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BIG GAME SHOOTING 



express purpose of presenting them to the British Museum, 

 where I have every reason to beheve they are extremely 

 appreciated. 



The aurochs of Europe is closely allied to the American 

 bison {Bos amertcanus), but surpasses it in size. Its legs and 

 tail are larger, and its hind quarters not so low. The mane is 

 much less developed, composed of shorter hairs, and not 

 extending so far back as in the New World species, in which, 

 besides, it is of a black colour. 



