The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-25
wANoERINes OF THE BUFFALO.


The distance from its original home in India
which find the buffalo established is evidence that
the animal has history of exceedingly adventurous
kind were possible to the story of travels
Starting from the Indian junges and then domestcaed
the Indian plains this erstwhle wild beast has reached
and been domescated and plays important part
Egypt Palestine Southern Italy and the Campagna, the
South and East Of Spain Hungary Turkey and Western
Asia far the borders Of Afghanstan. BY IN
route it has reached the west coast of Africa and
established as beast draught cultivation the
Niger It has Travelled up the Nile viii go further
fer would be invaluable the great swamps Fashoda
In the far the Chnaman has made it his own
peculiar pet having believed learned
the fairgrounds the south been taken Japan
where it works in the fairgrounds; the Philippines
and the islands the Malay Archipelago and there is
doubt that would be useful in British Guiana Possibly
the Italians who crowding into South America
viii introduce it there but it is by brown and
yellow mans beast and only appreciated in Europe by the
south Latin race.
How did the bufelo get from India to Africa? Who
first Egypt? How did get Egypt round
the West Niger? And who brought to Italy and from
whence? Why, too. has it endured when the American
bison became so soon extinct? All these most interest
ing questions and as the distance of time which has
elapsed since the animals introduced into Europe does
fall beyond the historic period may possibly be
swered IN Egypt for instance, there exists pictorial
record the tobs and elsewhere covering thou
sands of years. which pictures of animals play i'm
poran part II the first appearance of the water buffalo
in these paintings noted the date of its importation
from Indian Egypt would be known From inquiries
kindly made by NJ. Maspero at the suggestion OF Lord
Crome it appears that nowhere in the long picture his,
tory Of ancient Egypt does the water buffalo The
African buffalo is there not the domesticated
Asatic This is very interesting negative evidence
that this domesticated animal not known in Egypt
is surmised probably rightly that imported after
great epidemic Of cattle plague may have been
taken from the of India up the Euphrates valley
and thence down the Jordan valley to Egypt
Arab dhows have for done regular trade in
ryng horses from the west coast of Indian the Persian
gulf is probably of the Oldest forms Of shipping
which exists and the Arabs who ship horses from
Bombay to the Persian Gulf may have been in the cattle
trade in very early days is also probable that in the
era of Hindu maritime enterprise these creatures
taken both the far east and to the east coast Of Africa
The circumstances which led to their introduction into
Italy and Spain probably be found in existing
records; but it is not generally known the nearest
surmse being that they may have been given Longo-
bardian king with other animals by the chief
Asatic invaders. They not known in Italy in Roman
times But they had been introduced recently the
cames which still used of the royal estates
Tuscany an enterprise due the MedcD, would
probably have been matter of common knowledge