36 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
monly range in droves, feeding in the open savan- 
nahs morning and evening, and reposing, during the 
sultry parts of the day, on the shady banks of rivu- 
lets. Sometimes they leave so deep an impression 
of their feet on the moist sand, as to be thus traced 
and shot by the Indians. The usual method of 
taking them is in pitfalls. 
79. The Indians also take them by the following 
stratagem. An Indian, clothing himself in one of 
their skins, goes before a drove of them, and entices 
them to the brow of a precipice. When they come 
up, he conceals himself among the rocks, and the 
hinder part of the drove press on with such irresisti- 
ble force, that those before are hurled headlong 
down the precipice. The Indians then select such 
parts of the Bisons as they please, and abandon the 
rest to be devoured by the wild beasts. 
THE BUFFALO. 
80. The Buffalo exists wild in Africa and the 
warmer parts of India. He is found domesticated 
Where do they feed, and at what time repose ? 
What is the usual method of taking the Bison ? 
Where is the Buffalo found wild, and where tame ? 
