i 9 2 THE BUFFALO, fo. 



ox of Pruffia and Livonia, has the fame fcent of 

 muik. 



Of all the names, therefore, prefixed to this 

 article, which, both by ancient and modern na- 

 turaliils, are reprefented as fo many diftincT; fpe- 

 cies, there remain only the buffalo and the ox. 

 Thefe two animals, though very fimilar, both 

 domeftic, often living under the fame roof, and 

 fed in the fame paftures, though at liberty to in- 

 termix, and frequently ftimulated to it by their 

 keepers, have uniformly refufcd to unite. They 

 neither copulate nor produce together. Their 

 natures are more remote from each other than 

 that of the afs and horfe : They even feem to 

 have a mutual antipathy ; for we are allured, 

 that cows will not fuckle young buffaloes, and 

 that female buffaloes refufe to fuckle calves. The 

 difpofition of the buffalo is more obftinate and 

 untraceable than that of the ox. He is lefs obe- 

 dient, more violent, and fubjecl to humours more 

 frequent and more impetuous. All his habits 

 are grofs and brutal. Next to the hog, he is the 

 dinieft of domeftic animals; for nothing is more 

 difficult than to drefs and keep him clean. His 

 figure is grofs and forbidding. His afpect is 

 wild and ftupid. He ffretches out his neck in 

 an aukward, ignoble manner, and carries his 

 head fo ungracefully, that it generally hangs 

 down toward the ground. He bellows hideouf- 

 ly, and with a ftrong and deeper tone than 

 that of the bull. He has meager limbs, a naked 



tail, 



