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Title: Wild beasts and their ways : reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893
Subjects: Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893 Animal behavior Hunting
Publisher: London New York : Macmillan
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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s was an exception, as such a chanceseldom occurs of obtaining a quiet shot within 30 yards exactlyat right angles with the shoulder. It will be seen from thedescription I have given from my own experience that the buffaloshould be held in due respect, and that no unnecessary risksshould be thoughtlessly encountered. Above all, do not followa wounded bull into a thick jungle, or you will assuredly havetrouble ; it is a common trick for a badly wounded beast to turn 282 WILD BEASTS AND THEIR WAYS chap, xiv from its direct course, and conceal itself in dense bush or highgrass, from which it will rush unexpectedly, and charge your flankas you are following up the track of blood. If the forest issufficiently open to enable you to see 30 or 50 yards ahead,there is no great danger, but thick and opaque bush will certainlylead to a mishap, that may be fatal. It must be well rememberedthat when a buffalo attacks, it never quits the body of its enemyuntil it has stamped out every sign of life.
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CHAPTER XV THE AMERICAN BUFFALO (BOS BISON AMERWANUS) Theee is no portion of the globe which exhibits the results ofEta more painfully than the prairies of North AmenoaThe Indians have given place to the externum of the whitemans swaT and, as the wild tribes have dimimshed m proportionto the^ease of European races, in like manner the wildanimal X retreat to more distant solitudes, or cease toex 7 The buffalo of America, which at one time blackened^plains with its countless herds, has now become a rarity,and in certain localities, where formerly the prame grass waseaten close by thousands of these uncouth but interesting beasts,not a solitary specimen can be discovered. ..... The W is a grand-looking creature, and in my opinion i isthP mostTtrikino- of all wild animals. There is a peculiarava^in he aspect of a shaggy old bull in its winter coatXhSurpasses in wildness of appearance all other species ofIme Although in reality a bison, this animal is invariablyteZed the American buffalo.

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