THE SANGA, OR GALLA OX. 



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Engraving of the horns presented by Mr. Salt to the 

 Museum of the College of Surgeons. 



Horns of Galla Ox. 



Length of each round the outer curve 

 Distance between the tips . . . 

 Circumference at the base . 

 Distance between the bases at the forehead 



Ft. In. 



3 lOJ 

 3 4 

 1 3 

 3 



The Sanga is usually considered as a mere variety of 

 Bos Taurus. This may possibly be the fact ; but we have 

 no proof whatever that it is so : no information on this 

 point has been presented beyond mere conjecture. This 

 being the case, and in the absence of direct anatomical 

 evidence, we may be pardoned in considering it, at least, 

 as doubtful; especially as there are so many points of 

 external dissimilarity. The principal differences are: 1st, 

 in the shoulder, upon which there is a hump ; 2d, in the 



