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lerity of their motions, and the fkill of their riders, are juftly 

 dreaded by our troops. 



The Tanians are procured from Thibet., they are of a middle 

 fize, thick, very ftrong, and generally pied. They are ufed in 

 the draft, but not for the faddle. 



The Emperor Akbar has conftantly twelve thoufand horfes 

 in his ftables, chiefly brought from foreign parts : numbers 

 are continually going out as prefents, and others coming in 

 to fupply their place. 

 Mule. The DJhikketaei, or wild mule, Hijl. ^ad. i. N° 2, and the 



KouLAK. Koulan^ N° 3, or wild afs, may juftly be reckoned among the 



animals of India ; they are both found within its borders, in 

 the vaft fandy defert of Gobi. The Koulans collect towards au- 

 tumn in herds of hundreds, and even thoufands, and diredt 

 their courfe to the north of India, to enjoy a warm retreat 

 during winter. Barboga, as quoted by Pallas, fays, that they 

 penetrate even to the mountains of Malabar and Golconda. 

 Oxen. Albulfazel, ii. 13, fpeaks of the vaft bullocks of Sbereefabady 



in the lower part of Bengal, of a milk white color ; which, like 

 camels, will kneel down to be loaden, and will carry feventy 

 four maunds, or above eleven hundred pounds. I have a draw- 

 ing of a very large red Indian ox, with a hunch on the fhoulder, 

 and fhort horns, which probably came from this province. 

 How favorable muft the rich plains of India be to the increafe 

 of cattle, which could, in 1791, fupply the Marquis Cornwallis 

 •with the multitudes deftroyed, before and after his unavailing 

 vidlory of Seringapatam ; yet could inftantly anfwer his demand 



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