BUFFALO. 
a naked tail, a dark countenance ; and a skin 
as black as his hain He differs chiefly from 
the Ox, by this black colour of his skin. It 
appears under the hair, which is not close. 
His body is shorter and thicker than that oi 
the Ox; his legs are longer; his head is, pro- 
portionably, smaller ; his horns are less round, 
being compressed, and of a black colour ; and he 
has a tuft of curled hair on his forehead. Flis 
skin is thick and harder than that of the Ox. 
His flesh is black, and hard ; and has not only 
a bad taste, but a most disagreeable odour. 
The milk of the Buffalo is not so good as that 
of the Cow; but she yields it in much greater 
abundance. Some of them give, daily, twen- 
ty-two pints of milk. The flesh of yciuig^ 
Buffaloes, though fed with milk^ is not good. 
The skin is of more value, than the rest of the 
animal ; the tongue of which is, alone, good 
for eating. The skin is solid, pretty fl.exible, 
and almost impenetrable. As tiiese animals 
are larger and stronger than Oxen, they are 
employed with advantage in different kinds of 
labour. They are made. to draw, and not to 
carry burdens. They are directed, and re- 
strained, by means of a ring passed through 
the 
