INDIAN DOMESTIC CATTLE. 



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INDIAN DOMESTIC CATTLE. 



Bos ? 



THE ZEBU, OR BRAHMIN OX. (Far. a.) 



The opinions expressed in the following extract from 

 Mr. Bennett's description of the Indian Ox (Gardens and 

 Menag. of the Zool. Soc.), may be taken as a correct 

 exposition of the views of naturalists generally on the 

 subject : 



" There can be little doubt that the Zebu, or Indian Ox, 

 is merely a variety of the Common Ox, although it is 

 difficult to ascertain the causes by which the distinctive 

 characters of the two races have been in the process of 



