i;S THE BUFFALO, &c. 



of Good Hope *, there are almoft no oxen with- 

 out bunches. It even appears that this race, 

 which is diirufed over all the warm countries, 

 has ieveral advantages over the other ; for, like 

 the biibn, from which they have proceeded, 

 thefe bunched oxen have fofter and more glofTy 

 hair than ours, whofe hair, like that of the au- 

 rochs, is hard, and thinly fpread over the body. 

 They are likewife fwifter, more proper for fup- 

 plying the place of the horfef, and, at the fame 



time, 



thofe of Spain. They have bunches, but no horns ; Premier 

 voyage des Holtandois aux Indes Orientates^ torn. J. p. 218. — The 

 Moors have numerous flocks on the banks of the Niger. . . . 

 Their oxen are much thicker, and have longer legs than thofe 

 of Europe. They are remarkable for a large fieihy wen, 

 which rifes between their fhoulders more than a foot high. 

 This wen is a delicious morfel ; Voyage au Senegal, par M. A- 

 danfon, p- 57' 



* At the Cape of Good Hope, there are three kinds of oxen, 

 which are all large, and very fwift. Some of them have a 

 bunch on the back ; others have pendulous horns ; and others 

 have horns like thofe of the European kind j Voyage de Fran- 

 cois le Gnat., torn. 2. p. I 47. 



f As the oxen in India are perfectly gentle, many people 

 travel on them as we do on horfes. Their common pace is 

 foft. Inftead of a bit, a fmall cord is pafled through the car- 

 tilage of their nollrils, which is tied to a larger cord, and 

 ferves as a bridle ; and this bridle is fixed to a bunch on the 

 fore part of the back, which is wanting in our oxen. They 

 are faddled like horfes, and, when pufhed, move as brifldy. 

 Thefe animals are ufed in moll parts of India ; and no other 

 are employed in drawing carts and chariots. They are fixed 

 to the end of the beam by a long yoke, which is placed on 

 the necks of the two oxen ; and the driver holds the rope to 

 which the cord that paifes through the noftrils is tied ; Rela- 

 tion de TLcv;noi\ torn. 3. p. 15*. — This Indian Prince was feated 



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