GRlUNTING OX. 
This singular and very curious animal, on h. 
first view of the figure, presents not to ar.y, 
spe6lator, unapnrized of it*s chara6ler, the 
smallest appearance of cither the Ox or Buf- 
falo kinds. It is, however, universally allowed, 
by naturlalists, to be of one or the other of 
these families : what occasions the deceptive- 
ness of the best representations, wc shall en~ 
deavour to explain in the course of our de- 
scription. 
The Grunting Ox, or Bos Gruniens of Lin- 
naeus, is by some called tlie Grunting Cow , 
by others, the Buffalo with a horse's tail ; and, 
by BufFon, the Cow of Tartary* Wc have 
adopted the most common name, that of the 
Grunting Ox; without being satisfied, in our 
own minds, tliat cither Ox, Cow, or l^a]l, 
which are all sexual distin61:ions, can ever be 
properly applied, indiscriminately, to the ani 
mals, in general, of both sexes, To place 
the absurdity in it's true light, we need onl\ 
ask, what would be thounlu of any naturu 
