. Big game hunting in Africa and other lands; the appearance, habits, traits of character and every detail of wild animal life ... Hunting -- Africa; Animal behavior. THE STORY OF THE BUFFALO. 139 able in delicacy. It is exceedingly tender, and possesses the property of not cloying even when eaten in excess. The fat is devoid of that sickening rich- ness which is usually met with in our domesticated animals. The cow is smaller than the bull, and considerably swifter. She is also' generally in better condition and fatter than her mate, and in consequence the hunters who went to "get meat&q
. Big game hunting in Africa and other lands; the appearance, habits, traits of character and every detail of wild animal life ... Hunting -- Africa; Animal behavior. THE STORY OF THE BUFFALO. 139 able in delicacy. It is exceedingly tender, and possesses the property of not cloying even when eaten in excess. The fat is devoid of that sickening rich- ness which is usually met with in our domesticated animals. The cow is smaller than the bull, and considerably swifter. She is also' generally in better condition and fatter than her mate, and in consequence the hunters who went to "get meat" always selected the cows from the herd. The principal use of the flesh of the buffalo was to make ''jerked meat" of it. This is made by cutting the meat into long, narrow slips, and drying. EUROPEAN BUFFALOES FIGHTING. them in the sun. There is a peculiar art in cutting these slips. The operator takes a large lump of the flesh, and holding his knife firmly in one hand, presses the meat against its edge with the other, continually turning it round and round, until the whole piece is converted into one long strip. The strips thus prepared are pegged out on stakes, as washerwomen peg their clothes, or sus- pended in festooiis on the branches of trees, like red snakes, until they are dry enough to be packed up. Three days is considered sufficient for the purpose. The cow is preferred to the bull for conversion into jerked meat, while the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lundeberg, Axel; Seymour, Frederick H. A. [Chicago, D. B. McCurdy
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