



SllOUT-lIORN BULL.— y/o* yr///;//*. 



TuE Domestic Ox of Europe has been so moditicd iir ibnn, hal)its, and dimen- 

 sions, l)y its loii}:^ intercourse with mankind, that it lias developed into as many 

 permanent varieties as the dog, the pigeon, or the rabbit, and would in many cases 

 be thought to belong to different species. In almost evciy part of the world arc 

 found examples of the Ox, variously moditied in order to suit the peculiar circum- 

 stances an\id which they are i)laced, but in all instances they arc susceptible of 

 domestication, and are employed in the service of mankiml. 



There are few animals which are more thoroughly useful to man than the Ox, 

 or whose loss we should feel more deeply in the privatit^n of so many comforts. 

 Putting aside the two obvious benefits of its fiesh and its milk — both of which are 

 so needful for our comfort that we almost forget to think about them at all — we 

 derive verj' great benefit from its powers while living, and from many portions of 

 its body when dead. 



