The words are as follows:-- Quand reverai-je en un jour, Tous les objets de mon amour, Nos clairs ruisseaux, Nos hameaux, Nos coteaux, Nos montagnes, Et l'ornament de nos montagnes, La si gentille Isabeau? Dans l'ombre d'un ormeau, Quand danserai-je au son du Chalameau? Quand reverai-je en un jour, Tous les objets de mon amour, Mon pere, Ma mere, Mon frere, Ma soeur, Mes agneaux, Mes troupeaux, Ma bergere? IMITATED. When shall I return to the Land of the Mountains-- The lakes and the Rhone that is lost in the earth-- Our sweet little hamlets, our villages, fountains, The flour-clad rocks of the place of my birth? O when shall I see my old garden of flowers, Dear Emma, the sweetest of blooms in the glade, And the rich chestnut grove, where we pass'd the long hours With tabor and pipe, while we danced in the shade? When shall I revisit the land of the mountains, Where all the fond objects of memory meet: The cows that would follow my voice to the fountains, The lambs that I called to the shady retreat: My father, my mother, my sister, and brother; My all that was dear in this valley of tears; My palfrey grown old, but there's ne'er such another; My dear dog, still faithful, tho' stricken in years: The vesper bell tolling, the loud thunder rolling, The bees that humm'd round the tall vine-mantled tree: The smooth water's margin whereon we were strolling When evening painted its mirror for me? And shall I return to this scenery never? These objects of infantine glory and love,-- O tell me, my dear Guardian Angel, that ever Floats nigh me,--safe guide to the regions above. SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF HABITAT Buffalo--_Bos Bubalus_ Asia, North Africa, and South Europe. Manilla Buffalo Island of Manilla. Condore Buffalo Island of Pulo Condore. Cape Buffalo South Africa. Pegasse Congo, Angola, Central Africa. Arnee India and China. Gaur India. American Bison North America. Aurochs Lithuania. Yak Tartary and Hindustan. Musk Ox North America. Zamouse, or Bush Cow Gambia, Sierra Leone. Banteng Island of Java. Gyall India. Gayal India. Sanga, or Galla Ox Abyssinia. Zebu--Brahmin Ox Southern Asia, Eastern Africa. Domestic Ox Generally diffused. AND MODE OF LIFE. Mode of Life. Partial to water and mud, swampy localities. Semi-aquatic in its habits,--sometimes called the Water Buffalo. Fond of wallowing in mire, and swims well.