150 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



near enough should go to the Park some win- 

 ter day when it is stormy and watch him, if 

 only for a short time. Notice his height of 

 hump, his long, thick pelage, his short tail, 

 and short curving horns. Take notice also 

 that his shaggy head faces the storm, instead 

 of his turning his back to it after the man- 

 ner of all other cattle, and with what abso- 

 lute indifference he receives either wind, rain, 

 or snow. 



He will not be interested in the visitors; 

 he will not be worrying about his wives and 

 children; he has plenty of food and water, 

 and a comfortable house to go into any time 

 he likes. The only thing I believe he ever 

 thinks about is a fight, and that is a thing of 

 the past, for like all murderers he has cut 

 himself off from pleasures, and his future is 

 always to be dull and lonely because he has 

 proved himself not fit to be at large. 



But wicked and savage as he is, we are glad 

 to have him, for each living buffalo in these 

 days is a treasure, and good specimens are 

 rare and costly. 



