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A DESCRIPTION OF 
The Ox, or Bullock, which is a kind of Bull, is used in 
some parts of the country for drawing carts and waggons, 
and ploughing ; and its flesh is what we call beef. The 
skin is tanned and made into leather ; the hair is mixed 
with mortar; the bones are used for knife-handles, chess- 
men, counters, and other things, as a substitute for ivory; 
combs, and various other articles are made from the 
horns ; the fat is used in making candles ; the blood in 
refining sugar; and, in short, every part has some impor- 
tant use. 
THE COW. 
THE Cow is the female of the ox tribe, and her young is 
called a calf. A young Cow, when under two years old, 
is called a heifer. The Cow is as useful to mankind as 
the ox, except in ploughing and drawing ; but to make 
amends, she supplies us with milk, from which butter and 
cheese are made. The Cow gives from six to twenty 
quarts of milk in a day ; and the faculty of giving it in 
such abundance, and with so much ease, is a striking peculi- 
arity, for this animal differs in some parts of its organiza- 
tion from most others, having a large udder, and longer 
and thicker teats, than the largest animal we know of; 
