AUSTRALIAN BUFFALOS.
Mr R. A. 0. Kerry wdtea fro th« Aonlcland •» ti fc r" :— ln your isaue of O.t. 21, F. A.i ('•. Oottwrell ftaka for Infortnatloi: about the buff does m Aoatralift. About two years ago In Pott Dttwia (Northom Territory of South Auatr-iila), v Govarntxxnt official intotmed me that m the year 1824, bciffiloea wore fnaported from Java to Melville Island (<,ff the ooaat of Ana tralia.) They Boon increased m numbere, aad throogh the blacks bunMng and spearing Ethom, they toft the lelsnd and swam to the mainland. Now they are m tnob large numbers that men are employed ehootlner them, and got fifteen shillings for skin and horns. The buffaloes I hnve seen m Port Darwin are m slza as large as aa ordinary ehorthorn cow, bat broader aoroea the baok, brown Id color, wlthllttlo or no hftlr on the body, the baok very cold la the hottest day. The horns ourl In the opposite direction to thoie of bur oattle. The Chinese catoh tha youop, tame, and work them In harness, »nd milk the oows.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2267, 30 October 1889, Page 2
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179AUSTRALIAN BUFFALOS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2267, 30 October 1889, Page 2
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