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Buffaloes prefer the mud and water 



wild conditions in which ah)iie it can he kept peace- 

 able in captivity.* 



It is not known when these animals became domes- 

 ticated, but certainly many centuries ago. Thev uere 

 used by the Egyptians in the titth century and at the 

 same time the Arabs brought them to Persia. They 

 were at about this period used in (jreece and Hungary, 

 and in 600 ad were introduced by the Romans for 

 agricultural purposes. In recent times Napoleon on his 



* Thcv lire also foniid on Mcll'vilh' Island, off' the north- 

 ern coast of Anstralia, -ic/iere t/n'V -were introduced in any 

 years ago and now nii/nher thonsiuuls. Here they are /innted 

 for their hides. 



— Zinn in '■'■JV ild ^Ininials of I'esterday and Today .'' 



