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^hen 
approaching these animals, to hoist a 
andkerchief on a pole, and to observe 
capering about, lashing their flanks with 
a’ith and tearing up the ground 
'^ifed as if they were violently ex- 
^ and ready to rush down upon us ; and 
apo ^ once, when we were ready to fire 
agaf them bound away, and 
tanc ^ P^'ancing around us at a safer dis- 
be ^hen wounded, they are reputed to 
rather dangerous to the hunts- 
though we shot several at different 
^ never witnessed any instances of this. 
On] occasion, a young one, apparently 
been ^ two old, whose mother had 
att^ followed the huntsmen home, and I 
to rear it on cow’s milk. In a few 
appeared to be quite as tame as a 
aft seemed to be thriving ; but 
’^'''aids, from some unknown cause, sicken- 
^tid died .” — “ In consequence of a tendency 
