Different Kinds Of Buffalo

The bu Talo is evidently a wholesouled croature, for many hunters havo seen the common domeaüoated calves of the frontler farms standing jatiently waiting íor a buffalo to dijj a )lace in the snow and when he had accomplished his task Ihe calves would oat the grasa fearlessly, Bharng, as by right, the fruit of their iuge companion's toil. Hunters have often been saved by buffuloes from a terrible death from thirst, says the ülustrated American. The buffalo. like the camel and the elephant has the power of taking a large amount of water into his body, and depositing it in the reticulum, orcellsof the honeycomb department oí tha tomach, until needed. The hunters, therefore, when thcir vessels ar empty, and they see no sihs of a stream within a day'9 travel, promptly slay the first buffalo that comes in view, for the sake of the water which they know will be found in the usual situation. The bonasus, or zubr buffalo, found in the Russian forest of Bialowikza, nat a very peouliar trait. It gives forth a poworful and very pleasant odor, which partake-s equally of musk and violet. This really delicious perfume iu found to penétrate the whole of the body, to a certain extent, but u exhaled most powerfully from the skin and bair which cover the upper part of the forehead. The zubr in appearance ia very much like aar American buffalo, but the hair on the head and shoulder is more tightly curlcd and uot so rough or long. To preserve this really magnificent animal in perfection it is protected by the most rig-id forest iaws. The yak, a curious species of buffalo, which is found in western Thibet, has not only the long mane reaching to the ground, but the flanks are covered with hair which reachea the ground in long, thick. silky ma3ses. The hair of the tail is white, and the Chinese take these tails to dye red and blue, and then make tassels of them. When domesticated it needs very little care, foraging for itself and coming to b milked when called by the milkmaid as a pet cow might do.