THE BUFFALO, &c. 201 



agreeable to their nature, and the European oxen 

 have multiplied there as well as in any other 

 part of the globe. 



At Madagafcar, the beft kind of bulls and cows 

 were brought thither from Africa, and have a 

 bunch on their backs. The cows yield fo little 

 milk, that a fingle Dutch cow would give fix 

 times as much. In this ifland, there are wild 

 bifons which wander in the forefts. The flefh, 

 of thefe bifons is not equal to that of our oxen *. 

 In the fouthern parts of Afia, we likewife find 

 wild oxen. The natives of Agra hunt thefe 

 animals on the mountain of Nerwer, which is 

 furrounded with wood. This mountain is fi- 

 tuated on the road from Surat to Golconda. 

 Thefe wild cattle are generally beautiful, and fell 

 very dear j\ 



The zebu feems to be a miniature of the bi- 

 fon, whofe race, as well as that of the ox, has 

 undergone great variations, efpecially in hze. 

 The zebu, though an original native of very 

 warm regions, is capable of exiting and multi- 

 plying in temperate climates. ' I law,' fays Mr 

 Colinfon, ' a great number of thefe animals in 

 ' the Duke of Richmond's, and alio in the Duke 



* of Portland's parks, where they every year 



* bring forth calves, which are extremely beau- 

 ' tiful. The fathers and mothers were brought 



4 from 



* Voyage de Francois le Guat, torn. 2. p. 71. 

 f Voyage de Thevenot, torn. 3. p. 113. 



