GRUNTING OX, 
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Podolia and the Russian Ukraine, in the tracts 
adjoining to the rivers Bog, Dnieper, and Dnies- 
ter, afford a fine breed with large horns, and a 
dusky line along the back. Vast quantities of 
these cattle are annually sold in Germany at a 
high price. The same breed abounds in II un- 
gary. 
Grunting ox. 
The grunting ox has a short head, abroad nose, 
and thick hanging lips. His ears are large, cov- 
ered externally with coarse, bristly, hairs, and 
pointing downwards, but not pendulous*- His 
horns are short, slender, round, upright, and sharp 
pointed, and bend inwards ; they are remote from 
each other at the bases ; and the hair forms a long 
curling tuft between them. The whole body is 
covered with long hair, much like that of a he- 
goat ; and of so considerable a length on the in- 
ferior part of the body, as to cover half the legs. 
His hoofs are large ; upon each of the hinder feet 
there are two tufts of hair, one before, the other 
behind ; on each of the fore feet there is only one 
tuft, which is placed behind. The shoulders are 
loaded with a bunch. The tail is long and 
bushy. 
This animal is commonly black all over the 
body, except on the front, the mane, the ridge of 
the back, and the tail : these parts are white. 
The horns of the tame animals of this species 
have been observed to vary in colour, from red 
to black ; and to be sometimes white as ivory. 
Some have no horns, but so thick a frontal bone, 
that it is very difficult to knock them down with 
an ax. 
There is probably a greater and smaller variety 
