incing great
affection. I have not seen it stated elsewhere; but I have been told
many times, that it is necessary to milk the cow always on the same
side, or she kicks and rebels. Our bulls are sometimes fierce, but are
much under the influence of voice and gesture. Both sexes will give
notice of approaching rain after a drought, and are very inquisitive.

Mr. Bell gives us the following anecdote which was witnessed by one of
his near relatives:--"A cow which was feeding tranquilly in a pasture,
the gate of which was open to the road, was much annoyed by a
mischievous boy, who amused himself by throwing stones at the peaceful
animal; who, after bearing with his impertinence for some time, at
length went up to him, hooked the end of her horn into his clothes, and
lifting him from the ground, carried him out of the field, and laid him
down in the road. She then calmly returned to her pasture, leaving him
quit with a severe fright and a torn garment."

In Mr. Byam's "Central America" I find this interesting history, with
which I conclude the present series of anecdotes:--"A bull had gored so
many cattle that he was lassoed, and his horns blunted at the tips, to
prevent further mischief. A few weeks after, a panther (jaguar) killed a
cow, and from the torn condition of the bull's head and neck, and the
trampled state of the ground, he had evidently done battle for the cow.
He was secured, his wounds plastered up, his horns made sharp again,
and turned out into the Savannah. The wild dogs and vultures having been
kept from the body of the cow during the day, the panther returned to
his feast at night, and a furious engagement took place between him and
the bull; for the former was found dead, close by the cow, the next
morning, pierced through and through. The bull returned again and again
to him with fury, and was himself again wounded; but his gashes were
sown up, and he remained so fierce, that his horns were obliged to be
re-blunted."

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