26 Oxen 



" Large bulls are said to exceed 6 feet in height at the shoulder, but 

 this is rare and exceptional, 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches being the 

 usual height. Cows are much smaller, about 5 feet high. A huge bull, 

 measured by Elliot, was 6 feet i^ inches high, 9 feet 6 inches from nose 

 to root ot tail, tail 2 teet 10 inches long, girth behind shoulder 8 feet. 

 A cow 4 teet 10^ inches high measured 7 feet from nose to rump over 

 curves, and 6 feet 9 inches in girth." 



The greatest shoulder-height recorded by Mr. Rowland Ward is 6 feet 

 4 inches, in a specimen killed by Lord Powerscourt ; a bull shot by the 

 Maharaja of Kuch Behar coming next, with a height of 6 feet 3^ inches. 

 Three other bulls measuring over 6 feet are also recorded; one of these 

 having been measured with extreme accuracv- Colonel Pollok, who 

 states that the gaur from the eastern side of tlie Bav of Bengal are 

 larger than those from India, records an Indian bull standing 6 feet 

 4^ inches (19 hands I inch) at the shoulder, a Burmese bull 6 feet 

 7^ inches (19 hands 3.', inches), and a Burmese cow 6 feet 4 inches (19 

 hands). It accurate, these latter dimensions are tlic largest on record, 

 and bear out the statement as to the superior size of the eastern form of 

 the species. 



With regard to the question whether the Burmese and Malayan animals 

 should be regarded as indicating a race apart from the typical Indian form, 

 the following observations mav be quoted. Mr. Blanford, inr instance, 

 states that skulls from the Duars of Bhutan, the Mishmi Hills, and the 

 Malay Peninsula are much broader in proportion acrt)ss the forehead 

 than those from the Indian Peninsula ; adding that he is uncertain whether 

 this broad-headed form is alone found to the east of the Bay of Bengal, 

 although inclining to the opinion that it is not. He likewise mentions 

 that in a skull from the Mishmi Hills in the collection of Mr. Hume the 

 frontal concavity is wanting, thus approximating to the gayal type. And, 

 it my recollection serves me right, there are one or more skulls in the 



