THE BUFFALO. 17 
^ as the great bulk of his body prevents 
running with the swiftness of a horse; 
’^Sh it is said that in going down hill he 
run faster than the latter. According to 
parrman, he is not content with merely kill- 
the person whom he attacks, but stands 
w't^ some time, trampling him 
his ^®ofs and heels, crushing him with 
bod tearing and mangling his whole 
Y) and rasping off the skin with his rouffh 
•'^ngue. *= 
rofessor Thunberg describes more than 
wh^l ^ifh these formidable animals 
e travelling in Caffraria. Two horses 
ride^ on one of these occasions, the 
and*^^ themselves by climbing trees, 
res Professor himself being obliged to 
tiin^^^ *he same expedient. At another 
Up ^ traveller and his party, having come 
herd grazing in a plain, wounded 
0 buffalo which ran furiously tow'ards 
^ou. I. 
