411 



YAK. 



Bo* Grunnicns. B. u*rj6 ttrttiiiu rztiornm rvrru/u. t 



tndfHte, cauda mdiyurjubata. hi. it. p. 99. 



Ox with cylindric horns curving outward*, very long pendent 



hair, and extremely villtae horse-like tail. 

 Bubalus cauda equina. Pall. Mt. 1'rcfrop. i. pt. a. p. 312. 

 I.c Yak, ou Hurtle a queue dc Cheval. BujJ. &MMM. 29. p. 



aa;. pi. 6. 



Grunting Ox. Pennunt Quadr. i. p. 24. pi. 

 Yak of Tartar/. Turner t Account uf am F.n,ba**y ft Tibet, 



p. 186. pi. 10. 



THIS specirs Il;t^ IHC-II wc-1! ik^cribcd by Cap- 

 tain Turner, in his Account of an Emba.^y to 

 Tibet. 



"The Yak of Tarturx, called Soora Cioy in 

 Hindustan, and which I term the i iled 



hull of Tibet, is about the height of an Kn^lUh 

 bull, which he resemble in tle general fiju. 

 the body, head, and lejs. I could tli.tcovcr bc- 

 11 tliein no essential dittercnce. < \< ept that 

 the Yak is coxurd all over with a thick coat of 

 long hair. The head is rather shoit, crowiud 

 with two smooth round horns, which, tapering 

 > the root upwards, terminate in sharp point>: 

 are arched inwards, bending towards each 

 other, but near the extremities aie a little turned 

 hack. The cars are small : the fore head appears 

 piomimnt. being adorned uith much curling 

 hair : the eyes are full and large: the nose small 

 and convex: the nostrils small: the neck short, 

 describing a curvature nearly equal both abo\c 



