248 INDIAN OR DOMESTIC BUFFALO. 



guished. The buffalo, shaking his head and raking 

 the ground for a few seconds with his foot, places 

 himself in the posture of attack, and with his face 

 brought parallel with the surface, his horns pointing 

 forwards, and his tail indicating both his determina- 

 tion and his vigour, rushes forward at full speed."* 



For some other large oxen another group has been 

 thought necessary, which will contain the European 

 Bison, that of America, and one or two others, which 

 are rather imperfectly known. They are characte- 

 rized by the ridge of the spine being elevated, and 

 often clothed with long hair, the legs rather long, and 

 the hair soft and woolly. 



* Colonel Williamson, ii. p, 46, 



