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like the Buffalo's, and it carries it much in the same 

 manner, with the nose projecting forward ; but in the 

 shape of the head it differs materially from both the 

 Buffalo and the Cow, the head of the Gyall being much 

 shorter from the crown to the nose, but much broader 

 between the horns than that of either. The withers and 

 shoulders of the Gyall rise higher in proportion than those 

 of Buffalo or Cow, and its tail is small and short, seldom 

 falling lower than the bend in the ham. Its colour is in 

 general brown, varying from a light to a deep shade ; it 

 has at times a white forehead, and white legs, with a white 

 belly and brush. The hair of the belly is invariably of 

 a lighter colour than that of the back and flanks. The 

 Gyall calf is of a dull red colour, which gradually changes 

 to a brown as it advances in age. 



The female Gyall receives the bull at three years of 

 age ; her term of gestation is eleven months, when she 

 brings forth, and does not again admit the male until the 

 second year thereafter, thus producing a calf once in three 

 years only. So long an interval between each birth must 

 tend to make the species rare. In the length of time 

 she goes with young, as well as in that between each 

 conception, the Gyall differs from the Buffalo and Cow. 

 The Gyall does not give much milk, but what she yields 

 is nearly as rich as the cream of other milk. The calf 

 sucks its dam for eight or nine months, when it is capable 

 of supporting itself. The Kookies tie up the calf until 

 he is sufficiently strong to do so. 



The Gyalls live to the age of from fifteen to twenty. 

 They lose their sight as they grow old, and are subject to 

 a disease of the hoof, which often proves fatal at an early 

 age. When the Kookies consider the disease beyond the 



