THE ARNEE. 11] 



The enraged brute came thundering at the doctor, who 

 lost no time in running round to the opposite side of the 

 elephant; the mohout, at the same time, pushed forward, 

 to meet and screen him from the Buffalo, which absolutely 

 put his horns under the elephant's belly, and endeavoured 

 to raise him from the ground. We had no other gun, 

 and might, perhaps, have felt some more severe effects 

 from the doctor's frolic, had not the Buffalo, from loss of 

 blood, dropped at our side. The Buffalo was upwards of 

 six feet high at the shoulder, and measured nearly a yard 

 in breadth at the chest. His horns were above five feet 

 and a half in length." 



In systems of classification, even of very recent date, 

 the Arnee is considered merely as a variety of the Buffalo. 

 It appears to me, however, that our information on the 

 subject is not yet sufficiently precise to determine this 

 point. 



