Excerpt from American Natural History, Vol. 3: Part 1. Mastology From other species of the ox kind, the Bison is well distinguished by the following peculiarities. A long shaggy hair clothes the fore part of the body, forming a well marked beard beneath the lower Jaw, and descending behind the knee m a tuft. This hair rises on the top of the head m a dense mass, nearly as high as the extremities of the horns. Over the forehead it is closely curled, and matted so thickly as to deaden the force of a rifle ball, which ...
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Excerpt from American Natural History, Vol. 3: Part 1. Mastology From other species of the ox kind, the Bison is well distinguished by the following peculiarities. A long shaggy hair clothes the fore part of the body, forming a well marked beard beneath the lower Jaw, and descending behind the knee m a tuft. This hair rises on the top of the head m a dense mass, nearly as high as the extremities of the horns. Over the forehead it is closely curled, and matted so thickly as to deaden the force of a rifle ball, which either rebounds, or lodges in the hair, merely. Causing the animal to shake his head as he heavily bounds along. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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