. The water buffalo (often called the mud buffalo) its characteristics and habits together with a description of the preparation of its hide for making rawhide loom pickers . lau can be kept peaceable in captivity 2a MJXCFJCTURlXG A hurtalo or carabau with cart in Manila dress or a hov on a bicycle. A sign of fear is quicklyrecognized bv a charging buffalo, when it becomes ex-tremely dangerous, but a shout and a wave of the armscause it to stop and run awav. The animal is, however,usuallv kind and gentle to thttse whom he knows, par-ticularly children, who guide him with a twig a
. The water buffalo (often called the mud buffalo) its characteristics and habits together with a description of the preparation of its hide for making rawhide loom pickers . lau can be kept peaceable in captivity 2a MJXCFJCTURlXG A hurtalo or carabau with cart in Manila dress or a hov on a bicycle. A sign of fear is quicklyrecognized bv a charging buffalo, when it becomes ex-tremely dangerous, but a shout and a wave of the armscause it to stop and run awav. The animal is, however,usuallv kind and gentle to thttse whom he knows, par-ticularly children, who guide him with a twig andwhom he seems to delight to have ride on his back. Chciptcr II THE BUFFALO A BFASTOF BURDEN 11 IS as a beast ot luirdcn that the huffah) is in\alu-ahle. Its prodii^ious strensj:;th enables it to do anenormous amount ot work; bein<^ alile to live ontood which other animals refuse makes it less expensiveto keep, and its ability to live and do heavy, hard workin the hot humid atmosphere ot the tropics makes itparticularly suitable tor the conditions which prevail inthe Far East. It is otten harnessed to a cart, but its fondness forwater, as already stated, makes this attendant with somerisk. In IJurma it is especially valued tor dragg
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