THE YAK. 45 



THE YAK, OR SOORA-GOY. 



The following interesting and circumstantial account 

 of this curious species of Ox, is from the pen of Lieut. 

 Samuel Turner. (Asiatic Researches, vol. iv.) 



" The Yak of Tartary, called Soora-Goy in Hindostan, 

 and which I term the Bushy-tailed Bull of Tibet, is about 

 the height of an English Bull, which he resembles in the 

 figure of the body, head, and legs. I could distinguish 

 between them no essential difference, except only that the 

 Yak is covered all over with a thick coat of long hair. 

 The head is rather short, crowned with two smooth round 

 horns, that, tapering from the setting on, terminate in 

 sharp points, arch inwardly, and near the extremities are 

 a little turned back. The ears are small ; the forehead 

 appears prominent, being adorned with much curling hair ; 

 the eyes are full and large ; the nose smooth and convex ; 



