COW KIND. 237 



posed by Klein and Buffon to be no more than 

 another name for the bison, as the descriptions 

 given of them by the ancients coincide. The 

 Bubalus also of the ancients, which some have 

 supposed to belong to the cow kind, Buffon places 

 among the lower class of ruminant quadrupeds, 

 as it most resembles them in size, shape, and the 

 figure of its horns. Of all the varieties, therefore, 

 of the cow kind, there are but two that are really 

 distinct j namely, the cow and the buffalo : these 

 two are separated by nature ; they seem to bear 

 an antipathy to each other ; they avoid each other, 

 and may be considered as much removed as the 

 horse is from the ass or the zebra. When, there- 

 fore, we have described the varieties of the cow 

 kind, we shall pass on to the buffalo, which being 

 a different animal, requires a separate history. 



There is scarcely a part of the world, as was 

 said before, in which the cow is not found in some 

 one of its varieties ; either large, like the urus, or 

 humped as the bison ; with straight horns, or 

 bending, inverted backwards, or turning sideways 

 to the cheek, like those of the ram ; and in many 

 countries they are found without any horns what- 

 soever. But to be more particular, beginning at 

 the north, the few kine which subsist in Iceland 

 are without horns, although of the same race ori- 

 ginally with ours. The size of these is rather re- 

 lative to the goodness of the pasture, than the 

 warmth or coldness of the climate. The Dutch 

 frequently bring great quantities of lean cattle 

 from Denmark, which they fatten on their own 

 rich grounds. These are in general of a larger 



