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THE BUFFALO. 
them. From the situation of the eyes and 
horns of these animals, they can scarcely see 
excepting straightforward, so that in the open 
plain if a man who is pursued darts out of 
the direct course, and throws himself flat on 
the ground, the beast will gallop forward to 
some distance before he misses him. To this 
contrivance the party had recourse, and the 
animal passed close by them, and fell before 
he discovered his error. Such was his strength 
that, though a ball had entered his chest and 
penetrated through the greatest part of his 
body, he ran at full speed several hundred 
paces before he fell. 
The buffalo is now nearly extirpated through- 
out every part of the Cape colony, except in 
the extensive forests or jungles in the eastern 
districts, where he still flnds a precarious 
shelter. In this quarter the following incident 
illustrative of the rough sports of buffalo-hunt- 
ing occurred; it was related to Mr. Pringle, 
