THE TSINE 



fifteen hands' or more, the horns measuring up to 

 3 feet in length, with a base circumference of 14 

 inches. Rowland Ward, in his Horn Measure- 

 ments, gives the length of a pair of horns in the 

 British Museum as 38^ inches and their girth as 

 19 inches. 



Great care has to be exercised in stalking yak, as 

 their sense of smell is most acute, though Kinloch 

 does not consider them very sharp-sighted animals. 

 Colonel Ward, writing in 1883, suggests as localities 

 the Kobrang (or Kugrang), and the Keipsang, 

 which is about eight miles from Kyam. 



Both he and Kinloch agree that there is good 

 ground beyond the Lingzinthung plains, which 

 themselves lie beyond Chung Chemno, but special 

 arrangements would be necessary in order to reach 

 the locality, on account of the entire absence of 

 both fuel and fodder for some six or seven 

 marches. 



The vernacular names for the yak are 



Thibetan Dong, Yak, Soora-goy, Bubul, Brong- 

 dong. 



H industani Bun-Chowr. 



THE TSINE (Gavaeus sondaicus) 



The tsine, or Burmese wild ox, is found in 

 Burmah, and is therefore included amongst Indian 

 animals. He also inhabits the Malayan peninsula, 

 Sumatra, Borneo, and Java. 



The tsine differs widely from the Indian bison in 

 many respects. 



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