50^ BUFFALOES. 



merely from his supposing that they have mistaken 

 the wild buffalo for it, owing perhaps to their 

 using the word arna. Arna being the Hin- 

 doostanee name for wild buffalo. 



The wild buffalo is always of a black colour, 

 with very long horns, whereas the Gour has short 

 horns, and is of a bay, or reddish brown, colour. 

 The former inhabits low marshy ground, and the 

 latter hills and forests. If any doubt remains 

 of the existence of such animals, a true history of 

 them may be easily procured. Gour is the name 

 they are known by in Ramghur, but it may not 

 be the proper Hindoos tanee name of the animal. 



I saw the skin of one that had been killed by 

 Rajah Futty Narrain. Its exact size I do not 

 recollect, but I well remember that it astonished 

 me, having never seen the skin of any animal so 

 large. Some gentlemen at Chittrah have tried 

 all in their power to procure a calf, without suc- 

 cess. The Shecarries and villagers are so much 

 afraid of those animals, that they cannot be pre- 

 vailed on to go near them, or to endeavour to 

 catch any of their young. It is a prevailing opinion 

 in that part of the country, that if they are the 

 least molested, they will attack the person or 

 persons molesting them, and never quit them until 



