42 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The GRUNTING-OX. 



The Sarluc, or Grunting-Cow of Tartary, from its 

 refemblance to the Bifon, may be confidered as belong- 

 ing to the fame fpecies. Its horns are {hort, upright, 

 {lender, and very {harp ; the hair on its body is black, 

 except the mane and ridge of the back, where it is 

 white; its whole body is covered with very long hair, 

 which hangs down below its knees, and makes its legs 

 appear {hort ; it has a hump on its back ; its tail refem- 

 bles that of a horfe, is white, and very bufhy ; it ftrikes 

 with its head like a goat, and is very unruly ; its diftin- 

 guifliing peculiarity is, that it makes a grunting noife 

 like a hog, inftead of lowing like the Ox, which in every 

 other inftance it greatly refembles. It abounds in the 

 kingdom of Thibet, where it is domefticated. 



The wild breed, called Bucha, is extremely fierce. 

 "When wounded, it will fometimes turn upon its aflail- 

 ant, and attack him with great fury. It copulates with 

 the tame Cow. Their produce is employed in domeftic 

 purpofes. 



Its tail is very valuable, and is fold at a great price in 

 Thibet. When mounted on a filver handle, it is ufed, 

 by the principal men in India, as a brum to chafe away 

 the flies. It is fometimes fattened, as an ornament, to 

 the ear of the Elephant. — The Chinefe dye the hair red, 

 and form it into tufts to adorn their bonnets. 



