bull, usually takes upon himself to prepare the wallow.

It was a rugged monster of the largest size that did

so on the present occasion, to the intense delight of

Dick Varley, who begged Joe to lie still and watch the

operation before trying to shoot one of the buffalo

cows. Joe consented with a nod, and the four spectators--for

Crusoe was as much taken up with the

proceedings as any of them--crouched in the grass, and

looked on.

Coming up to the swampy spot, the old bull gave a