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buffaloes, nor does it appear proved, that the hunch is a 

 simple fatty excrescence ; there is even some probability, 

 that the ridge of the withers is the principal cause, in 

 which case, the true location of this race would become 

 doubtful. Of this 



The Galla or Zanga race, generally white, with small 

 hunch, black muzzle, small bone, and high legs, is the 

 longest known. The horns turn up vertically, are of a 

 pale horn colour, extremely bulky, and near four feet in 

 length. The next is 



The Bornou race, likewise white, of a very large size, with 

 hunched back, and very large horns, but not rising vertically; 

 they are couched outwards and downwards, like those of 

 the African Buffalo, with the tip forming a small half spiral 

 revolution. We are indebted to Captain Clapperton for 

 the knowledge of this species. The corneous external coat is 

 very soft, distinctly fibrous, and at the base not much 

 thicker than a human nail ; the osseous core full of vascular 

 grooves, and inside very cellular ; the pair together, 

 scarcely weighing four pounds. The skin passes insensibly 

 to the horny state, so that there is no exact demarcation 

 where the one commences or the other ends. The dimensions 

 of a horn are, length measured on the curve, three feet 

 seven inches; circumference at base, two feet; circum- 

 ference midway, one foot six inches ; circumference two- 

 thirds up the horn, one foot ; length in a straight line, from 

 base to tip, one foot five inches and a half. The species has 

 a small neck, and is the common domestic breed of Bornou 

 where the Buffalo is said to have small horns. 



In terminating this review of the Ruminantia, we cannot 

 but express our regret that residing far from the capital, 

 the press could not be superintended with sufficient care, 

 nor the information collected for the purpose, be verified 

 anew, to the extent that it was desired. Others similarly 



