THE GYALL. 



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hair is bushy, and of a dirty white colour ; the chest and 

 forehead are broad and thick. He is naturally very bold, 

 and will defend himself against any of the beasts of 

 prey. 



" The female differs a little in appearance ; her horns 

 are not quite so large, and her make is somewhat more 

 slender. She is very quiet, and is used for all the 

 purposes of the dairy ; as also, (I have been informed by 

 the natives,) for tilling the ground, and is more tractable 

 than the Buffalo. The milk which these cows give has a 

 peculiar richness in it, arising, I should conceive, from 

 their always feeding on the young shoots and branches of 

 trees in preference to grass. 



(Head of Gyall, from Linnean Transactions.) 



" I constantly made it a practice to allow them to range 

 abroad, amongst the hills and jungles at Chittagong, 

 during the day, to browse ; a keeper attending to prevent 

 their straying so far as to endanger losing them. They 

 do not thrive so well in any part of Bengal as in the 



