208 DOMESTIC BREEDS. 



grew desperately furious, from the smarting of his 

 wounds, and the shouts of savage joy that were 

 echoing from every side." * 



The races which have spread over Asia have been 

 thought partly to have been mixed with some of ti 

 Indian breeds which are at present little known. 



Among the largest domestic breeds known are 

 those of the Kirguise and Calmuc Tartars, and those 

 of the Roman States. The colour is generally of a 

 bluish-ash, the horns remarkably ample and spreading. 

 In Egypt a large white breed was maintained ; and 

 in northern and central Africa, according to Major 

 Denham, two varieties at present exist, both hump- 

 ed, like some of the Indian breeds, the one with 

 small horns, the other of a large size, with immense 

 horns, one which was measured being three feet six 

 inches and a half in length, following the curve, and 

 twenty-three inches and a quarter in circumference, t 

 Upon the banks of Lake Tchad, and in the king- 

 dom of Bournou, these cattle were kept in great 

 abundance. They performed all the laborious busi- 

 ness at home of carriage and tillage, the camel only 

 being used for war and extensive journeys. They 

 were the bearers of ail grain and other articles to and 

 from the markets. " A small saddle of plaited rusnes 



* Bewick's Quadrupeds, p. 41. 

 f- Denham's Narrative, Appendix. 



