60 THE BULL, THE URUS. THE BISON. 



THE BULL. 



Notwithstanding the great changes that have taken 

 place in the breed of our English Bull by the introduction 

 of foreign kind, the Lancashire, "Westmoreland, and 

 Cumberland Bulls still form, there is every reason to 

 believe, the prevailing stock of the kingdom at large. 

 Great improvements have of late years been made, both as 

 to beauty and utility of form. Craven, in Yorkshire, has 

 long been celebrated for a superior variety of the long- 

 horned kind ; and from thence the graziers of Westmore- 

 land and Lancashire purchased the flower of the heifers. 



Some of these bulls are extremely large. Their horns 

 are not long, but beautifully turned ; their hair short and 

 smooth-, their crests rise extremely high; their chests are 

 let down to their knees ; their bodies are long and in the 

 form of a perfect cylinder. 



THE URUS, OR WILD BULL, 



Is chiefly met with in the extensive forests of Lithuania. 

 It grows to a size equal to the elephant, and is quite black ; 

 the eyes are red and fiery, the horns thick and short, and 

 the forehead covered with a quantity of curled hair ; the 

 neck is short and strong, and the skin has an odour of 

 musk. The female, though not so big as the male, 

 exceeds the largest of our bulls in size. 



THE BISON 



Differs from the rest of the ox kind, in having a large 

 bump between its shoulders, almost as high as that of a 

 camel. He has a long, shaggy mane, which forms a kind 

 of beard under his chin, his eyes are fierce, his forehead 

 large, and his horns extremely wide. 'Tis dangerous to 

 pursue him, except in forests abounding with trees large 

 enough to conceal the hunters. He is generally taken in 

 pits covered with branches of trees and grass, on the 



