THE BISON, 
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obliged to wait the pleasure of one of these 
petted animals before he can proceed on his 
'''ay, may esteem himself lucky if he escapes 
"■’ithout personal injury.” 
The Brahmin bull is about as large as a 
iTaoderate-sized English bull. It exhales a 
''ery fragrant odour, totally free from that 
ttiusky scent which is so common to the bovine 
faces of hot as well as of cold countries. 
The Zoological Garden possesses a beau- 
tiful specimen of this animal. 
THE BISON. 
The bonassus, or bison, is supposed by some 
"'fiters to be the Urus of Caesar, and the Aur- 
ochs of the Germans. This race still sub- 
sists in some remote portions of Europe, in 
Lithuania for instance : but its domicile em- 
braces the greater part of the rest of the 
