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bases ; the Bos grunniens by its whole tail being covered 

 with long silky hairs ; the Bos bubalus, (at least the Indian 

 buffalo,) by having the whole length of its horns compressed, 

 and by their being longer than the head, and wrinkled 

 also by its thin coat of hair, by its want of a dewlap, 

 and above all by its manners ; the Bos barbatus, by the 

 long beard on its chin. 



" The cry of the Gayal has no resemblance to the grunt 

 of the Indian Ox, but a good deal resembles that of the 

 Buffalo. It is a kind of lowing, but shriller, and not near 

 so loud as that of the European Ox. To this, however, 

 the Gayal approaches much nearer than it does to the 

 Buffalo." 



Mr. Macrae, who furnished the account in 1804, is 

 again consulted ; and from his second account, the follow- 

 ing additional particulars have been gleaned. [Now, how- 

 ever, as the reader will observe, the name is Gayal, and 

 not Gyall; although, according to Mr. Macrae's own 

 derivation of the word, it would appear to be more correctly 

 Gyall.] 



" The Gayal is found wild in the range of mountains that 

 form the eastern boundary of the provinces of Aracan, 

 Chittagong (Chatgaon), Tipura, and Sylhet. 



" The Cucis, or Lunclas, a race of people inhabiting the 

 hills immediately to the eastward of Chatgaon, have herds 

 of the Gayal in a domesticated state. By them he is 

 called Shial, from which, most probably, his name of 

 Gayal [Gyall] is derived ; as he is never seen on the 

 plains, except when he is brought there. It appears, 

 however, that he is an animal very little known beyond 

 the limits of his native mountains, except by the inhabi- 

 tants of the provinces above mentioned. 



