THE GAUR AND THE GAYAL. 



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a Kuki, but had left the herd and gone off on his own account some 

 two years prior to my shooting him. 



The first series of illustrations give the side views of certain skulls of 

 both wild and tame animals, and shew the first point about which there 

 is any controversy, viz., the shape of the forehead, and also certain other 

 points which I shall discuss, but, before doing so, will give details as 

 to the heads themselves. 



(a) Tame Cow.-^- This is the head of a cow which belonged to 

 a large herd kept by a village in the Kuki country to the west of the 

 Jetinga river. Its sire was one of the tame bulls, but I cannot trace its 

 parentage further back. The surrounding country contains numerous 

 wild gaur, the bulls of which used to visit regularly and cross with the 

 tame cows. 



