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BUFFALO. 
face about, and form into a regular body ; and, 
when the cause of their apprehensions advances 
nearer, again take to flight ; thus they alternately 
retreat and face about till they gain some place 
of security. Among the inhabitants of the forest, 
the tiger is thffir principal enemy ; but only the fe- 
males and the weaker males fall a prey to his rapa- 
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An animal of this species, but almost naked, 
and considerably smaller than those which have 
been described, was, a number of years ago, exhi- 
bited in London, under the name of bonasus. Its 
rump and thighs were quite bare ; the hairs, thin- 
ly scattered over the rest of the body, were bristly ; 
the rump was marked with t\vo dusky stripes, 
pointing downwards ; the thighs with two transverse 
stripes ; its horns were compressed sideways, taper, 
and sharp at the points. It was said to come from 
the East Indies. 
In the Celebes, there is an animal of the size of 
a middling sheep, which appears to be a variety of 
the buffalo. It is called anoa ; is a gregarious ani- 
mal ; and is found in small herds on the mountains 
of those islands, which abound in caverns. It is 
exceedingly difficult to take any of these creatures ; 
and even in confinement, they are so remarkably 
fierce as to rip up the bellies of stags kept in the 
same paddock. 
Ceylon affords a peculiar sort of an ox, which 
may, perhaps, be referred to this species. Its back 
stands up in a sharp ridge ; its legs are white half 
way up ; and it is called the gauvera. Mr. Pen* 
nant mentions his having received information that 
there are hvinched-baeked oxen in that island ; and 
thinks the animals intended in the above 
script! on. 
