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THE BUFFALO. 
Though the buffalo in a domestic state is 
not remarkable for docility or attachment to 
his keeper, still the following anecdote seems 
to argue that he is not unsusceptible of such 
a feeling : Two bibaries, or carriers, w'ere 
driving a string of these animals, laden with 
grain and merchandize, within a few miles of 
Chittrah, when one of them, being in the rear, 
was seized by a tiger. A gullah, or herds- 
man, who was tending a number of buffaloes 
while grazing, hastened to his assistance, and 
with a sword severely cut the tiger, which 
immediately dropped the bibarie and seized 
the assailant. The buffaloes rushed upon the 
tiger and rescued the herdsman : they then 
tossed the aggressor from one to another with 
their horns, and soon killed him. Both the 
w'ounded men were carried to the house of 
Mr. D. Johnson, on whose authority this anec- 
dote is given : the bibarie recovered, but the 
