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 BOS ( 624 ) BOS yoFvOUCH -BRIDGE, a town in the North Riding of larger and fatter, and have more courage and attivity Yorkihire, about 15 miles norh-weft of York; in i° than thofe who are caftrated at the age of puberty. When the operation is delayed till the age of fix, feven, or 15'. W. long, and 54° ic/ N. lat. BOROZAIL, or the zail of the Ethiopians, a difeafe eight years, they lofe but few of the qualities of bulls, epidemic in the countries about the river Senega. It are much more furious and untra&able than other oxes, principally affects the pudenda, but is different from and when the cows are in feafon, they go in queft of the lues venerea. It owes its rife to excdlive venery: them with their ufual ardor. See Plate LII. fig. 2. In the men this diftemper is called afab, and in the The females of all thofe fpecies of animals which we keep in flocks, and whofe increafe is the principal object, women affabatus. are much more ufeful than the males. The cow proBORRAGE. See Anchusa. BORRELLISTS, in church-hiftory, a Chriftian feftin duces milk, butter, cheefe, which are principal arHolland. They rejeft the ufe of churches, of the fa- ticles in our food, and befides anfwer many ufeful purcraments, public prayer, and. all other external afts pofes in various arts. of worfhip. Theyaffert, that all the Chriftian churches Cows are generally in feafon, and receive the bull, of the world have degenerated from the pure apofto- from the beginning of May to the middle of July. Their lical doctrines, becaufe they have fuffered the word of time of gellation is nine months, which naturally brings God, which is infallible, to be expounded, or rather the veal or calves to our markets from the beginning of corrupted, by dodors, who are not infallible. 1'hey January to the end of April. However, luxury has lead a very auffere life, and employ a great part of fallen upon methods of interrupting this natural courfe, and veal may be had almoft every month in the year. their goods in alms. BORSALO, a kingdom of Africa, in Nigthia: It ex- Cows, when improperly managed, are very fubjedt to tends along the north fide of the river Gambia, as far abortion. In the time of gellation, therefore, they .ought to be obferved with more than ordinary care, left as Tantaconde. BOS, in zoology, a genus of quadrupeds belonging to they fitould leap ditches, <foc. Neither fhould they be the order of pecofa. The chara&ers of this genus are fuffered to draw in the plough or other can iage, which taken from the horns and teeth. The horns are hol- is a pradlice in fome countries. They ihould be put into low within, ancl turned forward, in the form of cref- the beft pafture, and ftiould not be milked for fix weeks eents: There are eight fore-teeth in the under jaw, or two months before they bring forth their young. The and none in the upper, their place being fupplied by a calve Ihould be allowed to ‘fuck and follow its mother hard membrane; and there are no dog-teeth in either during the firft fix or eight days. After this it begins to jaw. Lmnseus enumerates fix fpecies, viz. 1. The eat pretty well, and two or three lucks in a day will be taurus, including the bull and cow, has cylindrical fufficient. But if the objedl be to have.it quickly fathorns, bent outwards, and loofe dewlaps. The bull tened for the market, a few raw eggs every day, with or male is naturally a fierce and terrible animal. When bofted milk, and a little bread, will make it excellent the cows are in feafon, he is perfectly ungovernable, veal in four or five weeks. This management of calves and often altogether furious. When chaffed, he has applies only to fuch as are defigned for the butcher. an air of fallen majelly, and oft t^ars up the ground When they are intended to be nourilhed and brought up, with his feet and horns. The principal ufe of the bull they ought to have at leaft two months fuck; becaufe is to propagate the fpecies; although he might be the longer they fuck, they grow the ftronger and larger. tfained to labour, his obedience cannot be depended Thofe that are brought forth in April, May, or June, on. A bull, like aftallion, fnould be the moft hand- are the moft proper for this purpofe; when calved later the feafon, they do not acquire fufficient ftrength to fome of his fpecies. He Ihould be large, well made, infupport them during the winter. and in good heart; he (hould have a black eye, a fierce afpec't, but an open front; a fhort head ; thick, fhort, The cow comes to the age of puberty in 18 months, and blackifh horns, and long lhaggy ears; a fhort and but the bull requires two years: But although they ftraight nofe, large and full bread and fhoulders, are capable of propagating at thefe ages, it is better to reftrain them till they be full three years. From thick and fidhy neck, firm reins, a ftreight back, three to nine years thofe animals are in full vigour; but thick flefhy legs, and a long tail well covered with hair. Caftration remarkably foftens the nature of this when older, they are fit for nothing but to be fed for the animal; it deflroys all his fire and impetuofity, and butcher. A milk cow ought to be chofen young, fleffiy, with a brifk eye. renders him mild and tra&able, without diminilhing andThe heavieft and moft bulky animals neither fleep (p his ftrength; on the contrary, after this operation, profoundly, nor fo long as the fm^ller ones. The fleep his weight is increafed, and he becomes fitter for the of the ox is fhort and flight; he wakes at the leaft noife. purpofes of plow’. g, <bc. The bed time for cafirating bulls is at the age He lies generally on the left fide, and the kidriey of that is always larger than the other. There is great vaof puberty, or when they are eighteen months or fide two years okl; when performed fooner, they often riety in the colour of oxen. A reddiffi or black colour is moft efteemed. The hair ffiould be gloffy, thick, and die. However, it is not uncommon to caftrate'calves foft; for, when otherwife, the animal is either not in a few' days after birth. But fuch as furvive an operation fo dangerous to their tender age, generally grow health, or has a weakly confthtstion. The beft time for