198 THE BUFFALO, &c. 



lers, appears to me to be the buffalo; and the a- 

 nimal mentioned under the name of empabunga 

 or impa! inicd, in the fame country, is, perhaps, 

 the bubalus, whole hiftory mall be given along 

 with that of the gazelles or antilopes. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



The ox and bifon are two diftintl: races of the 

 fame fpecies. Though the bifon uniformly dif- 

 fers from the ox by the bunch on his back, and 

 the length of his hair, he fucceeds very well in 

 the Ifle of France : His flefh is much better than 

 that of the European oxen ; and, after fome ge- 

 nerations, his bunch vanifhes entirely. His hair 

 is fmoother, his limbs are more {lender, and his 

 horns longer than thofe of the common ox. I 

 faw, fays M. de Querhoent, bifons brought 

 from Madagafcar, which were of an aftonifh- 

 ing 11 ze "\ 



The bifon, of which we here give a figure, 

 and w T hich we faw alive, was taken, when young, 

 in the forefts of the temperate parts of North 

 America. It was brought to Holland, and pur- 

 chafed by a Swede, who tranfported it from 

 town to town in a large cage, where it was 



firmlv 



.■ 



Note communicated by M. le Vicomte de Querhoent. 



