They saw, at length, there could be no deception.

Buffaloes the animals were, and _white ones_ too! They were not all of an uniform white, though most of them were.

A few were darker about the heads and legs, with broad white flakes upon their sides, giving them a mottled appearance.

The general colour, however, was whitish; and, strange to say, there was not a black or brown one in the herd!--not one of the well-known colour that buffaloes usually are! It was this that rendered them such a mysterious band in the eyes of our adventurers.
The latter, however, soon got over their surprise.

There could be no doubt that they had fallen in with a herd of white buffaloes.