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THE WILD YAK. 



which is considerably higher than the croup, with a rougl 

 coat of a general rusty black inclining to greyish on th^ 

 withers ; a large, stooping head, slightly grey on the fac 

 and about the muzzle, and set on a rather lean neck 



Yak. 



curly grizzled hair all over the forehead, almost concealing 

 the eyes ; thick round horns from 2 to 3 feet long, and 

 about 18 inches in girth, growing outwards, curving to the 

 front, and turning upwards near their points ; an enormous 

 bushy black tail, extending below the hocks ; a thick fringe 

 of long, matted, black hair hanging from the shoulders, 

 sides, and flanks, and reaching about half-way down the 

 short sturdy limbs, — and you have some sort of idea of a 

 bull dong as he is here called. The cows have much the 

 same general appearance, but are considerably smaller and 

 less shaggy, and carry thinner and shorter horns than the 

 bulls. Wild yaks generally congregate in herds, which may 

 contain any number up to considerably over a hundred, but 

 they are sometimes found singly. Their habitat is never 

 lower than 14,000 feet. 



part, 4 feet 2 inches. This animal (or else one shot at the same time, a little 

 smaller) is now in the Leeds museum, very well stuHcd and set up. 



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