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"Ho ba-shuck, Sahib!" — "Yes, without doubt, 

 sir; the tribes will build 'jopreys' (Imts made of 

 branches) near our camp, and we can send the men 

 into the jungle every day to look out for trails." 



" All right," I replied, " that 's your affair ; in the 

 meantime hand me the tape, and come and help me 

 to measure the other kulgha, (bull-bison,) as I think 

 it is the largest I have ever killed." 



So saying we retraced our steps to the big bull, 

 and, with the aid of a straight bamboo, I took the 

 exact dimensions and entered them in my note-book 

 as follows : — 



" Perpendicular height from the bottom of the 

 hoof to the top of the shoulder, not following the 

 curve of the body, 6 feet 4 inches ; height to the 

 top of hump, 6 feet 9 inches ; length of body from 

 the tip of nose to insertion of tail, 11 feet 4 inches ; 

 length of tail, 3 feet 4 inches ; girth of body, 9 feet 

 3 inches ; girth of fore-arm, 2 feet 10 inches ; girth 

 of neck, 4 feet 10 inches ; breadth of forehead, 2 

 feet o inches ; circumference round base of horns, 1 

 foot 9 inches ; length of horns, 1 foot 4 inches ; 

 colour, black along the back, light dun under the 

 belly and inside the thighs, the legs below the knees 

 and hocks dirty white ; the cows much less in pro- 

 portion, with hardly any hump or dewlap, the head 

 smaller and more graceful." 



" Well, Hal," exclaimed B , as we finished 



measuring the gigantic animal ; " I think there are 

 few finer fellows than this even in the whole Wynaad 



