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offensive. A drawing was taken of it, which was engraved 

 and published in the Linnean Transactions. 

 The following are its dimensions : 



Ft. In. 



From tip of nose to end of tail . . . .92 



tip of hoof of fore foot to top of the rising of 



back . . . . . . 4 1| 



Girth of largest part of abdomen . . .57 



From the tip of the hoof of the hind leg to the 



highest part of the rump . . . 4 OJ 

 tip of forehead to end of nose . . .19 

 Girth of head over the angle of the jaws . . 2 11 

 Between tips of horns . . . . . 1 8J 



Length of horn, externally .... 85 



Girth of horn at largest part . . . .11 



In reply to some inquiries respecting this animal which 

 he made of a gentleman, (Mr. Harris,) resident in India, 

 Mr. Lambert received the following : 



" DEAR SIR, I have before me your note, with the 

 drawing, which undoubtedly appears to me to be the figure 

 of the animal I mentioned to have in my possession. 

 Some parts of the drawing seem to be rather too much 

 enlarged, as in the base of the horns, and the rising 

 between the fore shoulders. 



"The animal I described to you, and which I have 

 kept and reared these last seven years, and know by the 

 name of the Gyall, is a native of the hills to the north 

 east and east of the Company's province of Chittagong, in 

 Bengal, inhabiting that range of hills which separates it 

 from the country of Arracan. 



" The male Gyall is like our Bull in shape and appear- 

 ance, but I conceive not quite so tall ; it is of a blackish- 

 brown colour; the horns short, but thick and strong 

 towards the base, round which, and across the frons, the 



