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The skulls of the wild kinds are stronger 

 and thicker in the frontal ridge between 

 the horns, and there is a slight difference 

 in shape. Experienced hunters tell me 

 that the wild cattle are uniform in colour 

 and shape of horns, and the bull bigger 

 than the domestic (Burman or Indian) bull. 

 The domestic cattle of Burmah differ from 

 the Indian domestic cattle, and are more 

 like the native wild cattle, but, except their 

 general similarity, there is no reason to 

 suppose that they are the same animals 

 domesticated. Jungle-fowl are not unlike 

 the ordinary domestic fowl here, except 

 that the cock is much bigger ; the hens are 

 much the same. My wife has often bought 

 two dozen chickens in a lot, and afterwards 

 found that half a dozen jungle -fowls had 

 been passed off amongst them unobserved. 

 Mr Murray, Deputy Conservator of Forests, 

 assures me he tried in vain to domesticate 

 them and failed, although he collected their 

 eggs and hatched them at home. 



" The wild cattle, or saing, are, I read 

 in books, slightly domesticated by some hill 

 tribes (Chins). The tamed saing are said 

 to live in the forests in a condition very 

 similar to their wild state. But the case of 

 the elephant seems the strongest argument 



