The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-26 00:00:00

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

W. Saunders, T. F. Saunders, and J. Bloor, common
brewers, Burton-upon-Trent—G. Clement and G. Inskipp,
linen drapers, Hastings—C. W. Wood and A. Cooper, sur-
geons, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire—M. Gomperte and
H. L. Haswell, exhibitors of dioramic pictures—R. Ridway
and T. Dent, joiners, Manchester—M. Heyman, L. Webb,
and M. Mitchell, coach builders, Guildford—W. Skinner and
D. Robertson, cheesemongers, Bermondsey-street—E. Har-
rison and T. Houlker, attorneys, Preston—M. Hardy and
H. Unthank, wine merchants, Manchester—H. S. Ash and
J. Parsons, purse manufacturers, Nottingham—R. Campling
and J. Creaks, haberdashers, Norwich—R. White and A.
Balston, nurserymen, Poole—S. and G. Green, innkeepers,
Langsett, Yorkshire—C. Cozen, W. Fieldhouse, and J.
Hawkins, china manufacturers, Foley, Staffordshire Potte-
ries—M. Lowe and W. Morrison, manufacturers, Leicester—
S. Holtham and M. E. Brewer, milliners, Brighton—D. G.
Moody and L. Jones, fruit merchants, Newcastle-upom-Tyne
—J. Poulson and J. Spencely, varnish manufacturers, Church •
lane, Whitechapel.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
James Robb, china merchant, Aberdeen, May 29 and 'June
40, atone, at the Lemos Tree Tavern, Aberdeen.
Robert Taylor, jun., and Co., 'wholesale tea dealers, Glas-
gow, May 29 and June 19, at twelve, at the chambers of J.
Monteith, Glasgow.

NORTH AMERICAN BUFFALOES.
The buffalo, or wild American ox, which formerly
abounded in most parts of North America, iv every day
becoming scarcer, in proportion as civilization and culti-
vation advance. It was found throughout the whole
range now occupied by the United States, with the ex-
ception of that part which lies east of Hudson's river and
Lake Champlain and of narrow and swampy strips of coast
on the Atlantic Gulf of Mexico. The fineness of the
buffalo wool, which, within a few years, has caused it
to become an object of commerce for the manufacture
of hats and cloths, is mentioned by Merton, a New
England settler, iu 1637. He says, " Their fleeces
are very useful, being a kind of wolle, as fine almost as
the wolle of the beaver." At present they are seldom
seen east of the Mississippi and south of the St. Law-
rence. But they are found in considerable numbers
west of the Rocky Mountains, in the Columbian region,
nearly to the borders of California, and west of Lake
Winipeg up to the sixty-third degree. Their general
colour is dun: sometimes they are spotted. The frame
of the buffalo is larger than that of the generality of
domestic cattle, and, though the fore parts are uncouth,
the hind parts are handsoraoly and rather delicately
formed. It looks very formidable from its large shoulder
hump, its flowing wiry mane and sweeping beard, and
thick horns, curved backwards. A herd of buffaloes,
when pursued, especially if there be a great number of
bulls, emits a strong odour of musk, which is left in
their wake, and their feet make a loud crackling noise.
Their sense of smell is very acute. Sometimes
they will scent man, if to windward of them, at a dis-
tance of two or three miles, and then they will gallop
away with the greatest speed. When they cannot scent
a man they will bear his near approach, or advance
themselves very near him without any shyness. Whether
this is to be attributed to the imperfect vision of the
animal, whose eyes are obscured by the great quantity
of hair which covers his face, or not, it is not easy to
determine. Though buffaloes and elks are seen on
the same prairies, they do not herd together. Wolves
commonly attend them, and neither seem to molest
the other. It is almost impossible to kill this animal
by shooting it through the head or chest : the head
is so protected by a matting of coarse, wiry hair,
that a ball becomes entangled in it before reaching the
bone; and the chest is so fenced by a bulwark of bone that
it will require many bullets to penetrate it. Accordingly,
the hunters contrive to gallop by the side of the animal,
and shoot it, with bullet or arrow, behind the shoulder
blade. They sometimes congregate in such myriads on
the prairies west of the Rocky Mountains that the whole
circle of vision within the bounds of the horizon presents
one dark mass of these animals. The bulls marsh at the
head of the cows, and it is then dangerous to encounter
them, fur, if they become enraged or frightened, the whole
herd start off in a straight line, and in close order, regard-
less of all obstacles, and would crush to pieces men,
horses, and waggons, if in their way. Some of these
bulls weigh 3,0001b5. each. When there is abundance
of this sort of game the hunters often content themselves
with the choice parts, the tongue, the slices by the hump
ribs, and the marrow, the carcases being left to the
wolves. This waste often leads to woful want. When
this animal is hunted he becomes sometimes bewildered
and exasperated, and turns round on his pursuers : then
it is inevitable death to come within range of his horns.
—Dunn's History of the Oregon Territory.