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THE BUFFALO. 
perated. The sight of blood is said to rouse 
their fury to the highest pitch. For this rea- 
son the negro hunters ascend the loftiest trees, 
and fire upon the buffaloes as they pass be- 
neath. Embowered in the foliage, they wait 
patiently till all their victims are dead, fearful 
lest some of the wounded might have strength 
enough left to spring up and revenge the 
slaughter of their companions. 
The Cape buffalo, called by the Hottentots 
quaraho, is a very ferocious animal. Its horns 
are eight or ten inches broad at the base, 
bending down on each side of the head, then 
. turning up at the points, and measuring five 
feet along the curves from tip to tip. Its 
hide is black, and almost naked, especially in 
old animals. This buffalo lives in herds or 
small families, in the brushwood and open 
forests of Caffraria. The surest way of es- 
caping this fierce and vindictive animal when 
attacked by him is, if possible, to ride up a 
