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Cow goes forward in his defense, and attacks the robbers 
with (he greatest fury, and drives them away. When 
the Hottentots leave their own country, to go to war 
with the other negroes, they always take along a drove 
of their cows to fight their battles; and when they come 
near the enemy, these courageous animals will spring 
forward, and with their horns, butt them down, or drive 
them away. BuflTon tells the above story, from Kolbe 
and others. 
ANECDOTE II. 
The Cow will remember, for a long time, those who 
are kind to her, and will often become so attached to 
particular persons, as to be milked by no other. 
In the Highlands of Scotland, the Cows run wild in 
the woods during the summer, but come back again to 
their masters when the snow begins to fall, and winter 
is coming on. The poor in that country, live much on 
the milk of these animals during the winter, and it being 
very cold there, they take very great care of them, and 
build a warm place next to their own houses, where the 
cow and the family can be near each other. In this way 
the cows and the family are much together, and get 
strongly attached to each other. In the spring, when 
the grass has grown, the Cow again goes to the moun¬ 
tains, and when she returns on the setting in of winter, 
not only knows all her old friends, but by a peculiar kind 
of lowing, lets them know that she is glad to see them. 
The people speak kindly to her, and by their actions, let 
her know, that she is welcome to her home again. 
These gentle creatures, by such mild treatment, not only 
become strongly attached to the families to which they 
belong, but grow fond of the music which she hears them 
sing. This taste for music is often so strong in the High¬ 
land Cow, that she will let no one milk her, who does 
not sing to her at the same time. 
ANECDOTE III. 
The following pleasant and curious story, about a 
Highland Bull, is told by Mrs. Grant. 
It happened, that where two farms joined each other, 
there was no fence between them, so that the cattle, 
which belonged to one man, could go on the other man’s 
land. To prevent this, one of the men sent a boy to 
watch his herd, and keep his cattle on his own land. 
But the boy was fat and lazy, and often fell asleep, and 
then the cattle would go on the other man’s land, and 
eat his corn. The boy’s master woidd then whip him 
for neglect of duty, and for not keeping his cows out of 
his neighbor’s corn-field,—and then the boy, smarting by 
the whip, and angry at the Cows, for having trespassed, 
and caused him to be whipped, would go and beat them 
most cruelly. The Bull, which grazed with the Cows, 
seemed to have taken notice, that they were beaten by 
the boy, only when they went over a certain line or 
mark, and he took it upon himself to stop their doing 
this, and thus save them from being beaten. He there¬ 
fore marched backwards and forwards, near this line, 
but always kept on his own side of it, so as to set the 
Cows an example, and show them that he would not 
transgress if they did. If any of the Cows went over the 
line, he would run to them, and with his head beat them 
back, until they were glad to stay on their own side. 
The boy’s master, seeing now that his attention was 
not wanted, to keep his Cows on his own land, but that 
the Bull could do this as well as the boy, sent him to 
do some other woik, and let the Bull take care of the 
field. 
It is not supposed that the Bull acted in this manner, 
for the purpose of preventing the Cows from taking what 
did not belong to them, for he could not know the dif¬ 
ference between right and wrong. But he kept them 
from going over the line, because he saw that they 
were beaten by the boy for doing so. 
{ THE ZEBU. 
I What kind of an animal is the Zebu ? 
> The Zebu is an animal of the cow kind. It has the 
same number of teeth as the cow, and its hoofs, like hers, 
) are divided. 
j What is the form of the Zebu ? 
) The horns and the face of this animal, as well as most 
other parts, appear like those of a cow, but in addition 
; to these parts, it has, just over the shoulders, a large 
) bunch, or hump, which makes the animal look very odd 
’ and singular, 
i How large is the Zebu ? 
These animals differ very much in respect to size, for 
while some of them are larger than the common cow, 
I others are not much larger than a goat. This difference 
J seems to depend on the feeding, and other management 
i of the animal. In Persia, it is said, the largest kind are 
) to be found, and in Africa the smallest. Our picture 
represents one of about the middle size. 
\ Are these animals wild or tame ? 
The Zebu runs wild in Africa, and some parts of 
’ Asia. This animal is also tamed, and not only made 
' to carry burthens on his back, but is likewise harnessed, 
) and taught to draw carriages of different kinds, like the 
' horse. In some parts of India, he is in common use for 
' these purposes. 
) Is this a swift animal ? 
It is said that these animals are much swifter, more 
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