CAFE BUFFALO, 
31T 
circumstances prevented their suffering any material 
alarm. The animal, from this contrivance, passed 
close by them, and fell before he appeared to have 
discovered his error. Such, however, was his 
strength, that notwithstanding the ball had entered 
his chest, and penetrated through the greatest part 
pf his body, he ran at fail speed several hundred 
paces before he fell. 
The Cape buffalo is frequently bunted, both by 
Europeans, and by the natives of South Africa. 
In Caffraria he is generally killed by means of 
javelins, which the inhabitants use with considera- 
ble dexterity. When a Caffre has discovered the 
place where several buffaloes are collected together, 
he blows a pipe, made of the thigh bone of a sheep, 
which is heard at a great distance. The moment 
his comrades hear this notice they run up to the 
spot, and surrounding the animals, which they take 
care to approach by degrees, lest they should alarm 
them, throw their javelins at them. This is gene- 
rally done with so sure an aim that out of eight or 
twelve, it is very rarely that a single one escapes. 
It sometimes happens, however, that while the 
buffaloes are running oft', some one of the hunters 
who stands in the way is tossed and killed ; but 
this is a circumstance not much regarded by the 
Caftrarians. When the chase is ended, each one cuts 
off and takes away his share of the game. 
Some Europeans at the Cape once chased a buf- 
falo, and having driven him into a narrow place, he 
turned round, and instantly pushed at one of his 
pursuers, who had on a red waistcoat. The man, 
to save his life, ran to the water, plunged in, and 
swam off ; the animal followed him so closely that 
the poor fellow had no alternative but that of 
diving. He dipped overhead, and the buffalo, 
losing sight of him, swam on towards the opposite 
