THE BUFFALO. 
couching down, and at others standing up- 
right, and, if any of those on the outside 
straggle or lag behind, stepping lightly from 
back to back to drive them along. 
Whether wild or tame these animals in all 
countries manifest the strongest antipathy to 
red. A general officer still living, being em- 
ployed when a young man to survey some land 
in Hungary, happened to use a small plain 
table covered on the back with red morocco. 
In walking from one station to another, he 
sometimes carried it with the paper against 
his breast and the morocco in front. All at 
once he perceived at a distance a herd of 
grazing buffaloes throwing out signs of defi- 
ance, and advancing in full gallop towards 
him, with their tails erect, and all the tokens 
of extreme irritation. Not suspecting the 
cause, he stood still, and dropped his hand, 
when the buffaloes immediately halted, and 
looked about as if confounded. He proceeded. 
