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... buffalo , instance of , 156 ; where found , confined to Asia , usual number of progeny at a birth , size of a new - born cub , average duration of life , affection of the tigress for her young denied by some writers , inquisitiveness of ...
... buffalo , instance of , 156 ; where found , confined to Asia , usual number of progeny at a birth , size of a new - born cub , average duration of life , affection of the tigress for her young denied by some writers , inquisitiveness of ...
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... buffalo in Java , 178 . THE HIPPOPOTAMUS . Identical with the behemoth of Scripture , anciently an inhabitant of Europe and Asia , 179 ; where it is now found , a shy animal , the beauty of its present haunts , Livingstone's account ...
... buffalo in Java , 178 . THE HIPPOPOTAMUS . Identical with the behemoth of Scripture , anciently an inhabitant of Europe and Asia , 179 ; where it is now found , a shy animal , the beauty of its present haunts , Livingstone's account ...
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... buffalo stampede , 229 . HOW THE BUFFALO IS HUNTED . - Captain Methuen's buffalo - hunt in Southern Af- rica , 231 ; courage of the buffalo when brought to bay , Mr. Vardon's description of a fight between a buffalo and three lions ...
... buffalo stampede , 229 . HOW THE BUFFALO IS HUNTED . - Captain Methuen's buffalo - hunt in Southern Af- rica , 231 ; courage of the buffalo when brought to bay , Mr. Vardon's description of a fight between a buffalo and three lions ...
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... Buffalo - cow defending her Calf . THE ELEPHANT THOUSANDS of years ago , when Iwaved green. The African Elephant ... Buffalo and Calf . 225 99 Bison or American Buffalo . 226 101 Shooting a Buffalo .. 231 235 The Gorilla ... Head of ...
... Buffalo - cow defending her Calf . THE ELEPHANT THOUSANDS of years ago , when Iwaved green. The African Elephant ... Buffalo and Calf . 225 99 Bison or American Buffalo . 226 101 Shooting a Buffalo .. 231 235 The Gorilla ... Head of ...
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... and armed only with a flexible rope of elk's or buffalo's hide , go out , fearless and confident , to capture the largest elephant . Their object is to slip a noose over one of the monster's hind - feet ; and. 46 WILD SPORTS OF THE WORLD .
... and armed only with a flexible rope of elk's or buffalo's hide , go out , fearless and confident , to capture the largest elephant . Their object is to slip a noose over one of the monster's hind - feet ; and. 46 WILD SPORTS OF THE WORLD .
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