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JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



Cattle. 



Little Fram, Mr. Adenwalla's remarkable pony, which was commended as a 

 curiosity, was said to have come from Australia and to have arrived there from 

 Shetland, but there seemed a doubt as to his origin. He was practically full-grown, 

 and contrasted remarkably with Mr. Heeramaneck's grey walers, for example. He 

 was more probably a dwarf, representative of the ordinary race of horses, rather 

 than one of a race of equine pigmies. His measurements were found to be fairly in 

 proportion, though to a horseman's eye he was not handsome. The class of miscel- 

 laneous' exhibits was improvised, as the exhibition of saddlery, harness, &c, fell 

 through in the rush of organisation. In this class were placed the Rajah of Bikanir's 

 camels, Little Fram, a dumb sheep, and a few other things, including the gorgeous 

 horn-covers and trappings of a superb pair of bullocks sent up by H. H. the Gaekwar 

 of Baroda. The educational benefits resulting from the Show have not been confined 

 to those obtained by the general public. Exhibitors and their servants must have 

 benefited by comparison of their animals with those from other parts of the country. 

 Veterinary students have had a most valuable experience, and details have been 

 collected which will be embodied in a scientific record of the Show. It will be seen 

 that the breeds represented far outnumber those unrepresented, and there is every 

 reason to believe that with a little more time many of the blanks, especially as 

 regards cattle, might have been filled up. In some cases the sub-division into breeds 

 went further than above indicated, and I am writing to our active coadjutor, Colonel 

 Nutt, for favour of information concerning the terms applied in Kattywar and 

 Northern Guzerat to families of horses, cattle, and buffaloes, especially as regards 

 the meaning of some terms inserted in the official catalogue, which to me are ob- 



