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When the Cows calve, they hide their young ones for a 
week or ten days in some sequestered retreat, and go to 
suckle them two or three times in a day. If any person 
comes near one of the calves, it crouches close upon the 
ground, and endeavours to hide itself, a proof of the 
native wildness of the animals. In one instance where a 
calf was disturbed, it pawed the ground like a Bull, and 
attempted to butt with its head, till it fell from weakness. 
In the Duke of Hamilton's park in the summer of 1841, a 
calf, which was disturbed by the passing of a carriage 
near it, bellowed so fearfully, as to rouse the whole herd, 
though they were at a considerable distance. 
THE BUFFALO. (Bos Bubalus.) 
IN its general form the Buffalo has a great resemblance 
to the ox ; but it differs from that animal in its horns, 
and in some particulars of its internal structure. It is 
larger than the ox ; the head is also bigger in proportion, 
the forehead higher, and the muzzle longer. The horns 
are large, and of a compressed form, with the exterior 
edge sharp : they are straight for a considerable length 
from their base, and then bend slightly upward. The 
general colour of the animal is blackish, except the fore- 
head and the tip of the tail, which are of a dusky white. 
The hunch is not, as many have supposed it, a large fleshy 
