22f) THE COW OF TARTARY. 



* By this ftandard we may judge of its other 

 ' dimenfions, the proportions of which have 

 ' been accurately obfcrved by the painter. Tlie 

 ' body refembles that of a common cow. The 



* horns are bended inward. The hair on the 

 ' body and head is black, except on the front 

 ' and ridge of the back, where it is white. It 

 ' has a mane on the neck ; and tlie whole body, 

 ' like that of a buck, is covered with very long 



* hair, which defcends as far as the knees, and 

 ' makes the legs appear fliort. It has a bunch 



* on the back. The tail refembles that of a 

 ' horfe, and is white and very bulhy. The fore 

 ' legs are black, the hind ones white, and the 

 ' whole refemble thofe of the ox. Upon the 

 ' heels of the hind feci, there are two tufts of 



* long hair, the one before and the other behind ; 



* and, on the fore feet, there is but one tuft 

 ' behind. The excrements are more folid than 

 ' thofe of cows ; and, whera the animal dif- 



* charges mine, it draws its body backward. 

 ' It lows not like an ox, but grunts like a ho<^. 



* It is wild, and even ferocious ; for, except the 

 ' man from whom it receives its food, it gives 

 ' blows with its head to every perfon who comes 



* near it. The prefcnce of domeflic cows it 



* hardly fuffers : Whenever it perceives one of 



* them, it grunts, which it fcldom does on any 



* other occafion.' To this defcription M. Gmelin 

 adds, ' That it is the frme animal mentioned 



* by Rubruquis in his travels into Tartary : 



'That 



