248 INDIAN OE DOMESTIC BUFFALO. 
guished. The buffalo, shaking his head and raking 
the ground for a few seconds with his foot, places 
himself in the posture of attack, and with his face 
brought parallel with the surface, his horns pointing 
forwards, and his tail indicating both his determina- 
tion and his vigour, rushes forward at full speed.”* 
For some other large oxen another group has been 
thought necessary, which will contain the European 
Bison, that of America, and one or two others, which 
are rather imperfectly known. They are characte- 
rized by the ridge of the spine being elevated, and 
often clothed with long hair, the legs rather long, and 
the hair soft and woolly. 
• Colonel Williamson, ii. p. 46. 
