LITTLE INDIAN BUFFALO. 
as well as larger, than the horns,, being of a 
flesh colour, and internally destitute of hair. 
The body is wholly covered with sleek hair; 
that on the head, neck, tail, back, and sides, 
being of a blueish colour. The loose skin on 
the neck is white ; and the belly is covered 
with so small a quantity of lightish hair, that 
it shews the flesh colour. The legs are of a 
light colour, spotted and marked with black, 
and become graduallv whiter towards the feet. 
The tuft of hair at the extremity of the tail is 
black ; and the hoofs, which are shaped like 
those of the cow, are of a dark brown. 
Buffon, who has greatly laboured and ex- 
panded his account of the Buffalo, under one 
general head, comprehending also the Bonasus, 
the Urus, the Bison, and the Zebu, considers 
this Little Indian Buffalo as the latter animal, 
and merely a variety of the common ox. This, 
he says, may be easily proved, by simply re- 
ferring to the figure of the animal eiven by Be- 
lon, Prosper Alpinus, and Edwards, and to his 
own description of it. He saw it alive : and 
thr conductor told him, that it came from 
Afilca, where it was called Zebu ; and that it 
was 
