The Yangtze valley and beyond : an account of journeys in China, chiefly in the province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-tze of the Somo territory (1899)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London : J. Murray · leaf 259
WATER BUFFALO 235 blackish-grey skin, in places with a pinkish hue, and his flat head, carried level with his uncouth, unwieldy body, his flat nose and curved flat horns, looking altogether like a survival from ante¬ diluvian days. Buffaloes are uncertain in their tempers, though usually very… … THE WATER BUFFALO. rice dykes, the children clambering on their backs and sitting there while they fed because there was no other dry land to sit on. They are extremely sensitive to the bites of insects, and, for this and other reasons, spend much of their leisure time lying in muddy pools which…
China -- Description and travel · Yangtze River Valley (China)
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