. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history; Indians of North America. A YOUNG NATURALIST. 463 hundreds, in less than a quarter of an hour there were not left more than five or six on our side, and these seemed afraid to cross. Suddenly a gun was fired, and one of the animals came rushing past our tree with a jet of blood flowing from his chest. Suddenly he stopped, groaned, and sank down upon the ground. I cast a glance at l'Encue- rado, who descended to the lowest branch, continuing his gymnastic exercises. The young bulls on our side, fright- ened by the report of the gun, at last m
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history; Indians of North America. A YOUNG NATURALIST. 463 hundreds, in less than a quarter of an hour there were not left more than five or six on our side, and these seemed afraid to cross. Suddenly a gun was fired, and one of the animals came rushing past our tree with a jet of blood flowing from his chest. Suddenly he stopped, groaned, and sank down upon the ground. I cast a glance at l'Encue- rado, who descended to the lowest branch, continuing his gymnastic exercises. The young bulls on our side, fright- ened by the report of the gun, at last made up their minds to cross; one of them, however, stopping to drink, was seized by a crocodile, and gradually drawn under the wa- ter. A second disappeared in the middle of the stream; and a third, after a fearful struggle, reached the bank. The whole drove, goaded on by the horse-flies, then re- sumed their furious course, and were soon lost in the dis- tance. These cattle range the prairies in droves of sometimes forty thousand, and were originally imported by the Span- 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 Biart, Lucien, 1828-1897; Gillmore, Parker, editor; Benett, Léon, engraver; Simon, P. , engraver; Moll, E. R. , engraver; Pisan, A. , engraver; Gauchard, Félix Jean, engraver; Pannemaker, Adolphe François, 1822- engraver; Harper & Brothers, publisher. New York: : Harper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square
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