THE BUFFALO, &c. iyg 



time, not fo flupid and indolent as our oxen. 

 They are more tradable and intelligent *,' 

 and have more of thofe relative feelings from 

 which advantage may be derived. They are 

 likewife treated with more care than our beft 

 horfes. The refpeel: the Indians entertain for 



M 2 thefe 



on a chariot drawn by two white oxen, with fhort necks, and 

 bunches on their lhouiders ; but they were as fwift and alert 

 as our horfes ; Voyage d'Olearhis, torn. I. p. 458.— The two 

 oxen which were yoked to my coach coalt near 600 rupees. 

 This price need not aitonifh the reader ; for fume of thefe 

 oxen are very ftrong, and perform journeys of fixty days, at 

 the rate of from twelve to fifteen leagues a day, and always 

 at a trot. When one half of the day's journey is finifhed, 

 each of them is fupplied with two or three balls of the ftze of 

 a penny loaf, made of flour knedded with butter and black 

 fugar ; and, at night, their common food is chick-peas bruifed, 

 and fleeped for half ail hour in water ; Voyage de Tavcrtiierl 

 p. 36. — Some of thefe oxen follow the horfes at a fmart trot. 

 The fmallett are the molt nimble. The Gentoos, and parti- 

 cularly the Banians and merchants of Surat, ufe the 

 for drawing their carriages. It is remarkable, thrit, notwith- 

 standing their veneration for thefe animals, the people fcruple 

 not to employ them in fuch laborious ferviccs 5 Grojpj tra- 

 vels, p. 253. 



* In the country of Camandu in Perfia, there are many 

 oxen entirely white, with fuiall blunt horns,' and bundles 

 on their backs. They are very Hrong, and carry heavy 

 burdens. When about to be loaded, they lie down on their 

 knees like the camels, and rife again when the goods are 

 properly fattened. To this practice they are trained by the 

 natives ; Defcripthn de l'1/ide, par Marc. Paul, liv. 1. chap. 21. 



— The European labourers prick their oxen with a goad, 



in order to make them advance But, in Bengal, their tails' 

 are only twilled. Theft animals are extremely tractable. 

 When loading, they are ir.ftructed to lie down, and to rile 

 with the burdens on thehr backs ; Lett. Edif. rectieil 9. />. 4 2 



