. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. fers greatly in appearancefrom the African species, having a cow-shapedhead, and long, much flattened, triangular horns,covered with transverse wrinkles, which curveregularly outwards and backwards towards theshoulder, and do not form a buckler over theforehead. The bull is aslty-black in color, fre-quently with white feet, and is smaller than theAfrican buffalo, never exceeding 16 hands atthe withers. It is in the wild state an animalof tre
. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. fers greatly in appearancefrom the African species, having a cow-shapedhead, and long, much flattened, triangular horns,covered with transverse wrinkles, which curveregularly outwards and backwards towards theshoulder, and do not form a buckler over theforehead. The bull is aslty-black in color, fre-quently with white feet, and is smaller than theAfrican buffalo, never exceeding 16 hands atthe withers. It is in the wild state an animalof tremendous power and ferocity, and is re-garded by sportsmen as one of the most dan-gerous beasts of the jungle. It has long beenemployed in the rice-fields of the Orient, asfar eastas Japan; the ordinary water-buffalo*or carabao of the Philippines is a small va-riety. It was long ago introduced into Egyptfor service in the boggy lowlands of the Delta,and is now extending up the Nile to the lakeregions of central Africa. A variety exists inthe Niger valley, and another, called sanga,*and distinguished by its very long horns, is do- BUFFALO ORIGINAL CRIB SUPERSTRUCTURE I.\ FOREGROUND; CONCRETE RECONSTRUCTION IN DISTANCE.
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