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THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
bull Having been wounded, its fellows tried to support it on either side, and 
thus enable their injured companion to escape with his friends. On another 
occasion a large bull having been desperately wounded, a younger bull came 
back and devoted itself partly to stimulating the wounded animal to fresh 
efforts, and partly with attempts to divert the attention of the hunter. The 
most interesting feature in this story is that the devoted efforts of the young 
bull were successful, and it was not until many months later that the hunter 
found the carcase of the bull which he had wounded mortally. The buffalo 
constantly changes the route by which it goes to and from its watering-place. 
An amusing experi¬ 
ence is related by 
one of our distin¬ 
guished African 
travellers. He had 
wounded a bull, 
which charged so 
savagely that he had 
to put spurs to his 
horse, and while 
riding at full speed 
the horse put his foot 
into a hole, while 
the rider went on as 
if being fired through 
a pneumatic tube. 
Fortunately, an ant¬ 
hill was near at 
hand, and he scram¬ 
bled to the top, while 
the buffalo vainly 
endeavored to imitate 
his example. The 
buffalo next estab¬ 
lished himself as a 
sentry, being careful 
not to expose his 
vulnerable parts. 
At this stage, the 
riderless horse was 
inspired to try co¬ 
operation. Attracting 
the attention of the buffalo, he would keep it charging after him around the 
hill, until the hunter succeeded, after several trials, in putting an end to the 
triangular contest. When life was extinct in the buffalo, the horse walked up 
to the carcase, sniffed at it contemptuously, and then withdrawing a short dis¬ 
tance, patiently awaited any further call upon its services. If the buffalo 
succeeds in catching the hunter, a mad ox is amiable and inoffensive in compari¬ 
son. Many a native has been carried on the horns of a buffalo, either to his 
death, or to escape grievously wounded, even if relief should come. 
