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forests at the foot of the Himalaya. A party of officers 

 of the British Cavalry, stationed in the north of Bengal, 

 went on a three months' hunting expedition to the east- 

 ward, and destroyed in that time forty-two Tigers, and 

 numerous wild Buffaloes, but only one Arnee. When 

 the head of this specimen rested perpendicularly on the 

 ground, it required the out-stretched arms of a man to 

 hold the points of the horns. These are described as 

 angular, with the broadest side to the rear ; the two 

 others anterior and inferior ; they are of a brownish colour, 

 and wrinkled ; standing outwards, and not bent back ; 

 straight for near two thirds of their length, then curving 

 inwards, with the tips rather back. The face is nearly 

 straight, and the breadth of the forehead is carried down 

 with little diminution to the foremost grinder. 



There is a spirited figure of a long-horned Buffalo in 

 Captain Williamson's ' Oriental Field Sports/ which Major 

 Smith considers to be a representation of the great Arnee; 

 and of which Captain Williamson relates the following 

 anecdote : 



"The late Dr. Baillie, who was a very keen and capable 

 sportsman, used, in my idea, to run many very foolish 

 risks among Buffaloes. I often remonstrated with him on 

 his temerity, but he was so infatuated, that it was all to 

 no purpose. One morning, as we were riding on the same 

 elephant to the hunting-ground, to save our horses as much 

 as possible, we saw a very large Buffalo lying on the grass, 

 which was rather short and thin; as usual, the doctor 

 would have a touch at him, and, heedless of my expostu- 

 lation, dismounted with his gun. The Buffalo, seeing him 

 approach, rose and shook his head as a prelude to imme- 

 diate hostilities. My friend fired, and hit him on the side. 



