. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . ferent inflections, but often directed laterally, and the points raised. 380 MAMMALIA— THE This animal, which is an inhabitant of various parts of India, north ofBengal, far exceeds in size any of the cattle tribe that has hitherto been dis-covered ; it being from twelve to fifteeen feet in height. The horns, whichare full two feet in length, are erect and semilunar, flattened, and annularlywiiivkled, with smooth, round, approaching point
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . ferent inflections, but often directed laterally, and the points raised. 380 MAMMALIA— THE This animal, which is an inhabitant of various parts of India, north ofBengal, far exceeds in size any of the cattle tribe that has hitherto been dis-covered ; it being from twelve to fifteeen feet in height. The horns, whichare full two feet in length, are erect and semilunar, flattened, and annularlywiiivkled, with smooth, round, approaching points. The arnee is seldomseen within the European settlements; but a very young one was pickedup alive, in the Ganges, some years ago, which was as big as an immenselylarge bullock, and weighed nearly three quarters of a ton. A British officer,who found one in the woods in the country above Bengal, describes it as abold and daring animal, and its form as seeming to partake of the horse,the bull, and the deer. Some of the native princes are said to keep arneesfor parade, under the name of fighting bullocks. THE DOMESTIC Ihe buffalo and the ox, although greatly resembling each other, bothume, and often living under the same roof, and fed in the same meadows;vet, when brought together, and even excited by their keepers, have everrefused to unite and couple together. Their nature is more distant thanthat of the ass is from the horse; there even appears to be a strong antipa-thy between them : for it is affirmed, that cows will not suckle the youngbuffalos; and the female buffalo refuses the same kindness to the otherscalves. The buffalo is of a more obstinate nature, and less tractable thanthe ox; he obeys with great reluctance, and his temper is more coarse andbrutal. Like the hog, he is one of the filthiest of the tame animals, as heshaws by his unwillingness to be cleaned and dressed; his figure is veryclumsy, and forbidding; his looks stupidly wild; he carries his tai
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