* 



The ZEBU, or DWARF OX 



THIS fmall ox was mentioned above, un- 

 der the article buffalo, p. 164. But as, lince 

 that article was printed, a zebu has been brought 

 to the royal menagery, we are now in a condi- 

 tion to fpeak of it with more certainty, and to 

 give a figure of it drawn from the life, with 

 a more perfect defcription than the former 



one. 



* The zebu from which, the following defcription was ta*- 

 ken, was not larger than a calf of five weeks old. We knew 

 it, however, to be an adult, and at lead feven or eight years 

 of age, by infpedtion of its teeth. It arrived at the menagei y 

 of Verfailles in the month of Auguft 1761, and its horns were 

 then as large as they are now in the year 1763. They are 

 five inches three lines long, and four inches three lines in cir- 

 cumference at the bafe. They are black at the points, and in 

 every other refoecl refemble thofe of the common ox. It ha? 

 a bunch or; r thers four inches and a half high, and its 



circumference at die bafe is fixteen inches. In other articles, 

 it differs not in figure from our ox, except that its legs and 

 feet are proportionally fmaller, and its ears longer. 



The tuft of hair above the coronet is black. The legs and 

 upper part of the tail are yellowith. The under part, and the 

 long hairs at the point of the tail, are white, and a foot in 

 length. The reft of the body is variegated with black and 

 brown fpots, of different dimenfions, and (lightly tinged with 

 a reddiih colour. 



" Dwarf ox, with horns almoft clofe at their bafe, broad 

 and flat at the beginning, receding in the middle, and (land- 

 ing erect. It is larger than a roebuck, lefs than a Hag, and 

 compact, and well made in all its limbs. Its hair is lhining, 

 and of a tawny colour, Its legs are fhort, neck thick, and 



fhouldcrs 



