The BUFFALO*, the BONASUS f , 

 theURUSJ, the BISON ||, and 

 the ZEBU §. 



THE Buffalo, though now common in Greece, 

 and domeftic in Italy, was unknown 

 both to the ancient Greeks and Romans - } for he 



has 



* This animal has no name either in Greek or Latin. In 

 modern Latin, Bubalus, Buffelus ; in Italian Bufalo ; in Ger- 

 man, Buffel ; at Congo, according to Dapper, Empakaffa, or 

 Pakaffa ; and at the Cape of Good Hope, according to Kolbe, 

 Gu-Aroho. 



Bos bubalus, cornibu.s refupinatis, intortis, antice planis ; 

 Lin?i. fyjl. nat. p. 99. 



Buffelus vel Bubalus vulgaris ; Johnjlon de quad. p. 38. tab. 

 20. 



Buffle; Kolbe defer ipt.du Cap de Bonne-Efperatice, torn. 3./.. 25. 

 //. at p. 54. fig. 3. Note. I have here quoted Johnfton and 

 Kolbe folely becaufe the figures they have given of the Buffalo 

 are not fo bad as thofe of ot her authors. 



f Bonafus quoque e fylveftribus cornigeris enumerandus 

 eft; Arifl. hijl. an'wi. lib. 2. cap. I. ... Sunt nonnulla quae 

 fimul bifulca funt, et jubam habeant et cornua bina, orbem 

 inflexu mutuo colligentia, gerant, ut bonafus, qui in Poeonia 

 terra et Media gignitur ; Idem. Ibid. .... Bonafus etiam in- 

 teriora omnia bubus fimilia continet ; Idem. lib. 2. cap. 16. . . 

 Bonafus gignitur in terra Poeonia, monte Meffapo, qui Poe- 

 oniae et Mediae terrae collimitium eft, et Monapios a Poeoni- 

 bus appellatur, magnitudine tauri, fed corpore quam bos lati- 

 ore : Brevior enim et in latera auctior eft. Tergus diftentum 

 ejus locum feptem accubantium occupat ; caetera, forma bovis 

 fimilis eft, nifi quod cervix jabata armorum tenus ut equi eft, 



fed 



