LITTLE INDIAN BUFFALO. 
was domestic, and used for riding. It is, in- 
deed, a very mild, and even a fond animal. 
It's figure, though thick and squat, is quite 
agreeable ; and such appears to him it's per- 
fe6t resemblance of the ox, that he declares it 
not within his power to give any better idea 
of it, than by remarking that, if a handsome 
bull were viewed through a glass which dimi- 
nished obje6ts one half, this contradted figure 
would be that of the Zebu. 
In a minute description of this animal, 
made by BufFon^ in 1752, he observes, that 
this small ox has a perfedl resemblance to that 
of Belon. It's crupper is round, and plumper 
than that of the common ox. It is so gentle 
and familiar, that it licks the hand like a dog, 
and caresses every person who approaches. 
It is a very beautiful animal ; and it's intelli- 
gence seems to be equal to it's docility. The 
owner observed, that it was brought from 
Africa, and that it's age was tv/enty-one 
months. The distance between the horns 
was little more than four inches : they were 
one foot two inches in length; and six inches 
in circumference at the base ; and, at half an 
inch 
