GRUNTING OX, 
; was the objedV they were in search of, it 
> would escape unhurt. The hunters shot at it 
with poisoned arrows; and, when they had 
slain the animal, took only the tail and hide, 
making no use of the flesh." 
BufFon roundly asserts that, in the whole 
description of this animal, there is only a sin- 
' gle chara6ler which indicates what he calls the 
I Calmuck Cows to be a particular species ; and 
I that is, their grunting instead of lowing. In 
! every other respe6t, he observes, they have so 
strong a resemblance to the Bison, that they 
must belong to the same species ; or, rather, to 
' ' the same race. Besides, though Gmelin says, 
^ that these Cows do not low, but grunt; he 
acknowledges, that they very rarely utter that 
^' sound. Perhaps, it was an afFe£lion peculiar 
" to the individual he saw ; for Rubruquis, and 
^ the other writers whom he quotes, do not men- 
' tion this grunting. Perhaps, the Bison, when 
enraged, likewise make a grunting noise. 
Even our Bulls, particularly in the rutting 
season, have a hollow, interrupted voice, 
which has a greater resemblance to grunting 
han to lowing. I am persuaded, therefore," 
concludes 
