These supplied saltpetre, alum, and salt, skins of lions and panthers, horns of buffalos, ostrich eggs and feathers, slaves and ivory to the mother-cities.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
All these mountains swarm with tigers, wild buffalos, and boars, which also infest the long grass of the Jheels.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker
On our third day's march however, they were spotted as "buffalos" by some of their North Carolina friends and concluded that the only way to save their necks was to escape, which they both did and reached our lines at Newburn.
"In and Out of Rebel Prisons"
Lieut. A. [Alonzo] Cooper