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Li Shi: Hs� Po Wu Chih (Supplement to the Record of the Investigation of Things) (mid 12th century)
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Taken from: Laufer Berthold; The Giraffe in History and Art.
The country Po-pa-li (Berbera) harbors a strange animal called camel-ox (t�o niu). Its skin is like that of a leopard, its hoof is similar to that of an ox, but the animal is devoid of a hump. Its neck is nine feet long, and its body is over ten feet high.
