CHAPTER VI. 



THE WILD BUFFALO, THE YAK, AND THE TSINE 

 THE WILD BUFFALO (Bubalus ami) 



THE wild buffalo stands about fifteen to sixteen 

 hands in height at the shoulder, and is a 

 massive, ponderous animal, with enormous horns, 

 which are often longer in the case of the female 

 than are the thicker trophies carried by the bull. 

 The habitats in India of this animal are the 

 Northern and Central Provinces, with part of 

 Bengal. Buffaloes are not found in the wild state 

 in Southern India, though, curiously enough, they 

 reappear in Ceylon. In the Terai, Assam, and 

 the Sunderbunds, wild buffalo are plentiful. 



Except in size, dimensions of horns, activity and 

 general appearance (in all of which respects the 

 wild animal is much the superior), he resembles 

 closely his tame congener, which, as a milk and 

 butter producer, as well as for the purposes of 

 ploughing and of draught, is so generally kept 

 in a domesticated state all over India. Even the 

 latter animals vary much with locality, the tame 

 race in Assam, on the Neilgherry hills, and in 

 Dharwar, showing a very marked superiority over 

 the village buffalo of most parts of the country, the 

 latter being but a miserable animal by comparison. 



