THE BUFFALO, &c. 177 



and fouthern iilands *j throughout all the re- 

 gions of Africa "f, from Mount Atlas to the Cape 

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are a kind of coaches with two wheels. They are drawn by 

 oxen, which, though naturally heavy and flow in their move- 

 ments, acquire, by long habit, fuch a dexterity in drawing 

 thefe carriages, that no other animal can outrun them. Moft 

 of thefe oxen are very huge, and have a bunch between their 

 moulders, which rifes to the height of fix inches ; Voyage de 



Jean Ovingfen, torn* i. p. 253 The oxen of Perlia are like our 



own, except on the frontiers of India, where they have a 

 bunch on the back. Few oxen are eaten in this country : 

 They are reared chiefly for labouring the ground, or for 

 carrying burdens. Thofe employed in carrying loads are 

 I, on account of the flony mountains they have to pafs ; 

 Voyage de Chardin, torn. 2. p. 28. — The oxen of Bengal have a 

 kind of bunch on the back. We found them as fat and as 

 well tufted as in any other country. The largeft and belt fell 

 at two rixdollars only; Voyage de la Compagnie des Ir.J. dt 

 Hollande, toiu. 3. /. 270. — The oxen of Guzarat are fliaped 

 like ours, except that they have a bunch between the lhoul- 

 ders; Voyage de Mandcljlo, torn. 2. p. 234. 



* In the ifland of Madagafcar, an immenfe Cumber of 

 oxen are reared : They are very different from thofe of Eu- 

 rope, each of them having a bunch of fat on their backs, in 

 the form of a wen, which has made fome authors alledge 

 that they are fuckled by camels. There are three kinds, 

 namely, thofe which have horns, thole which have pendulous 

 horns attached to the fkin, and thofe which have no horns, 

 but only a fmall offeous eminence, in the middle of their front, 

 covered with fkin. The laft kind fail not, however, to com- 

 bat other bulls, by finking their bellies with their heads. 

 They all run like our flags, and have longer legs than thofe 

 of Europe ; Voyage de Flacourt, p. 3. The oxen in the ifland 

 of Johanna, near the Mofambique coait, differ from ours. 

 They have a flefhy crefcent between the neck and back. This 

 portion of flefli is preferred to the tongue, and is as well tafted 

 as the marrow ; Groje's Travels, p. 42. 



f The oxen of Aguada Sanbras are likewife larger than 



thofe 



