiet and 

 contented, the cows either lying down, nib- 

 bling the grass, or chewing the cud content- 

 edly, Black Beauty also stood chewing his cud, 



