2l6 NATURAL HISTORY IN ANECDOTE. 



of the party, recovering from their confusion, then came up 

 and despatched him, though too late to save their comrade, 

 whose body was hanging in the tree quite dead." 



The Zebu.' The Zebu is found in India, China, Arabia, 

 Persia and Africa. It is of about the same size as a cow, 

 but is distinguished by the possession of a hump upon its 

 shoulders, giving it some resemblance to the Bison. It is used 

 both for riding and driving in India, where it admirably serves 

 the purposes of a horsfe, travelling at the rate of six miles an 

 hour for many hours at a stretch and leaping obstacles with 

 the facility of a practised hunter. It is also used for plough- 

 ing land and threshing corn. 



The Yak. The Yak belongs to Western Thibet. It is of 

 singular appearance, having the head of a bull and the hump 

 of a Bison, and being covered with long hair reaching almost 

 to the ground. In a wild state it is savage and dangerous, 

 but it is brought under cultivation by the Tartars, who xise 

 it as a beast of burden and make ropes and garments from 

 its hair. The female yields rich milk from which excellent 

 butter is made ; butter which is stored in bladders from which 

 the air is excluded. It is then carried to market by the faithful 

 animal which has produced it. 



The Antelopes. The Antelopes are numerous in kind and 

 various in form, too numerous and various to be separately 

 described. The Eland, the largest and heaviest of the 

 species, belongs to South Africa ; the Bosch-bok, to South and 

 Central Africa, the Harnessed Antelope to West Africa; and 

 the Nylghau to India. The Leucoryx and the Addax are 

 found in North Africa, the Equine Antelopes in tropical Africa 

 and the Cape. The Pallah herds in South Africa. The 

 Prong-homed Antelope belongs to North America, inhabiting the 

 Rocky Mountains and the districts both north and south. The 

 Bay Antelope is found on the Gold Coast, the Four-homed 

 Antelope in India. The Gnu or Wildebeest belongs to South 

 Africa and the Chamois and the Izard to the Pyrenees. 



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