144 Incidents of Foreign Field Sport. 



theory is true, the gaur must have been fully as old as 

 reported by the man who betrayed him and suffered 

 death in consequence. I have only known one other 

 gaur charge. None of the others and I slew a great 

 many ever showed fight. 



THE GAYAL : BOS FRONTALIS. 



These wild kine are plentiful in parts of the 

 Chittagong Hills, extend into the interior to 

 Munnipore, in a few localities in the northern and 

 eastern parts of Assam, and probably are found 

 extending north and east to the borders of China. 

 They are numerous along the spurs of the Bhootan 

 Hills, amongst the Dufflas, Tipperah, Looshais, and in 

 the wild districts which skirt Chittagong. It is 

 domesticated extensively and easily. Very many of 

 the young wild cattle are caught in nets and are 

 tamed, the great attraction being huge lumps of rock 

 salt, which have an extraordinary fascination for them. 

 This lure is placed near where they assemble every 

 evening. When domesticated, they are let loose at 

 daylight to browse in the adjoining forests, and are 

 recalled by the tinkling of bells or the striking of gongs. 

 The forehead of the gayal is not concave like a gaur's, 

 but quite straight and destitute of the semi-cylindrical 

 crests. The horns grow straight out and then curve 

 very slightly upwards, and in the old bulls only are 

 very slightly truncated. The forehead is broad and, 

 like the gaur's, covered with lightish-coloured hair. 

 It browses more than Bos gaurus, and unlike it, has a 

 small but distinct dewlap. The dorsal ridge is promi- 

 nent, but not so much as in the larger animal, but at 



