The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-30

There is very marked and curious
| difference between buffaloes and domes
| tic cattle The buffalo COW seems to
| possess scarcely trace of maternal in
| stinct, and when frightened will abandon
| her calf without the slightest hesitation.
| The duty of protecting the calves is de-
volved entirely upon the bulls.
| have seen evidences of this many
| times, but the most remarkable instance
| / have ever heard of was related to me
| by an army surgeon, who was an eye
witness He was one evening returning
to camp after days hunt, when his at
tention was attracted by the curious ac
ton of Il little knot of six or eight buff
faloes. Approaching sufficiently near to
| see clearly, he discovered that this little
knot were all bulls, standing in close
circle with their heads outward, while in
Il concentric circle at some twelve or
fifteen PAGES distant sat licking their
chops in impatient expectancy at least q
dozen large gray wolves, excepting man,
the most dangerous enemy of the BUFF
falo.
The doctor determined to watch the
performance. After few moments the
knot broke up, still keeping in compact
mass, and started on trot for the main
herd, some half a mile off. To his very
great establishment, the doctor now saw
that the central and controlling figure of
this mass was poor little calf, so newly
born as scarcely to be able to walk. Al
ter going fifty or hundred yards, the
calf laid down. The bulls disposed them
selves in circle as before, and the
wolves, who had trotted along on each
flank of their retreating supper, sat
down and licked their chops again, and
although the doctor did not see the end
Dit being late and the camp distant), he
had no doubt that the noble fathers did
their whole duty by their offspring, and
clrried it safely to the herd.
When feeding, the herd is more or less
scattered, but on the approach of danger
it closes and rounds into tolerably COM
pact cir~ular mass. Although there is
not Il particle of danger in approaching
such herd, it in Il novice requires an
extraordinary amount of nerve. When
he gets within three hundred yards, the
bulls on that side, with head erect, tails
cooked in the air, nostrils expanded, and
ewes that seem to flash fire even to that |
distance, walk uneasiIy to and fro, men
acing the intruder by paving the earth
and tossing their huge heads. The |
enemy still approaching, some bull Will |
face him, lower his head and start on Il
most furious charge. But alas Tor brute |
couragel When he has gone twenty or |
thirty yards Mr. Bull thinks better of |
ii, stops, stares an instant and then trots !
back to the herd. Another and another
will try the same game, with the same
result, and if, in spite of these terocious
demonstration, the hunter still APP
proaclies, the whole herd will take neon
tiucntly to its heels. This bullying pro-
clivity, combined with his natural indis-
position to get out of the way, has been
cause OF the death of thousands at the
hands of men to whom buffalo killing
was no novelty, who needed no meat
and would not have gone fifty yards out
of their way to kill; but in whom oppor-
tunity' so rouscs that spirit of murder
which i inherent i'll every sportsman's
breast that tine temptation was too strong
to be resisted.
RICE Rock CREAM-Wash Il tcicripfuI
the best rice, and boil slowly until quite
soft, in new milk; add white sugar to
taste, and then pile it on dish. Lay ON
in different places, Jumps of Jelly or thick
preserved fruit. Beat the whites of five
,ggs To stiff froth with a little sugar
md Hav.ring. When well beaten add
of rich cream, and drop it
over the rice, initiating the form Of Il
'ock of SNOW.