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nate to man, whose force it has experienced, and 

 whose aid it at last seems to require. However 

 wild the calves are which are taken from the dam 

 in a savage state, either in Africa or Asia, they soon 

 become humble, patient, and familiar ; and man 

 may be considered, in those countries, as almost 

 helpless without their assistance. Other animals 

 preserve their nature or their form with inflexible 

 perseverance ; but these, in every respect, suit 

 themselves to the appetites and conveniencies of 

 mankind ; and as their shapes are found to alter, 

 so also does their nature : in no animal is there 

 seen a greater variety of kinds, and in none a 

 more humble and pliant disposition. 



THE BUFFALO. 



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IF we should compare the shape of our com- 

 mon cow with that of the bison, the difference 

 will appear very great. The shaggy main of the 

 latter, the beard, the curled forehead, the invert- 

 ed horns, the broad breast, and the narrow hinder 

 parts, give it the appearance rather of a lion than 

 a cow, and fit it, more for a state of war with man- 

 kind than a state of servitude. Yet, notwith- 

 standing these appearances, both animals are 

 found to be the same, or at least so nearly allied 

 that they breed among each other, and propagate 

 a race that continues the kind. 



On the other hand, if we compare the buffalo 

 with our common cow, no two animals can be 



