CHAPTER XIX.

STALKING THE BISON--BUFFALO AS OXEN--EXPENSIVE POWER--A BUFFALO AT A LUNATIC ASYLUM--THE GATEWAY TO THE HERDS--INFERNAL GRAPE-SHOT--NATURE'S BOMB-SHELLS--CRAWLING BEDOUINS--"THAR THEY HUMP"--THE SLAUGHTER BEGUN--AN INEFFECTUAL CHARGE--"KETCHING THE CRITTER"--RETURN TO CAMP--CALVES' HEAD ON THE STOMACH--AN UNPLEASANT EPISODE--WOLF BAITING, AND HOW IT IS DONE, 280-291