For many years, the mighty buffalo has been examined as a strong being. This animal was a hard animal to tame, although the Robinsons completed the task. They first had to poke a hole through a calf's nostril to put either a ring or a stick through it. Then they concluded that a saddle was a requisite to tame this beast, so they built and put one on the beast. Once they had this urgently required labor accomplished, they then began to lock heavier and heavier loads onto the back of the buffalo to train it to haul equipment around the island. Although the buffalo isn`t easily tamed, the family accomplished this act and make the beast to where “the strength and swiftness of [their] saddled buffalo [was] prodigious.” (Wyss, pg. 148)
The ostrich, although it looks queer, supplemented a few of the family`s needs, even though it needed to be tamed first. The Robinsons, who were well experienced in taming animals, had multiple difficulties taming this beast. The family had to quizzically train this flightless bird using tobacco smoke and a …show more content…
Since it`s hard to tame a beast who hasn`t been caught, the Robinsons had to ensnare the animals to tame them. They would then have to fervently accomplish the task of crafting the harness so necessary to tame the beasts. Once that has been accomplished, they then rode on the animal themselves to get the beast used to riders being on it while he was in motion. Even though these were some of the methods used, there was also a large sum more that crossed over between