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THE OX TRIBE. 



PULO CONDORE BUFFALO. 



Bos Bubalus ? 



Not much is known of the Buffalo which is found in 

 the island of Pulo Condore. It is related by those navi- 

 gators who completed the voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 

 begun by Captain Cook, that when at Pulo Condore, they 

 procured eight Buffaloes, which were to be conducted to 

 the ships by means of ropes put through their nostrils and 

 round their horns ; but when they were brought within 

 sight of the sailors, they became so furious that some of 

 them tore out the cartilage of their nostrils, andjset them- 

 selves at liberty. All attempts to get them on board 

 would have proved fruitless, had it not been for some 



