THE BUFFALO, &c. 1S1 



are found nearly in the fame climates % and 

 are equally gentle and eafily managed. Both 

 have fine hair, and bunches on their hacks. 

 This bunch is only an excrefcence, a flefhy 

 wen, which is equally tender and good as th 

 tongue of an ox. The bunches of fome oxen 

 weigh from forty to fifty pounds t> an d thote 

 of others are much fmaller J. In fome, the 

 horns are prodigiously large. In the royal cabinet, 

 there are fpecimens of them of three feet and 

 a half in length, and {even inches in diame- 

 ter at the bafe. We are a (lured by feveral tra- 



M 3 vellers, 



* The oxen of India are of different fizes, fome large, o- 

 thers fmall, and others of a middle fize. But, in general, 

 they travel well, fome of them making journeys of fifteen 

 leagues a day. Some of them are near fix feet high ; but i 

 are rare. There is another kind called d<war/} t becaufe they 

 exceed not three feet in height. The latter, like the otners, 

 have a bunch on their back>, run very fait, and are ufed for 

 drawing lmall carts. The white oxen are extremely dear. 

 I have ieen two, which belonged to the Dutch, each of which 

 colt two hundred crowns. They were indeed very beautiful 

 and ftrong ; and the chariot in which they were yoked had 

 a magnificent appearance. When the people of faihion have 

 fine oxen, they take great care of them. The tips of their 

 horns are ornamented with copper rings. They are covered 

 with clothes, in the fame manner as horfes. They are daily 

 curried, and fed with great attention ; Relat. (Fun voyage par 

 Ihevemt, torn. 3. p. 252. 



f At Madagafcar, there are oxen whofe bunch weighs 

 thirty, forty, fifty, and' even fixty pounds; Voyage a Mada- 

 gafcar, par de V. Pari', p. 245. 



J The oxen have a bunch near the neck, which is larger 

 and fmaller in different individuals ; Relat. dc Tkevenoty torn. 2«. 

 A 223. 



