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blade goes well up into the shoulder, its top being 

 within about four inches of the highest point of 

 the back ridge. Therefore a shot should be sent 

 home just over the leg, a little forward rather 

 than back, and within six to eight inches from the 

 top of the shoulder ridge. 



Called bison (incorrectly) in India, seladang in 

 Malaya, siang in Burma, and gnudang in Siam, 

 the gaur (Bos gaurus) is the largest and fiercest 

 of all the wild cattle, with hoofs small in propor- 

 tion to its height, and of deer-like, rather than ox- 

 like, character. Its sense of smell is as acute as 

 that of the elephant and its vision much keener. 

 When you seek one of these cattle you need all 

 your hunter's skill and your nerve; for, next to 

 the elephant and bracketed with the Cape buffalo 

 of Africa, I believe its natural temperament and 

 the character of country in which it is found make 

 the seladang in the Malay Peninsula the most for- 

 midable quarry* on earth. In India, where the 

 range of the gaur is the hilly, wooded districts, 

 they are more apt to be found in herds of some size, 

 and, because of the more open sections, less difficult 

 of approach; less dangerous to the hunter than 

 in the Malay Peninsula, where the jungle is the 

 densest that grows, and almost invariably the 

 quarry has the man at a disadvantage. In Malay 

 it is snap shooting, where the game, on being 



