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and Dick, gentlemen stationed in various parts of India, 

 and having the means to extend their inquiries. 



From these accounts, it appears that the Gayal is nearly 

 the size and shape of an English Bull, with a dull heavy- 

 appearance; but at the same time, of a form equal in 

 strength and activity with the Wild Buffalo. It has short 

 horns, which are distant at the bases, and rise in a gentle 

 curve directly out and up. The head at the upper part is 

 very broad and flat, and 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 a 

 tuft of lighter-coloured hair : on these are placed the horns, 

 shorter than the head, and lying nearly on the plane of the 

 forehead ; at the base they are very thick, and slightly com- 

 pressed, the fiat sides being towards the front and tail ; 

 the edge next the ear is rather the thinnest, so that a trans- 

 verse section would be somewhat ovate ; towards their tips, 

 they are rounded, and end in a sharp point. The eyes 

 resemble those of a Common Ox, the ears 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 as in the Zebu. The dewlap is covered with 

 strong longish hair, so as to join a kind of mane on the 

 lower part of the neck ; but is not very conspicuous, espe- 

 cially when the animal is young. 



In the place of the hump, the Gayal has a sharp ridge, 

 which commences on the hinder part of the neck, slopes 

 gradually up till it comes over the shoulder joints, then 

 runs horizontally almost a third part of the back, where 

 it terminates with a very sudden slope. The height of this 

 ridge makes the neck appear much depressed, and also 

 adds greatly to the clumsiness of the chest, which although 

 narrow is very deep ; the sternum is covered by a continua- 



