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The tracks were evidently fresh ones, and those, as my friend asserted, of an old bull. "Half-a-mile farther on, they were joined by others; and the trail became a broken path through the deep snow, as if it had been made by farm-cattle following each other in single file.
The cows are, of course, much smaller than the bulls, and scarcely come up to the ordinary standard of farm-cattle. The flesh of the buffalo is juicy and delicious, equal, indeed superior, to well-fed beef. It may be regarded as beef with a game flavour. Many people travellers and hunters prefer it to any other species of meat.
"Buffalo-wallows!" echoed Francois; "what are they?" "Why, have you never heard of them, Frank?" asked Basil. "Places where the buffalo wallow and tumble like horses and farm-cattle." "Oh, that's it," said Francois; "but what do they do it for?" "Well, that I don't know. Perhaps Luce can tell."
I have often heard a similar cracking from the hoofs of farm-cattle; but with so many hoofs together, keeping up the fire incessantly, it produced a very odd impression upon me. "In a short time they were out of sight, but we could hear the baying of the dogs as the latter closed upon them, and we followed, guided by the trail they had made.
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