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which the cow is not found in some one of its varieties ; either 

 large, like the uius, 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 whatsoever. But, to be more particu- 

 lar, beginning at the north, the few kine which subsist in Ice- 

 land, are without horns, although of the same race originally 

 with ours. The size of these is rather relative to the goodness 

 of the pasture, than the warmth or coldness of the climate. The 

 Dutch frequently bring great quantities of lean cattle from Den- 

 mark, which they fatten on their own rich grounds. These are 

 in general of a larger size than their own natural breed ; and 

 hey fatten very easily. The cattle of the Ukraine, where the 

 pasture is excellent, become very fat, and are considered as one 

 of the largest breeds of Europe. In Switzerland, where the 

 mountains are covered with rich nourishing herbage, which is 

 entirely reserved for their kine, these animals grow to a very 

 large size. On the contrary, in France, where they get no other 

 grass but what is thought unfit for horses, they dwindle and grow 

 lean. In some parts of Spain the cow grows to a good size : 

 those wild bulls, however, which they pride themselves so much 

 in combating, are a very mean despicable little animal, and some- 

 what shaped like one of our cows, with nothing of that peculiar 

 stenmess of aspect for which our bulls are remarkable. In Bar- 

 bary, and the provinces of Africa, where the ground is dry, and 

 the pasturage short, the cows are of a very small breed, and 

 give milk in proportion. On the contrary, in Ethiopia, they are 

 of a prodigious bigness. The same holds in Persia and Tartary ; 

 where, in some places, they are very small, and, in others, of an 

 amazing stature. It is thus, in almost every part of the world, 

 this animal is found to correspond in size to the quantity of its 

 provision. 



If we examine the form of these animals, as they are found 

 tame, in different regions, we shall find, that the breed of the 

 urns, or those without a hump, chiefly occupies the cold and the 

 temperate zones, and is not so much dispersed towards the 

 south. On the contrary, the breed of the bison, or the animal 

 with a hump, is found in all the southern parts of the world , 

 throughout the vast continent of India; throughout Africa, 

 from mount Atlas to the Caj)e of (Jood Hope. In all these 



