THE BUFFALO, &c. 163 



Egypt *, Guiney t» and the Cape of Good 

 Hope X • It is ea fy to perceive, that, in all 

 thefe countries, this animal is the fame, and 

 differs from our buffalo only by very flight va- 

 rieties. 



3. The bubalus of the Greeks and Latins is 

 neither the buffalo^ nor the /mall ox of Belon, but 

 the animal defer ibed in the Memoirs of the Aca- 

 demy of Sciences ', under the name of the Barbary 

 Coiv. The following fads will prove this po- 

 fition. Ariflotle || ranks the bubalus with the 

 flag and fallow deer, and not with the ox §. In 

 another place, he mentions the bubalus along 

 with the roe deer; and remarks, that he makes 

 a bad defence with his horns, and that he flies 

 from all ferocious animals. Pliny**, fpeaking 

 of the wild oxen of Germany, fays, that it is 

 only from ignorance that the vulgar give the 



L 2 . name 



* Defcript. de TEgypte, par Maillet, torn. %> pag. 121. 



f Voyage de Eofman, pag. 437. 



% Defciiption du cap de Bonne-efperance, par Kolbe, 

 torn. 3. p. 25. 



|J Genus id fibrarum cervi, daruae, bubali fanguini deeft ; 

 Arifl. Hijl. Anim. lib. 3. cap. 6. 



§ Bnbalis etiam capreifque internum cornua inutilia lunt : 

 Nam etfi contra nonnulla refiftani, et cornibus fe defendanr, 

 tamen feroces pugnacefque beiluas fugiunt; Id?}/.-, depart, an:- 

 mal. lib. 3 . cap. 1 1 . 



** Germania gignit infignia bourn ferorum genera, juba- 

 tos bifontes, excellentique vi et velccitate urps, quibus imperi- 

 tum vulgus bubahrum nomen impoiuir. ; cum id gignat Afri- 

 ca ; vituli potius cervive quadam fimilitudine; Pi:?:. HiJL Na.% 

 lib. S. cap. \§. 



