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composing them, they never quit the place till all the balls are con- 
sumed. ‘The Kookies, having observed the gayals to have once tasted 
their balls, prepare a sufficient supply of them to answer the intended 
purpose, and as the gayals lick them up they throw down more; and 
it is to prevent their being so readily destroyed that the cotton is mixed 
with the earth and the salt. This process generally goes on for three 
changes of the moon or for a month and a-half, during which time the 
tame and the wild gayals are always together, licking the decoy balls, 
and the Kookie, after the first day or two of their being so, makes his 
appearance at such a distance as not to alarm the wild ones. By 
degrees he approaches nearer and nearer, until at length the sight of 
him has become so familiar that he can advance to stroke his tame 
gayals on the back and neck without frightening the wild ones. He 
next extends his hand to them and caresses them also, at the same time 
giving them plenty of his decoy balls to lick. Thus, in the short space 
of time mentioned, he is able to drive them, along with the tame ones, 
to his farrah or village, without the least exertion of force ; and so 
attached do the gayals become to the farrah, that when the Kookies 
migrate from one place to another, they always find it necessary to set 
fire to the huts they are about to abandon, lest the gayals should return 
to them from the new grounds.” 
No. 466. GAVAZUS SONDAICUS. 
The Burmese Wild Ox. 
NativE NAME.— Zsoing, Burmese ; Banteng of the Javanese. 
Hasirat.—“ Pegu, the Tenasserim provinces, and the Malayan 
peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java; being domesticated in the 
island of Bali” (Bch). 
DerscripTion.—This animal resembles the gaur in many respects, 
and it is destitute of a dewlap, but the young and the females are bright 
chestnut. ‘The bulls become black with age, excepting always the white 
stockings and a white patch on each buttock. 
S1zE.—About the same as the last two species. 
This animal has bred in captivity, and has also interbred with 
domestic cattle. Blyth says he saw in the Zoological Gardens of 
Amsterdam a bull, cow, and calf in fine condition. ‘‘ The bull more 
especially has an indication of a hump, which, however, must be 
specially looked for to be noticed, and he has abroad and massive neck 
like the gaur, but no raised spinal ridge, nor has either of these species 
a deep dewlap like the gayal” (‘ Cat. Mamm. Burmah’). The banteng 
cow is much slighter in build, and has small horns that incline back- 
wards, and she retains her bright chestnut colour permanently. 
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