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and black : eyes whitiih : very common in Italy , 
efpecially the hotter parts, introduced there origi¬ 
nally from India: are very fierce when in a Hate 
of nature : fond of wallowing in the mud: love 
the hides of rivers, and fwim very well. 
Well defcribed by Ariftotle , under the title of 
wild oxen among the Arachot notwithftanding Be- 
Ion and M. de Buff on fay it was unknown to him. 
A. Naked : a fmall fort exhibited in London fome 
years ago, under the name of Bonafus •, of the fize 
of a IVelch runt: hair on the body briftly, and very 
thin, fo that the fkin appeared : the rump and thighs 
quite bare : the firft marked on each fide with tv/o 
duiky ftripes pointing downward, the laft with two 
tranverfe ftripes : horns comprefied fideways, taper, 
fharp at the point. Eaft Indies. 
S.AwgarcASf. Taurus mexicanus. Hernandez. Bos bifon. B. cornibus divarica- 
mex. 587. de Laet. 220. Purchases catis, juba longifTima, dorfo 
Pilgrims, iv. 1561. gibbofo. Lin.jfyff. 99. 
Bbon ex Florida allatus. Rail Le Bifon d’Amerique. Briffon 
jyn. quad. 71. Klein quad. 13. quad, q6.de Buff on, xi. 305. 
Buffalo .Laxvfon Carol. 115. Catef- Le Bceuf de Canada. Charlevoix 
byApp. xxxvii. duPratz. XL 49. v. 193. Br. Mufi 
O. with horns very clofely united at the bafe, bend¬ 
ing inwards and downwards,, and turning outwards 
at their points •, two feet round at the bafe, and 
vaftly prominent, rifing juft on the top of the fore¬ 
head, length only two feet; very fharp at the points: 
head and fhoulders of the bull covered with very 
long hairs,, of a dark color: body naked behind : 
fhoulders very high: fleih fcents ftrong of mulk. 
Common 
