CONTENTS. VU 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



THE HOLLOW-HORNED RUMINANTS. 



The Bovidx (574)— The Thirteen Sub-families (574) — The Bovinx (575) — The Genus Bos 



( 575 )_The Domestic Ox (575)— The Wild Cattle (576)— The Cattle of the Pampas (577) — 



Cattle of Africa (578)— Domestic Cattle (579)— The Highland Cattle (582)— The Durham (582}— 



The Alderney (582). 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 THE BISONS. 

 The Bonassus or European Bison (584) — Called also the Aurochs (584) — The Real Aurochs 

 Extinct (584)— The Forest or Bialowicz (584) — Description of the Bonassus (585) — The Bison of 



the Caucasus (586) The American Bison or Buffalo (586)— Enormous Numbers (586) — Terrible 



Destruction (587)— Estimate of Numbers Killed (588) — The Mountain Buffalo (589)— Death of a 

 Bull (590). 



CHAPTER XXV. 



EASTERN CATTLE. 



The Domestic Cattle of India (591) — The Zebu (591) — The Wild Cattle of India (592) — Genus 



Bibos (593) — The Gayal (593) — The Gaur (594) — The Banteng (595) — Genus Poephagos (595) — 



The Yak (595) — The Plough Yak (596) — Hunting the Yak (597)— Genus Anoa (597) — The 



Chamois Buffalo or Celebes (597) — Its Fierceness (598). 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 THE BUFFALOES. 



The Genus Bubalus (599) — The Cape Buffalo (599) — Drayson's Account (600) — Buffalo 

 Shooting (602) — The Indian Buffalo (602) — Buffalo and Tiger Fights (603) — Williamson's 

 Account (604) — The Kerabau (605) — The Domesticated Buffalo (605) — Its Habits — Its Uses (606). 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

 THE ANTELOPES. 

 The Antelopes (607) — The Eland (607) — The Koodoo (609) — The Bosch-bok (610)— The 

 Nylghau (611) — The Passan (613) — The Beisa (614) — The Sabre Antelope (614) — The Addax 

 (614)— The Sable Antelope (615)— The Blau Bok (616). 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

 THE GAZELLES. 

 The Gazelle (617) — Its Beauty and Grace (617) — The Ariel Gazelle (618) — The Jairou (619) — 

 The Spring-Bok (620) — Its Immense Numbers (620) — The Dseren (622) — The Sasin (623) — The 

 Pallah (624) — The Saiga (624) — The Sub-family Antilocaprinae (625) — The Prong Horn (625). 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

 THE LESSER ANTELOPES. 

 The Ourebi (627)— The Klippspringer (628)— The Water Buck (628)— The Blue Buck (630) 

 —The Musk Antelope 629)— The Duyker Bok (630)— The Rhoode Bok (631)— The Chickara 



