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hibited, in the least like it. Nor is it indeed to be wondered at, since the beast 

 was brought to Bengal, from a very remote part of the Mogul's dominions; in- 

 somuch that no person at Bengal had the least knowledge of him. The only hint 

 that seems to point at this creature, is that mentioned by John Albert de Mandel- 

 sloe, in his voyages through the Indies, published in Harris's Complete Collec- 

 tion of Voyages and Travels, N° 51, p. 775; where he says, that among the 

 horses in the stables of the viceroy of Goa, he saw " a beast called a biggel, a 

 creature much about the colour and size of a rain-deer: its head like that of a 

 horse; its main like that of an ass, with black cloven feet, and two black horns 

 on his head." This is the whole of his account, which is so imj)erfect, that it 

 can hardly be thought absolutely to mean this very beast before us. 



The creature is a male, having the penis and testicles like those of a deer ; but, 

 as the penis does not come very forward, it cannot be seen in a side view of the 

 animal. 



The head is formed like that of a deer, with a rhomboidal spot of black hair 

 on his forehead; his ears are dark without, and yellowish within, with dark 

 spots toward their edges; and the horns rise about 7 inches high, bending for- 

 wards; which is very particular, because those of all other horned animals are 

 directed sideways or backward, except the brow-antlers of some kinds of deer. He 

 keeps his ears in continual motion, which is an action common with deer, and 

 butts with his horns as they do. His eyes are black and lively, and the rictus 

 oris is long. 



His neck bends forward like the deer kind, but is thick and strong, somewhat 

 resembling that of a male deer in rutting time. His mane is thin of hair like 

 that of an ass, and on the convex part of his neck forward he has a tuft of black 

 hair. His shoulders are thick, and his breast pretty broad and strong, from 

 which a piece of loose skin hangs like the dewlap of a cow. His legs are slender, 

 with cloven hoofs like those of a deer. His back rises, directly over his shoulder, 

 pretty high, on which the mane, continued from his neck, ends in a tuft of 

 hair- . From the back of this bunch or rising, his posterior parts resemble those 

 of an ass, having a tail like that of the ass, only it is flat on the side next the 

 animal, and convex on the back. It is about 22 inches long, and ends with some 

 long hairs. 



He is of a light ash-colour, having a smooth coat of short hairs, which grow 

 darker, inclining towards a black, on some parts of his limbs. He has some 

 white under his belly towards his breast, and under his tail, with white testicles. 

 He fecfls on hay, grass, or any kind of greens; and being tried whether he would 

 eat raw flesh, refused it. His keeper says, when he lies down he chews the 

 cud; and his excrements are like those of a deer. He is about 12 hands high 

 to the top of the bunch in his ba.ck. His keeper says, he never lies down on 



