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THE INDIAN OX OR ZEBU. 
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PLATE XXVI. 
' Zebu, Buffon, D«maresif._Bos Indicus of Authors. 
The Zebu seems to extend in its varieties over 
India and Northern Africa, and we believe the pre- 
viously noticed animals from the kingdom of Bornou 
will be referable to one of these. The general co- 
lour of the Zebu is ashy grey, paler towards the 
lower parts, but varieties very commonly occur. The 
size runs from that of a large mastiff dog to a large 
and powerful bull of Europe, and they occur either 
horned or without horns, and sometimes with the 
horns, as it were, attached only to the skin, hanging 
loose and without any central core ; while’ there is 
another race, however, in greater obscurity, of a 
large size, and having the horns nearly four feet in 
length. The ordinary varieties of the Zebu are fur- 
nished with a fatty hump or excrescence on the 
shoulders, which has been said to reach the weight 
of fifty pounds. Another variety has two fatty humps, 
the first placed on the shoulder, the other immediate- 
ly behind it ; these are said to be most common in 
