. Prairie and forest: a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Game and game-birds. 46 PBAIEIE AND FOREST. other hand, keeps fat, and even in spring fat may be found along the vertebrse and lower portion of the cai'cass an inch thick. With the advent of the first mild weather, even be- fore the snow has disappeared, they commence to shed their rough coat, first from between the fore-legs, then the prom- inent parts of the body, and later from the fore-limbs and hump. This long hair—or, as it is frequently called, wool —comes off in patches
. Prairie and forest: a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Game and game-birds. 46 PBAIEIE AND FOREST. other hand, keeps fat, and even in spring fat may be found along the vertebrse and lower portion of the cai'cass an inch thick. With the advent of the first mild weather, even be- fore the snow has disappeared, they commence to shed their rough coat, first from between the fore-legs, then the prom- inent parts of the body, and later from the fore-limbs and hump. This long hair—or, as it is frequently called, wool —comes off in patches, trees and rooks being used to rub. BUFFALO IN SPKING COAT. against; the result is, that by March a more ragged, tatter- ed, weather-beaten creature can scarcely be imagined. The horns of both bull and cow ai-e about the same length; those of the former are thick, blunt, and clumsy, those of the latter sharp, , and trim-looking. Both sexes much resemble each other; at the same time the figure of the fe- male is more delicately formed, and not within a couple of hands as high at the shoulder, nor is she clothed with such a quantity of the rough, coarse covering over 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 Gillmore, Parker. New York, Harper & Bros.
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