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mountain, where they can browse ; they will not touch 

 grass, if they can find shrubs. 



" While kept at Camerlah, which is situated in a level 

 country, they used to resort to the banks, and eat on the 

 sides; frequently betaking themselves to the water, to 

 avoid the heat of the sun. However, they became sickly 

 and emaciated, and their eyes suffered much; but, on 

 being sent to the hills, they soon recovered, and are now 

 (1808) in a healthy condition. They seem fond of the 

 shade, and are observed in the hot weather to take the turn 

 of the hills, so as to be always sheltered from the sun. 

 They do not wallow in mud, like Buffaloes, but delight in 

 water, and stand in it during the greatest heat of the 

 day, with the front of their heads above the surface. 



" Each Cow yields from two and a half to about four 

 sers [from five to eight pounds] of milk, which is rich, 

 sweet, and almost as thick as cream ; it is of a high 

 flavour, and makes excellent butter." 



We learn from Mr. Dick that the Gayal is called 

 Gaujangali in the Persian language, Gavaya in Sanscrit, 

 and Mat'hana by the mountaineers ; but others name the 

 animal Gobay-goru. 



The tame Gayals, however long they may have been 

 domesticated, do not at all differ from the wild ones, 

 unless in temper, for the wild ones are fierce and un- 

 tractable. The colour of both is the same, namely, that 

 of the Antelope, but some are white and others black, 

 none are spotted or piebald. They graze and range like 

 other cattle, and eat rice, mustard, chiches, and any culti- 

 vated produce, as also chaff and chopped straw. 



According to this gentleman the Gayal lives to the age 

 of twenty or twenty-five years, and reaches its full growth 



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