the latter with blind rage and terror.

On reaching the edge of the dizzy precipice, the

buffaloes turned abruptly and tossed their ponderous

heads as they coursed along the edge. Yet a few of

them, unable to check their headlong course, fell over,

and were dashed to pieces on the rocks below. Such

falls, Dick observed, were hailed with shouts of delight

by the Indians, whose sole object evidently was to

enjoy the sport of driving the terrified animals over the

precipice. The wily savages had chosen their ground