THE ZEBU. 
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he lay. A third, kept many years since at 
Kew, was so fierce and savage that no one 
durst venture to approach, excepting the per- 
son who was accustomed to feed it, and who 
alone could mount on its back. 
The Zoological Society possesses three spe- 
cies of the Zebra family. 
THE ZEBU. 
The most common of the Indian breeds of 
the Bos genus is the zebu, a humped variety, 
the smallest specimen of which are not bigger 
than a full-grown mastiff, while others are 
found almost as large as the finest English 
cow. This animal has been considered by 
some naturalists as not a distinct species, hut 
only a degenerate kind of bison, diminished 
in size by scantiness of food, which has a 
decided effect on the bulk of all horned cattle. 
