MAMMALIA—NYL-GHAU 361 
are white on the edge and on the inside, except where two black bands 
mark the hollow of the ear with a zebra-like variety. The general color 
of the animal is ash or gray, from a mixture of black hairs and white, most 
of which are half white towards the root, and half black. Along the ridge 
of the neck and the back, the hairs form a short and thin upright mane; 
at the throat is a shield-like mark of beautiful hair; and lower down, on 
the beginning of the convexity of the neck, there is a remarkable tuft of 
long black hair. The height of the animal is about four feet one inch at 
the shoulder, The female differs from the male both in height and thick- 
ness, she being much smaller, and in shape more resembling the deer, and 
having no horns. 
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The nyl-ghau has six grinders in eacn jaw, and eight cutting teeth in the 
_owr one. It eats oats, is fond of grass and hay, and still fonder of wheaten 
breaa: when thirsty, it will drink two gallons of water. It is vicious and 
fierce 12 the rutting season, but tame and gentle at other times; and should 
it prove docile enoug) to be easily trained to labor, its great swiftness and 
considerable strength might be applied to valuable purposes, as it is evident 
from experience, that it will breed in this country. When the males fight, 
they prepare for the attack ata distance from each other, by falling down 
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