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ones, there are wild Buffaloes, which are extremely dan- 

 gerous, tearing men to pieces, or crushing them with a 

 single blow of the head ; they are less to be dreaded in 

 woods than elsewhere, because their horns often catch in 

 the branches, and give time for the persons pursued to 

 escape by flight. The skins of these animals serve for 

 an infinity of purposes, and even cruses are made of them 

 for holding water or liquors. The animals on the coast 

 of Malabar are all wild, and strangers are not prevented 

 from hunting them for their flesh." 



Whether the animals alluded to, in all these cases, con- 

 stitute only one species, or consist of several, the accounts 

 which have been given of them (from their vagueness and 

 want of precision) afford no means of deciding. 



The following tail-piece is a representation of the 

 Herefordshire Cow, Bos Taurus. 



