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ber which are scarcely bigger than the hog. 

 All the world knows the utility of these animals 

 for labour, for their flesh, fat, hides, and milk ; 

 their horn even is employed for useful purposes. 

 The cow is gravid nine months, and can breed 

 at eighteen, the bull at two years. The male 

 is mutilated at eighteen months or two years 

 old, and is fattened at ten. 



The Aurochs of the Germans, Zubr of the Polanders {Bos 

 Urus, Gm.), Urus, or Bison of the ancients, Gesn. clvii. 



Passes generally, but improperly, for the wild 

 stock of the horned cattle. It is distinguished 

 from them by its prominent forehead, rather large 

 than high, by the attachment of the horns below 

 the occipital crest, by the height of its legs, by 

 an additional pair of ribs, and by its grunting 

 voice. It is a fierce animal, confined at present 

 to the great marshy forests of Lithuania, of the 

 Krapacs, and of Caucasus, but which formerly 

 inhabited the whole of the temperate parts of 

 Europe. It is the largest quadruped, after 

 the Rhinoceros. 



The Bison of America, Buffalo of the Anglo-Americans 

 (JBos Bison, L. Bos Americanus, Gm.)> Buff. Supp. III.v. 



Has not hitherto been sufficiently compared 

 with the Aurochs. Its legs and tail appear 

 shorter, the fur of its head and beard longer, 



