10G oo kn. — Hamst. 



with considerable intervals l>et\\ ixt thorn. On these 

 were assembled the most respectable proprietors and 

 fanners with their families of all ages and holh i-exes, 

 dressed in clean hol\»la\ suits, while several thousands 

 of f h f 4>!^ filled up these intervals. The Spaniard ai.d 

 John iiull wonhi have considered the whole affair 

 excef -diniil\ U ue. Here no barbarities were .prac- 

 tised, there was no quarrel liD'g and no druukt nness or 

 other brutalities exhibited. The buffaloes were sue- 

 eessivelv led out in pairs by their owners, one pair at a 

 time into die arena, and when sufficiently close, were 

 allowed to come of their own accord to the scratch. 

 The owners did not mount their buffaloes alter the 

 Tavoy or Hnrman fashion, but got quickly out of the 

 way of the animals. Many buffaloes declined 

 the contest ; and very few fought beyond five minutes, 

 v hen one generally scampered off across the country 

 I bl) ..wed by the victor; blood v<ns very rarely drawn, 

 and no deaths occurred. The only science displayed 

 on the NiStoceagfon, was by a buffalo, the properly of 

 an old Malay woman and named by her bint any be- 

 rriti. ' theshiftirtfj star." This animal geu< rally con- 

 trived, bjj a dexterous inanomvrc, to get one of its horns 

 undn* the lowir jaw of iis ad\ ersary, and h\ twists 

 nig his hi t k T to bring him on his side to the ground. 

 The defeated buffalo rarely ran a secund course, but 

 made off as fast as it could, whhuut any further at- 

 tempt of the victor to injure it. 



IiuMalo-lmiting is ttf course disallowed by English 

 law, and has been therefore discouraged within I he Pro- 

 vince; if indeed this animal can be called a bull. Still, 



theantftiaJ ?-piii!s of any population, much more of 

 one ju>l emerging fr in the middle grade of civiliza- 

 tion, will have an outlet in some waj or other, it is 

 doubtful whether the indulgence in this sport under 

 W nnid * form compared with that which it takes in 



