120 BUFFALO. YACK. MUSK OX. BISOM. 



12. The Auroch formerly inhabited all temperate Europe ; now 

 the race is almost extinct, and only a few individuals are found, 

 that have taken refuge in the great marshy forests of Lithuania, 

 of the Krapacs, and of Caucasus. 



13. The B*ffaio, 8nsBnbalns, (Plate 6, fig 1.) -originally 

 from India and naturalised in Italy and Greece, has a convex fore 

 head, higher than wide, and the horns marked in front by a longi 

 tudinal ridge. It is less docile than the Ox, but is more robust, 

 arid more easily fed. Its skin is converted into a strong, dura- 

 ble kind of leather ; the horns are of a very fine grain, and are 

 susceptible of a high polish. The Buffalo loves to wallow in the 

 iriud ; he is an excellent swimmer, and sometimes dives to a depth 

 of ten or twelve feet, to tear up with his horns certain aquatic 

 plants that he eats while swimming. 



14. The Yuck, also called the Horse-tailed Buffalo, and 

 Grunting Cow of Tartar y, Ros (irHnniens,(I*latr5 t fiy. 13.) 

 is a species originally from Thibet, and is of small size. The 

 Yack has a long mane on his back and his tail is covered with 

 long hairs like that of a horse This tail constitutes the standards 

 still used among the Turks to distinguish the superior officers. 



15. The Mask Ox of Jtawricti, U a M<s<-lintns,(l"ate 6. 

 fig. 2.) inhabits the most northern parts of America, under the 

 polar circle, and climbs rocks almost as well as a goat. The 

 horns meet at their base in front of the forehead almost on a 

 straight line, and are directed outwards and downwards. It 

 stands low, and is covered with tufted hair that reaches to the 

 ground. The tail is very short. It diffuses a strong smell of 

 musk with which its flesh is also impregnated. The Esquimaux 

 make caps of the tail, the hairs of which falling over their face, 

 defend them from mosquitoes 



16. The Hisnui or American Ihiffa o, Bos Rison '; Bos Jlmeri- 

 camis, also inhabits North America, but not to so high a latitude 

 as the preceding. He is met with from Louisiana to within a 

 few degrees of the polar circle. He lives in great herds, pell-mell 

 with deer and stags on the vast open savannas or prairies, and 

 abounds in the vicinity of the sources of the Missouri and Missis- 

 sippi rivers, and is always found near salt-licks. He is smaller 

 thin the Auroch, but larger than the domestic Bull. Lis limbs 

 and tail are short. The anterior part of his body is very thick 



12. Where is the Auroch found ? 



13. What is the Buffalo? Win re i* it found ? To what uses is it ap. 

 plied ? What are its habit-? 



14. What is the Y . k ? What' UPC is made of its tail? 



15. Wh re is the Musk Ox fi>und ? What kind of an animal is it ? 



16. Where is the biso.i lou.id ? What are its character* ? 



