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and is distinguished by pendulous ears, and horns attached 

 only to the skin, so as to hang down on each side ! 



THE BOURY. 



Of the size of a camel, and of a snowy whiteness, with a 

 protuberance on the back, is a native of Madagascar and 

 some other islands. 



THE TINIAN OX. 



Of a white colour, with black ears. Inhabits the island 

 of Tinian. 



Bewick mentions that in Persia there are many oxen 

 entirely white, with small blunt horns and humps on their 

 backs. They are very strong, and carry heavy burdens. 

 When about to be loaded, they drop down on their knees 

 like the Camel, and rise again when their burdens are 

 properly fastened. 



THE BORNOU OX, 



which Col. Smith considers a distinct species, is likewise 

 white, of a very large size, with hunched back, and 

 very large horns, which are couched outwards and down- 

 wards, like those of the African Buffalo, with the tip 

 forming a small half-spiral revolution. The corneous 

 external coat is very soft, distinctly fibrous, and at the 

 base not much thicker than a human nail ; the osseous 

 core full of vascular grooves, and inside very cellular, the 

 pair scarcely weighing four pounds. The skin passes 

 insensibly to the horny state, so that there is no exact 

 demarcation where the one commences or the other ends. 

 The dimension of a horn are : length measured on the 



