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OX TRIBE* &C. 
descends into the valleys in large herds to feed in 
the plains of Chili* at which time it is easily taken 
and readily tamed. The female is without horns. 
OX TRIBE. 
The animals of this tribe are seldom found ex- 
cept in flat pastures* entirely avoiding mountains 
and woods, for which their form is extremely ill 
calculated* as they are much more large and 
clumsy than most other animals. Their services 
to mankind are more considerable than those even 
of the sheep ; for* in addition to the qualifications 
of these animals* they are employed as beasts of 
draught and burden. Their voice is called low- 
ing and bellowing. They fight by pushing with 
their horns, and kicking with their feet. 
There are about nine different species, many of 
them however so nearly connected as to render it 
difficult in many instances to assign a proper dis- 
tinction between species and variety. The com- 
mon ox is found in no less than eight different va- 
rieties. 
In the ox the horns are concave, smooth, turned 
outwards, and forwards* in a semilunar form. In 
the lower jaw there are eight front teeth ; there 
&re none in the upper* and no tusks in either jaw. 
Common ox. 
This animal in its wild and native state* is dis- 
tinguished by its size* and the great depth and 
shagginess of its hair* which about the head. 
