THE OX. 



Indian oxen. 



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markably easy trot. Instead of a bit, a ring is 

 passed through the cartilage of their nostrils, to 

 which is fastened a cord, that serves as a bridle. 

 Those belonging to nabobs and other great men 

 have their horns gilded, and are richly decorated 

 with embroidered trappings. Four of these ani- 

 mals now (1806) in the menagerie at Exeter 

 'Change, are said to have been formerly kept by 

 Tippoo Sultan, for the purpose of drawing his 

 children. 



