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Rh leaps over his liead, and with the speed of lightning saddles himself all fours on his back. Beyond the reach of danger from his opponent's horns, he now plants his teeth into the skin of the unfortunate buffalo, whose groans of rage and anguish are distinctly heard amid the loud shouts of the people. Should the tiger not succeed in taking his leap at the right moment, the buffalo throws him up into the air like a ball, and as he falls, stands prepared to goad him to death. If the tiger should come off victorious in the contest, he is carefully kept and tended, to display his prowess in another gala.

The arms of Madieon is a black bull with a large; hump above his neck, "couchant" on the top of a square pillar placed at the junction of four roads. If I mistake not, Madioen in the vernacular signifies a wild bull, or buffalo, an animal which is very numerous in a wild state throughout the province, wherever there is a thick jungle or forest.

There is generally a hunt every year, conducted