to rush on till they become entrapped in the pound, where they are shot
down with bullets or arrows. In the winter, however, buffaloes can only
be approached by stalking, the hunter creeping cautiously on till he
gets within range of his victim. Sometimes also a cruel stratagem is
employed.

Laurence had gone out with three hunters on horseback. They had
proceeded a considerable distance without meeting any animals; still,
eager to obtain some meat, of which the camp was greatly in want, they
pushed onwards. At length they descried, in the far distance to the
north, several buffalo feeding near the banks of a broad stream. As
they approached, they discovered that they were cows, and had two young
buffaloes among them. The wary animals had espied them, and were making
slowly off. Each of the hunters carried on his saddle the skin of an
animal with the hair on. Laurence had that of a young buffalo calf, as
also had one of the others, while the remaining two were provided with
skins of wolves. Securing their horses to some trees near the banks of
the river, the hunters covered their backs with the skins. Trailing
their rifles along the ground, Laurence and his companion with the calf
skin cautiously crept towards the buffalo, while the men in wolves'
clothing followed at a distance. As they advanced, the animals stopped
to watch them, uncertain what they were. Thus they were enabled to make
their way towards the generally cautious monsters of the prairie. The
seeming wolves now crept on at faster speed, when the buffaloes,
believing that some of their young were in danger of destruction from
the savage foes they were accustomed to dread, dashed forward to rescue
them. The wolves now hastened on, and made as if they were about to
spring on the calves. As the buffaloes rushed up, the hunters sprang to
their feet, and firing at the heads of the confiding and faithful
animals, brought three of them to the ground. The rest, astonished at
finding themselves face to face with human foes, turning round,
bellowing with rage, galloped away. The unfortunate animals were
quickly despatched with the hunters' knives. The bodies were then
dragged by the horses to the wood which bordered the stream. As much of
the meat as the horses could carry was then packed, ready to be
transported to the camp the following morning, while the remainder was
hung up on the higher branches of the neighbouring trees. The hunters
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