AMERICAN EISOX. 
season is usually verv dry and long. As the 
flame runs along the lines, they advance closer 
together; and the Bisons, which are extremely 
terrified at the sight of fire, speedily fly from 
it, and get into a close body ; when the Indian 
hunters rush briskly to the attack, and sel- 
dom suffer any to escape. 
In Carolina, many of these animals are 
brought up tame : some of them, however, 
frequently retain their wild disposition ; break 
through their inclosures ; effect their escape ; 
and, ravaging the fields, draw after them, 
wherever they penetrate, the whole of the 
tame herds. 
The flesh of the female is esteemed excel- 
lent food; and the skin, both of the male and 
female, are particularly valuable. 
The tongue of the Bison is .^aid to be as 
rough as a file ; with which, if it happens to 
touch a man's cloaths, it seldom tails to get 
hun into it's power, and soon tear hiin in 
pieces. 
