Animal products; . he African ox, or Cape buffalo, and ofthe Java buffalo, and the Arnee buffalo of India, are the mostvaluable, and the extent of the trade in this class of horns may beestimated from the fact that about 2500 tons are annually receivedfrom British India, and 350 tons from the Straits Settlements,exclusive of those from Java and the other islands of the EasternArchipelago, and these would represent a slaughter of 2,000,000 * Specimens of these may b2 seen in the Educational Court, SouthKensington Museum. THE COMMERCE IN HORNS. 137 cattle annually. The horns of the tame buffalo
Animal products; . he African ox, or Cape buffalo, and ofthe Java buffalo, and the Arnee buffalo of India, are the mostvaluable, and the extent of the trade in this class of horns may beestimated from the fact that about 2500 tons are annually receivedfrom British India, and 350 tons from the Straits Settlements,exclusive of those from Java and the other islands of the EasternArchipelago, and these would represent a slaughter of 2,000,000 * Specimens of these may b2 seen in the Educational Court, SouthKensington Museum. THE COMMERCE IN HORNS. 137 cattle annually. The horns of the tame buffalo are much smallerthan those of the wild animal. From 800 to 900 tons of horns are received from the UnitedStates, and large imports from South America, and one fifth of the supply of ox and buffalo horns is used upfor comb making, and some for knife and cutlass handles, whilea small portion is made into shoe lifts, scoops, cattle drenches,drinking cups, &c. The solid tips and the hoofs of cattle,. ARGALI (OVIS POLl). which are composed of the same material as horn, are pressedinto buttons.* About 400 tons of horns are received annually in England fromthe River Plate; 1000 horns are usually reckoned as a measure-ment ton in shipping, but they are frequently freighted by weight;it will take nearly 2000 to weigh a ton. Those from Spain of alight yellowish colour serve to imitate tortoise-shell; the imitationis effected by solutions of gold, silver, and lead. Mr. Hadfield in his Travels in Brazil, tells us that at Rosarioand Santa Fe on the Parana, streets and roads are repaired with * Cases 168 and 169 are devoted to ox-horn and buffalo-horn applications. 138 MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS OF HORN heads and horns of cows and horses. In the Pampas the skull ofa horse or cow serves for a stool, a chair, or a pillow, as the casemay be. In a certain district in the suburbs of Lassa, the capital ofThibet, the houses are built entirely with the horns of cattle andsheep. These
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