OF ox, NAMED GAVA'L. 513 



rise in a gentle curve directly out and up : a trans- 

 verse section, near the base, is ovate; the thick 

 end. of the section being on the inside. The front 

 is broad, and crowned with a tuft of lighter co- 

 loured, long, curved hair. The dewlap is deep 

 and pendent. It has no mane, nor hump ; but a 

 considerable elevation over the withers. The tail 

 is short; the body covered with a tolerable coat 

 of straight, dark-brown hair : on the belly, it is 

 lighter coloured ; and the legs and face are some- 

 times white.' 



Doctor Buchanan thus describes it : 



/ The Gayal generally carries its head with the 

 mouth projecting forward like that of a buffalo. 

 The head, at the upper part, is very broad and 

 flat, and is contracted suddenly towards the nose, 

 which is naked, like that of the common cow. 

 From the upper angles of the forehead proceed 

 two thick, short, horizontal processes of bone, 

 which are covered with hair. On these- are placed 

 the horns, which are smooth, shorter than the 

 head, and lie nearly in the plane of the forehead. 

 Tliey diverge outward, and turn up with a gentle 

 curve. At the base they are v^ery thick, and are 

 slightly compressed, the flat sides being toward 

 the front and the tail. The edge next the ear is 

 rather the thinnest, so that a transverse section 

 would be somewhat ovate. Toward their tips, 

 the horns are rounded, and end in a shaip point. 

 The eyes resemble those of the common ox ; the 

 cars are much longer, broader, and blunter than 

 those of that animal. 



* The neck is very slender near the head, at 

 some distance from which a dewlap commences ; 

 but this is not so deep, nor so much undulated, 



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