INDEFINITE DEFINITIONS OF COL. SMITH. 



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In the third instance, the same difficulty exists with 

 respect to the head, and the difficulty is further complicated 

 by our being left to guess whether the ROOT or the END 

 of the tail is meant. 



In the fourth we are completely " at sea." 

 The true value of these characteristic distinctions, 

 definitions, or descriptions, are left to the appreciation of 

 the judicious reader. Colonel Smith may doubtless be, 

 what he has been styled, "an indefatigable naturalist," 

 and "in general" an exact one; but in this special 

 instance of the Genus Bos, his warmest admirers must 

 allow that his accuracy and precision have not kept pace 

 with his industry. 



Hungarian Ox, Bos Taunts, from a specimen in the British Museum. 



