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most always more or less torn, or otherwise injured 

 at the points. Horses and domestic cattle scent the 

 Urus afar off, and immediately give signs of great 

 dread and aversion."* 



Another animal is introduced here hy Major Smith, 

 also very imperfectly known, under the name of the 

 Gaur, Bison Gaurus. The descriptions nearly all 

 rest on the authority of sportsmen and natives, but 

 they all turn to the evidence of a very large animal, 

 exceeding in size any of the oxen, with longer hair on 

 the fore parts, and of a light or greyish colour. The 

 vicinity of Midnapoor, and the heavy jungles between 

 Romghur and Nagpoor, are given as the districts 

 they frequent. 



The best known animal belonging to the group of 

 Bisons, is that we have chosen for our illustration ; 

 it is 



* Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical 

 Science, vol. iii. p. 105, 



