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This animal, although so wild and formidable in a 

 state of nature, is very easily tamed : it is patient and 

 persevering, arid being endowed with great strength, 

 is very serviceable for the draught. In Italy the buf- 

 falo is domesticated, and constitutes a considerable 

 part of the wealth and the food of the lowest sort of 

 the peasantry, who use them for the purposes of agri- 

 culture, and make butter and cheese from their milk, 

 which is, however, reckoned inferior to that of the 

 cow. Burraioes are also found in a tame state in many 

 parts of the East, as well 1 as in Italy. It is observed 

 by IVObsonville', that it is a singular sight to see large 

 herds of them, morning and evening, cross the Tigri* 

 and Euphrates. They proceed, all wedged together, 

 the herdsman riding on one of them, sometimes stand- 

 ing upright, and sometimes couching down, audit' any 

 of those on the outside straggle, or lag behind, step- 

 ping lightly from back to back, to drive them along. 

 Thus you see, my dear Sir, that the huttalo, although 

 naturally fierce and terrible when wild, is by the ma- 

 nagement of man rendered an useful animal, and a 

 valuable gift of the bountiful Creator, 



I am, dear Sir, 



Your's, &c. 



LETTER Xri. 



" Beho'd, where bound, and of its rohe bereft 

 B^ needy man, that all-depending lord, 

 How nuek, how patient, the mild creature lies. 

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A simple scene, jet hence Britannia sees 

 Her solid grandeur rise, hence she commands 

 Tii' exalted blurts oi every brighter clime:" 



THOMSON. 

 DEAR SIR, 



PERMIT me at present to call your attention to a 

 species of the animal creation, which in respect of 

 Utility may be deservedly ranked \vith the hors*-. ami 

 the ox, and, indeed, is scarcely less conductive 10. Uia 

 well-being of the human race than thobc uvo moat 

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