THE OX AND THE DAIRY. 



in the British Museum, represents two herds of oxen, of 

 which the foremost in the upper compartment is distin- 

 guished by its hump and shorter horns from the long-horned, 

 straight-backed cattle in the lower compartment. Perhaps, 

 however, it was rather in Upper than in Lower Egypt that 

 the zebu breed prevailed ; such, at least, is the case in the 

 present day. In Lower Egypt, as Burckhardt states, it is 

 almost unknown ; but it begins in Dongola, whence all along 

 the Nile, as far as Sennaar, no others are seen In the Galla 



DWARF ZEBU. 



country there is a race of large zebu cattle, generally of a white 

 colour, high on the limbs, with a small hump ; but, on the 

 contrary, with horns of great bulk and length, and sweeping 

 upwards. In Bornou there is a very large white race, with 

 immense horns, which first bend downwards, and then turn 

 upwards with a half spiral revolution. According to Clapper- 

 ton, the corneous external coat of these horns is very soft, 

 distinctly fibrous, and at the base not much thicker than a 

 human nail. The bony core is very cellular, and so light that 

 the pair together scarcely weigh more than four pounds. 

 The dimensions of one of these horns were as follow : 

 Length measured on the curve, three feet seven inches ; cir- 

 cumference at the base, two feet ; length in a straight line 

 from base to tip, one foot five inches and a half. This 

 species, he adds, has a small neck, and is the common do- 

 mestic breed of Bornou, where the buffalo is said to have 

 small horns. It is, perhaps, a similar breed that Bruce 

 speaks of, as occurring in Abyssinia ; only he describes the 



