HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 43 



The BUFFALO, 



Though there is the mod ftriking general refemblance 

 between the Buffalo and our common Ox, both in regard 

 to form and nature, their habits and propenfities being 

 nearly fimilar, are both equally fubmiflive to the yoke, 

 and may be employed in the fame domeftic fervices; yet 

 it is certain, from experience, that no two animals can, 

 in reality, be more diftincl: : The Cow refufes to breed 

 with the Buffalo, while it is known to propagate with 

 the Bifon, to which it bears, in point of form, a much 

 more diftant fimilitude. 



The Buffalo is found, in a wild (late, in many parts 

 of Africa and India ; and is common in the countries 

 near the Cape of Good Hope, where he is defcribed, 

 by Sparrman, as a fierce, cruel, and treacherous animal. 

 He frequently ruihes from behind a thicket upon fomc 

 unwary paffenger 5 and, having thrown him down, tram- 



