144 POPULAR SCRIPTURE ZOOLOGY.

the base, spreading over the head, then becoming taper,
and bending down on each side of the neck; the space
between the tips is sometimes as much as five feet; the
ears are long and somewhat pendulous. The Cape ox is
a most powerful and fierce animal; it is found in large
herds in the interior of South Africa.

The Jungle Ox (Bos frontalis) is a domestic race in the
mountain districts of India; it resembles our domestic ox,
but has the horns flattened and more or less upright.

The Brahminy bull (Bos Indicus), which is held sacred
in many parts of India, is of a light grey colour, sometimes
varying to milk-white, and in size ranging from that of an
ordinary bull to a Shetland pony. The limbs are elegantly
formed, the horns are short, the ears long and pendulous,
and nearly all are distinguished by a hump.

Cattle are mentioned in the 1st chapter of Genesis, and
probably include all the ruminant animals, if not all those
of a herbivorous nature. In the 4th chapter it is said that
Jabel, the son of Lamech, “ was the father of such as dwell
in tents, and of such as have cattle;” showing that this
useful creature was already domesticated. The expression
“he was the father” was common among the Jews, and
meant that the person so designated was remarkable for the