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Title: Animals in action; studies and stories of beasts, birds and reptiles; their habits, their homes and their peculiarities
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Brooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter), 1846-1902
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Publisher: Boston, Lothrop pub. co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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in the picture here given. The nar-whal thinks only of flight, because he realizes the superiority of hisadversary; but he is often overtaken and falls a prey to hispursuer. The grampus is the most beautiful of all the dolphintribe, and his graceful and dexterous swimming movements areas silent and as swift as the flight of a swallow ; but he is, atthe same time, the boldest, the hungriest, and the most rapa-cious of his kind, and waylays whales with the greatesteagerness. Even man is among the enemies of the narwhal.White men hunt him for his ram, while the little Esquimauxeat his flesh, cooked and dried, and his hide and blubber raw.These yellow, slant-eyed Arctic folk burn the oil of the nar-whals body in their lamps ; they make thread of his sinewsand fishing bait of his gullet. In former times vast sums were paid for the narwhals horn,which was thought to be that of the: Scriptural unicorn, butnowadays it may be bought in large quantities in the seaporttowns at a moderate price.
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Narwhals pursued by Grampus (Swordfish). BUFFALO ATTACKED BY LIONS. 295 Buffalo attacked by Lions. THE Cape or Caffir buffalo is the mightiest and wildestanimal of his kind in the whole of Middle and SouthAfrica. His true character as a fighter is plainly indi-cated by his formidable horns. During the hot dayhght hoursthe bulky beast lies motionless, preferably in some puddle.Late in the day he leaves his resting-place to graze until morn-ing. At intervals he stops feeding, and looks about him, grunt-ing and showing other manifestations of ill temper. The buffalocarries his broad, massive head always half lowered, as if for im-mediate attack. Beneath his powerful horns a pair of great blue-black eyes gleam so wildly that the animal always conveys theimpression of unbridled savagery, reckless fury, and consummatecraft. , And indeed the buffalo is an extremely dangerous beast.He plunges his horns into his victim, tosses it aloft, and when ithas fallen to the ground he stamps upon it, an

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