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cochleated or marked with a fpiral twift all the way up : the neck is fhort and thick % 
the body appears bulky, but that is rather owing to the thick covering of wool 
which it carries, than to it's real fize : the legs are very long, in comparifon of thofe 
of our fheep ; they and the face are covered with fhort and rigid greyifh-fur ; the bo¬ 
dy with a foft white curling wool. 
This is frequent in Crete, and other parts of the Levant. Bellonius calls it Strep- 
ficeros Cretica; and others have continued the name, only adding to it the generica! 
term Ovis. 
Ovis aurtbus pendulis , palearibus laxisy occipiteprominent e. 
The Ovisy with pendulous ears , a lax dewlaps and with 
the back of the head prominent. 
last eep* 
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This is a very lingular fpecies, and is extremely from the common fheep in many 
refpedts; it is fomewhat larger than the common kind : the head is fhorter, and more 
obtufe, and on the hinder partfwells out in a lingular and very confpicuous manner : the 
nofe is obtufe ; the noftrils are large ; the eyes are large and prominent: the ears are 
very long and broad, and are not carried eredt, but hang down : the horns are fmall, 
but they are of the form of thofe of our ram, and turn round till their point comes 
near the eyes: the neck is fhort, and the lielh of the under part of it is loofe, and 
is ornamented with a kind of mane of long hairs ; the body is bulky, and the legs 
are long and robuft; the tail is long and hairy. 
The body is not covered with wool, in the manner of our fheep, but with fhort 2 
rigid, and undulated hair, like that of the goat-kind. 
This is a native of the coaft of Guinea, and fome other parts of Africa, Ray ,and 
others call it Ovis Guinienlis live Angolenlis. 
BOS, 
T ' H E horns of the Bos are hollow, and are turned forward ; they are of a lunu» 
lated figure, and a fmooth far face: the fore-teeth are eight in number, and 
there are no canine teeth. 
Eos cornubus teretibus flexis. 
The Bos, with cylindrky crooked horns. 
Xlje Mull 
The bull is a very heavy, but a ftately and fierce-looking, animal: the\head is large, 
oblong, and very broad ; the nofe is obtufe; the nollrils are wide ; the eyes are large, 
and have a very fierce afpedl; the ears are long and patulous: the horns are fhort, and 
but little 1 bent fmooth on the furface, and lharp at the point. 
The forehead of the bull is decorated with fhort curled hair; the fkin hangs loofe 
under his throat: the neck is very thick and robuft ; the body is very large, and the 
legs ftrong, and moderately long; the tail is long : the colour is generally a deep red- 
difh-brown, but it varies greatly, 1 
This is wild in many parts of Europe, we have it bred for the fake of it’s flelh; 
when caftrated, it becomes what we call the ox. There are fome parts of Europe 
where the bull, in it’s wild Hate, grows to the full bignefs of our ox, and is very 
fierce. Authors have called it in this ftate Urus, as if of a different fpecies. We call 
it, in the tame ftate, Taurus, and the female Vacca, the Cow. 
Bos juba hngijfimay cornubus infers. 
The BoSy with a very long maney and bent horns. 
3 ®t Bonafus, 
This is a very bulky and unwieldy animal; it is larger than our bull: the head is 
fhort and broad, and the forehead flat; the nofe is obtufe ; the noftrils are wide, and 
the 
