AMERICAN BISON. 
COW will not suckle the voung Buffalo, and 
that the female Buffalo refuses the same kind 
office to a calf. 
The reasoning of Buffon is curious; but 
it will not, we presume, satisfy manv minds. 
The Bison is generally chara6lerised, by na- 
turalists, as having the fore-pans somewhat 
resembling those of the lion, with a long 
shaggv mane, and a beard under the chin. 
The head is small; the eyes are red and fierv; 
the looks are furious and commanding; the 
forehead is extensive ; and the horns are placed 
very far asunder. A hunch, almost as high 
as that of a camel, grows on the middle of 
tlie back, which is esteemed a peculiar delicacy 
by the inhabitants ot those countries where 
the animal is found in a wild state. 
The American Bison differs from all others 
in several particulars. It is larger than the 
Ox ; has low, black, short horns ; a large 
beard under it's chin ; and long hair springing 
from between it's horns, which falls over it's 
eyes, and gives it a hideous appearance. The 
hunch 
