The Gayal, or Mithan 



wild condition in Northern India, and until further 

 information is forthcoming with regard to its alleofed 

 occurrence in this state in T enasserim, it seems advisable 

 to accept Mr. Baker's view. 



Horns of pure-bred gayal measuring 15, 14^, 14, 

 and I2§ inches in length are on record ; the respective 

 basal circumference of these being ii;^, 13^, 14, and 

 1 3 J inches, and the tip-to-tip interval of the first, 

 second, and fourth of these specimens being 26|, 28, 

 and 27^ inches. 



Gayal, in a domesticated or semi -domesticated 

 condition, are met with among certain tribes both to 

 the north and south of the Assam valley, in the 

 neighbourhood of Manipur and Kachar, as well as in 

 hill Tippera, Chittagong, and the Lushai hills as far 

 south as Chittagong itself. Many, or all, of these 

 domesticated gayal are allowed to run by themselves 

 through the forest, returning to the villages of their 

 owners at nightfall. 



Horns of cow gayal (plate ii, fig. id) are much 

 more slender than those of the bulls. 



THE BANTIN, OR TSAINE 



(^Bos \_Bibos] sondaicus) 



Native Names. — Tsaine or Hsaine^ Burmese ; 

 Bantin and Sapi-utan, Malay 



(Plate ii, fig. 3) 



The tsaine, or bantin (for the name sapi-utan, 

 meaning forest-ox, is applied by the Malays alike to 

 this species and the little anoa of Celebes), is the 

 characteristic wild ox of the Malay countries ; and 

 although belonging to the same group as the gaur and 

 the gayal, displays some of the distinctive characters of 



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