THE BULL. 



failed to render them dreadfully and dangeroufly furious, in which rtate they 

 continue till they are quieted by death. 



The Ox is capable of being taught, with advantage, to affilt man with his 

 ftrength. Oxen are, in general, more profitable for the draught than Horfes ; 

 they are cheaper fed, harnefled, and mod ; and an old working beaft, if 

 difabled, will fatten as well, and produce as good meat as a young one. 



Almolt every part of this animal is ufefully applied to the purpofes either 

 of food or manufactures. The hoofs, horns, hide, hair, bones, liver, fpleen, 

 blood, fat, marrow, milk, cream, butter, cheefe, whey, gall, urine, and dung, 

 have each their particular ufe, and the want of moll of them would be 

 fenfibly felt by man. It appears from the earliefl accounts, that the hide has 

 ever been eminently ufeful. The ancient Britons ufed to conftrudt their boats 

 with the twigs of oziers, covered or lined with the hides of Bulls. 



Primum cana falix madefa<Sto vimine parvum 

 Texitur in puppim caefoque inchata juvenco, 

 Vectoris patiens, tumidum fuper emicat amnera : 

 Sic Venetus ftagnante pado, fufoque Britannus 



Navigat Oceano. Lucan, lib. iv. 131. 



The bending" willow into barks they twine, 



Then line the work with fpoils of flaughter'd kine. 



Such are the floats Venetian timers know, 



When in dull marfhes Hands the fettling Po j 



On fueh to neighbouring Gaul, allur'd by gain, 



The bolder Britons crofs the fwelling main. Bows. 



Even at the prefent time the Xrifh ufe velTels of this kind in their lakes, 

 and call them curach ; they are likewife ufed in the Dee and Severn, and are 

 called by the Englim caracles ; from the Britilh cwrwgle, which lignifies a 

 boat of this ftrud:ure(A). The ufe of the hide, when tanned and curried for 

 making boots, ihoes, and a great many other conveniences of life, is 

 fufficiently known to all. Vellum is made of the thinner! Calves-fkins. 

 Boxes, combs, knife-handles, and drinking cups, are made of the horns, 



(a) Campbell's Political Survey. 



