MAMMALIA, 



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SHEEP. 



Sheep hare been introduced, but they do not thrive on 

 this Coast. Major Macfarquhar, who formerly owned the 

 only sheep in the province of Tavoy, during one rainy sea- 

 son, lost forty out of an hundred and fifty. At Maulmain 

 they appear to do a little better, but the five or six months 

 continued rain must always operate unfavorably to their 

 growth in Further India. 

 Ovis arics. 



C&V OOJ. oSfl 



Goats thrive well, and are valuable stock in this country, 

 both for their milk, and for the flesh of their young kids. 

 Capra flircus. 



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GAUR. 



This is a fine, large animal, with a bison-like appear- 

 ance, a wild, fierce beast of which the natives are much 

 afraid. It never approaches human habitations, but I 

 once came on a large drove descending the Tenasserim, 

 that had come down to the water for drink. They gazed 

 a minute at the rafts, and then turned rapidly into the 

 jungle. 



Bos gaurus. Ham. Smith. 



" gour, Trail. 



Bison gaurus, Ham. Smith. 



Bos aculeatus, Wagler. 



Bison, Low. 



Bos {Bibos) cavifrons, Hodgson, apud Elliot. 



"frontalis, Lambert, apud Gray. 



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 wild ox. 



A wild ox, or wild cow, as it is often called, is frequent- 

 ly seen in large droves all over the uninhabited regions of 

 the Provinces. It bears a considerable resemblance to 

 ihe gaval in shape, but diners from it in colour, being red 



