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The History i/ANIMAU

the ears are long and broad: the horns are very short, they do not exceed eight inches,in length, and are turned in such a manner, as to be quite unfit for wounding : theneck is short and thick, and is ornamented with a mane like that of a horse, whichhangs down quite to the breast : the body is very bulky, much more so than in thecommon bull; the legs are very thick and robust, but short; the tail is long: the co-

lour of the whole animal is a deep tawny, only the forehead and the breast are white :the mane is of a darker and browner colour than any other part.

This is a native of the East, and of many other of the warmer climates. Whenpursued, it does not attempt to defend itself with it's horns, but kicks and discharges

it’s dung to a great distance against the pursuers. Aristotle , and all the old authors,have described it, they call it Bonasus.

Bos juba longijjtma^ dorfo gibboso.

The Bos , with a very long mane , and a gibbose bach wium,

This is a robust and fierce animal; it is equal to the common hull in size : the head

is very large, broad, and short; the nose is obtuse ; the nostrils are large, and the eyesare large and fierce in their aspect: the horns are longer than in the common bull,and point more forwards: the neck is very robust and thick ; there hangs all down ita mane considerably long and shaggy quite to the breast : the body is very bulky andunwieldy : the legs are short and thick; the tail reaches to the ground; there is a largebunch on the ridge of the back, like that of a camel.

This is a native of America, and is a very fine creature. Authors call it Bos Ca-melita and JBison.

Bos cornubus vajlis , intortis , resupinatis.

‘The Bos , with very large 3 crooked\ and refupinated horns

This is a very large species; it is equal in size to our biggest oxen : the head is very

large ; the forehead remarkably broad, and the aspect very fierce and terrible : the eyesare large and prominent; the ears are large, long, and patulous: the horns are vastlylarge, of a coal-black colour, and intorted ; they are very thick at the base, but sharpat the point: the neck,is thick, and remarkably short; the flesh hangs very loose un-der the throat; the body is more bulky, in proportion, than in our bull, and the legsare thicker, but about equal in length.

The colour is usually a blackish-grey, but in this there is great variation: there isusually some white under the belly, and about the forehead.

This is a native of the East, but it has been introduced into Italy , and some otherparts of Europe , where it is kept for service. It is a beast of burthen and draught inthe pope’s territories ; and the milk of the female is used as that of our cows. But itis apt to be mischievous, and is less fit to be trusted loose in fields where people walk.All the writers on quadrupeds have mentioned it. There has been some dispute whe-ther the name of the Bubalus or Buffaloe belonged to this species, or to some other.It has been, by some authors, applied to the other species, but this most agrees withthe oldest descriptions.

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