BUFFALO. 
deed, denotes an African animal, but very dif- 
ferent from the Buffalo ; as might be shewn, 
from many passages of ancient authors. 
Aristotle, when treating of the Oxen, mentions 
not the Common Ox; but only remarks that-, 
among the Arachots, in India, there are Wild 
Oxen, which differ from the domestic kind as 
much as the the Wild Boar differs from the 
Common Hog." ^ 
Notwithstanding these remarks of Buffon,. 
which he extended to a great length; Mr. 
Pennant has asserted, with considerable ap- 
pearance of truth, that Aristotle describes 
Buffaloes very well, under the title of Wild 
Oxen, among the Arachotsg, in the northern 
part of India, bordering on Persia. He gives 
them great strength, a black colour, and horns 
bending upwards more than those of the com- 
mon kind.'* 
Pliny, too, under the name Bos Indicus, is 
supposed to refer to a large breed of this spe- 
cies; which, he says, is as tali as a Camel, 
with horns extending four feet between tip and 
tip. 
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