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THE AMERICAN BISON. 
the Indians, who lie down behind them to wait the 
approach of the buffalo. The principal dexterity in 
this species of chase is shewn by the- horsemen, who 
have to raanreuvre round the herd in the plains, so 
as to urge them to enter the roadway, which is about 
a quarter of a mile broad. When this has been ac- 
complislied, they raise loud shouts, and pressing 
close upon the animals, to terrify them, that they may 
rush heedlessly forward towards the snare. When 
they have advanced as far as the men who are lying 
in ambush, they also rise, and increase the conster- 
nation, by violent shouting and firing guns. The 
affiighted beasts having no alternative, run directly 
into the pound, where they are quickly dispatched, 
either with an arrow or gun.”* 
Another animal, which will range under this di- 
vision, is an Indian Ox, which has been figured by 
Frederic Cuvier, whose plate we have used as the 
materials for the accompanying illustration. 
* Franklin’s First Narrative, p. 112. 
