The wisest among the people I have met is a woman; and among the things of the forest, the wisest were even a buffalo cow who never had calf, and the mother of the yellow pack, who had white eyes in her long head.

Haw! "Now, the pack hunted on the same veld where a troop of buffalo grazed, but the bull who led the troop was wise.

He took counsel with the old cow that was calf-less, and the pack could never find the fat heifers or the younger calves unguarded.

In the troop were two young bulls--brothers; and these I had watched grow--watched from my hiding.

They were strong and fierce, and they eyed the old bull full.