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general characters these Cattle agree very closely with "the figure of 

 a Damaralaiul Ox given by Dr. Heck in the Illnstrirte Zeitutig for 

 1895, although in the latter the dark and light ar&is form an 

 irregular marbling all over the head and body. Here may be 

 mentioned phister-casts of two enormous ox-horns received at the 

 Museum from Madrid. Although their place of origin is unknown, 

 they apparently belong to a breed allied to or identical with Galla 

 Cattle. The largest specimen measures 47^ in. in length along the 

 curve, and has a basal girth of 33| in. ; while the corresponding 

 dimensions of the smaller one (which contracts very suddenly in 

 calibre near the middle) are 28| in. and 27| in. In a Galla Ox 

 skull presented to the Museum by Messrs. Denham and Clapperton 

 the length of the horns is 42^ in. and the circumference 23f in. 



Among the hill-tribes of north-eastern India and 

 uaya . Tenasserim the heavily-built, olive-black Gayal or Mithan 

 {Bos frontalis) is kept as domesticated cattle, the Kukis and 

 Manipuris breeding large numbers of these animals. The Gayal 

 is probably a domesticated breed of the wild Gaur, or Seladang {Bos 

 gaurus), of India and the Malay countries, although it has received 

 a separate scientific name {Bos frontalis). The head of a cow is 

 exhibited in one of the large cases in the North Hall, and the mounted 

 skin of a bull in the saloon at the end of the Lower Mammal Gallery. 



In the Island of Bali, lying to the south-east of Java, 

 ^' the domesticated cattle are a tame breed of the wild 

 Banting, or Bantin {Bos sondaicus), of Java, known to the Malays 

 as Sapi-Utan (Wild Ox). Large numbers of domesticated Banting 

 (fig. 8) are exported from Bali to Singapore for food. It is to Mr. C. 

 Boden Kloss that the Museum owes a steer of this breed, which is 

 exhibited alongside tlie big Zebu bull. The colour of the skin is 

 rich maroon-brown, and the legs are wholly white from some distance 

 above the knees and hocks to the hoofs. The white rump-patch 

 is, however, much smaller than in the typical wild Banting, being 

 confined to the hind side of the buttocks, and not surrounding the 

 root of the tail. 



_ f f H -^ domeeticated, or semi-domesticated, breed of the 



Wild Asiatic Buffalo {Bos bubalis) is kept by the 

 ^ ^ ^* natives throughout India, Ceylon, and the Malay 



countries. Among the Hindu tribes, by whom all members of the 

 Ox family are regarded as sacred. Buffaloes are kept only for the 

 sake of their milk, or for agricultural and draught purposes. From 

 India the domesticated breed was probably introduced at an early 



