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about twelve-bore size. It was a solid bullet of 320 grs., 

 and had 125 grs. of powder behind it, fired at a range 

 of a hundred yards ; this speaks well for the Winchester 

 Express. I fired this shot when the bull was running 

 round the hill after I had missed him with the first ; it 

 was no doubt this shot that killed him, though it took 

 nearly ten hours to complete the work. I could discover 

 no other fatal injury. Another solid bullet went into his 

 stomach, one broke his fore leg, another a hind leg, both 

 at the knees. When at close quarters I fired into his 

 left shoulder ; but in the excitement of the moment I 

 must have used the cartridges with hollow bullets : I 

 made a careful examination of his shoulder, and found that 

 these light bullets had not penetrated beyond the mass 

 of hair and hide even — the base of one was sticking in 

 the skin ! 



One thing is certain, --iSO hollow bullets driven by 125 

 grs. of powder produce no more effect on the shoulder of 

 a wild yak at forty yards than on a solid rock. I gave 

 old Paljour a tip of four rupees for this successful hunt, 

 and Pdmber, the boy, one rupee for having first sighted 

 the bull. The old shikari thawed under the influence 

 of the silver, and he s^ave me the following; information 

 regarding the wild yak : — They are divided by Tibetans 

 into three classes: (1) the largest is named Taingan, a 

 hoary monster with grizzled face, shoulders, and flanks ; 

 (2) Tralsir, a huge beast with grizzled face only ; (3) 

 Tainah, a young bull, jet-black all over. The one I had 

 shot was evidently a " Traisir," to judge by his grand 

 drizzled head and face. If a tame bull with white about 

 him goes to a wild cow, the progeny has a white tail ; if a 

 wild bull gets to a tame cow, the produce is fierce and 

 stubborn, and the horns of the young bull have to be cut 

 off at the tips to prevent mischief. It would therefore 



