Buffalo Fight

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This is a characteristic picture taken in one of the islands of Oceania, which includes besides the actual representation of the fight itself, a number of views of the preparations for the combat, and of the field of spectators. After the business of choosing the combatants has been satisfactorily concluded, the horns of a couple of the buffaloes are sharpened, and they are led into the field. The two buffaloes, finding themselves face to face, engage in a struggle which the excited crowd watches with vivid interest until the finish. The field is not kept clear, and the spectators are allowed to cross it in all directions, so that the sight of the two fighting buffaloes and the people persistently wandering from one side of the stretch of grass to the other is at times rather curious.