THE GAUR AND THE GAYAL, 



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(d) Very old Wild Bull- 

 Shot by me in the 

 Mikir country pre- 

 viously referred to. 

 This was the biggest 

 bull I have ever killed 

 or seen and stood 

 19 hands 3 inches 

 between uprights. It 

 was very old and very 





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Old Wild Bull— Shot 

 in the Jetinga Valley, 

 where it kept con- 

 stantly on the move 

 botween the various 

 tame herds. 



gaunt and decrepit. 



Now, according to scientists, one of the principal differences between 

 the two forms is, that whereas the gaur (Bos gaurus) has the forehead 

 deeply concave, the gayal (Bos frontalis) has it more or less convex. 



As soon, however, as I began to study the matter I saw at once that 

 this point was utterly worthless. Of coarse it cannot be denied that 

 the majority of heads of Bos gaurus, the wild animal, have the head 



