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which they passed, was a mile in breadth, the herd 
stretched, as thick as they could swim, completely from 
one side to the other." And again they say : " If it be 
not impossible to calculate the moving multitude which 
darkened the whole plains, we are convinced that 
twenty thousand would be no exaggerated number." 
Dr. James tells us that, " in the middle of the day 
countless thousands of them were seen coming in from 
every quarter to the stagnant pools ;" their paths, as he 
informs us elsewhere, being " as frequent, and almost as 
conspicuous, as the roads in the most populous parts of 
the United States." 
These wild cattle defend themselves from the wolves 
in the most admirable manner. When they hear their 
savage enemies approaching they form themselves 
adroitly into a circle. The weakest are left in the 
middle, whilst the strongest are on the outside, and 
present to their foes an impenetrable phalanx of horns. 
The vignette is an illustration of this subject. 
Exciting stories of the buffalo hunt, both American 
and African, will be seen in Catlin's North American 
Indians, and Harris's Wild Animals and Sports of 
Southern Africa. 
