GOUR. 135 



perhaps to their using the word arna. Arna 

 being the Hindoostanee name for wild buffalo. 



The wild buffalo is very common in Bengal 

 and 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 for- 

 mer inhabits low marshy ground, and the 

 latter the hills and forests. If any doubt re- 

 mains of the existence of such animals, a true 

 history of them may be easily procured. 

 Gour is the name they are known by in Ram- 

 ghur, but it may not be the proper Hindoo- 

 stance name of the animal. 



