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and destructive. They have their soldiers drive the game together, and when 
the animals have been sufficiently terrified by noise and wounds, the emperor 
amuses himself by killing such as he is pleased to select, and then the object 
of the pageant has been accomplished. The Cape buffalo , or buffalo of Caf- 
fraria , is black, as has been said, but a blue-black. Its hide is dense, and its 
feet are like those of the ox. It will attack anything, and is dangerous 
because it will lie in wait in the jungle and take advantage of the unwary 
traveller or hunter. It is more emotional even than the elephant, and some¬ 
times has absolute paroxysms of rage. It was always an enjoyment for those 
who attended gladiatorial shows to watch the buffalo and the tiger, for the 
buffalo not merely is combative, but has the greatest antipathy to this ani- 
BATTLE BETWEEN a LEONARD AND A CAPE BUFFALO. 
mal. The buffalo is almost uniformly successful, and after tossing its foe, 
will kneel upon him and crush him, butt him, lick him raw with its 
tongue, and finally feast upon his blood. A native was pitched into the 
branches of a tree by a wounded buffalo, and was glad of the exchange 
from the tossings and tramplings which he had previously undergone. On 
one occasion, as a hunter was about to dispatch a wounded bull, he was 
surprised by its peculiar moan which proved to be a successful appeal to 
its comrades for succor. Tenacity of life is a characteristic of the buffalo, and 
even when at the distance of a few feet it has been shot full in the head, it 
has been known to scamper away as if unharmed. 
The buffalo has been known to chase the tiger just for sport. A 
