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tionable if a single Lion ever attacks a full-grown Buffalo ; 

 the amount of roaring heard at night, on occasions when a 

 Buffalo is killed, seems to indicate there are always more 

 than one Lion engaged in the onslaught." 



FIG. 63. GROUP OF RUMINANTS. 



1. Ox (Bos taurus) ; 2, Sheep (Ovis aries) ; 3, Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) 

 4, Camel (Camelus Arahicus) ; 5, Llama (Paces). 



The Ruminants are the only members of the Mammalia 

 furnished with horns, and some of these are of enormous 

 size : the Elk, Buffalo, and Steinbok, are instances. In the 

 Deer tribe they are shed yearly, and increase in size and 

 in the number of their branches at each fresh growth. The 

 flesh of the Ruminants forms the chief animal food of Man, 



