. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. which was of a most . character, txeellently exphiiiicd l)y Mr. Allen, who says that the timidity ami watchfulness of the cows, accustomed as they were to tlie care of their offspring, led them to take the initiative in the movements of the herd, and this kept them near the front, especially wlien the herd was moving. Tlie popular belief that the bulls kept the cows and the young in the middle of the herd, and formed themselves, as it were, into a protecting phalanx, had some apparent basis; but the theory that the old bulls, the le
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. which was of a most . character, txeellently exphiiiicd l)y Mr. Allen, who says that the timidity ami watchfulness of the cows, accustomed as they were to tlie care of their offspring, led them to take the initiative in the movements of the herd, and this kept them near the front, especially wlien the herd was moving. Tlie popular belief that the bulls kept the cows and the young in the middle of the herd, and formed themselves, as it were, into a protecting phalanx, had some apparent basis; but the theory that the old bulls, the least watchful of^all the members of the herd, were sentinels posted on the outskirts to give notice of an approaching enemy, was wholly a iiivth IS was also the supposition that the herd consisted of small harems. Ihtse ' Buffaloes i^ the\ weu geneialh calltd \\eie nuuh liki donit<itK cittk in then They were, however, fond of wallowing in the mud, and .so coating themselves with a protection from their insect pests. Their ferocity of appearance was not evident in their true natures, for their disposition was .sluggish and fearful. Colonel Dodge remarked of them that, "endowed %\ith the smallest possible amount of instinct, the little lie has seems adapted rather for getting him into difficulties than out of them. If not alarmed at sight or smell of a foe, he will stand stupidly gazing at his companions in their deatli-throes, until the whole herd is shot down. He will walk uncon- sciously into a quicksand or quagmire already choked with struggling dying victims. Having made up his mind to go a certain way it is almost impossible to swer\e him from his ; The flesh of the " Buffalo " was thought equal to the best beef if from the young animal, Ijut dry and insipid when from the adult. The tongue and hump were esteemed great delicacies. Pemmi- cau was made mostly from the dried flesh, pounded fine and mixed with an equal weight of tallow. The
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