HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE URUS, OR WILD BULL. 



Is chiefly to be met with in the extensive forests 

 of Lithuania. It grows to a size almost equal to 

 the Elephant, and is quite black; the eyes are red 

 and fiery, the horns thick and short, and the fore- 

 head 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; 

 nevertheless, her udder is extremely small. Upon 

 the whole, however, this animal, which greatly 

 resembles those of the tame kind, probably owes 

 its variety to its natural wildness, and the richness 

 of the pastures where it is produced. 



