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CAPE BUFFALO. ■ 
FI oils animal made his way towards the rest, of 
whom the Professor was one,, who were ap?- 
proaching, but at some distance. A horse with- 
out a rider was in the front ; as soon as the buf^ 
falo saw him he became more outrageous than 
before, and attacked him with such fury, that 
he not only drove his horns into the horse’s breast, 
but even out again through the very saddle. 
This horse was thrown to the ground with such 
excessive violence, that he instantly died, and 
many of his bones were broken. Just at this mo- 
ment the Professor happened to come up, but 
from the narrowness of the path having no room 
to turn round, he was glad to abandon his horse, 
and take refuge in a tolerably high tree. The 
buffalo, however, had finished ; for after the des-^ 
truction of the second horse, he turned suddenly 
round, and galloped away. 
Some time after this, the Professor and his party 
espied an extremely large herd of buffaloes grazing 
on a, plain. Being now sufficiently apprized of the 
disposition of these animals, and knowing that they 
would not attack any person in the open plains, 
they approached within forty paces, and fired 
amongst them. The whole troop, notwithstanding 
the individual intrepidity of the animals, surprised 
by the sudden flash and report, turned about, and 
made off towards the woods. The wounded buffa- 
loes separated from the rest of the herd from 
inability to keep pace with them. Amongst these 
was*an old bull buffalo, which ran with fury 
towards the party. They knew that, from the si- 
tuation of the eyes of these animals, they could see 
in scarcely any other direction than straight for- 
ward ; and that in an open plain, if a man that was 
pursued darted out of the course, and threw himself 
flat on the ground, they would gallop off to a con? 
siderable distance before they missed him* These 
