54 suiD^. 



two maunds of goods for miles without being fatigued. When used for 

 riding only, the Bind animal is very fleet. In genei-al it does not exhibit 

 the proverbial stupidity and obstinacy it is credited with. 



Asiuus onager, Gray, Cat. Ungulata, Br. Mvs.; Cat. BellucB, Br. 

 Mus. p. 269. Asinus indicus^ Sclater.—'iw, Goobkhue op Sind and 

 Beloochistan. 



Of a pale reddish or isabelline colour. Muzzle, breast, lower parts 

 and inside of limbs tmd buttocks white, dorsal streak black, rather 

 wider over the small of the back. Tail tuft and mane blackish brown, 

 frequently a dark cross stripe on the shoulder. Limbs sometimes 

 faintly barred. Ears sandy externally, white internally with a black 

 tip. Skull with the infra-orbital foramen high up. Height 11 — 12 hands. 



Hah. — Sind, in the Thurr districts, and west of the Indus Eiver ; 

 Beloochistan, extending into Persia and Turkistan as far north as N. 

 lat. 48°. Dr. Gray says they are abundant in Mesopotamia. In Persia 

 they inhabit the deserts in troops. In Beloochistan, Blanford {East, 

 Persia) says, they are abundant near Bampur. In the great deserts of 

 Tartary they inhabit the dry and mountainous parts, arriving in vast 

 troops to feed during the summer in the tracts east and north of Lake 

 Aral. About autumn. Burroughs says, they collect in herds of hundreds 

 and even thousands, towards Persia, which is their usual place of 

 retirement, about the mountains of Casbin. The Arabs and Tartars 

 take them in snares for the sake of their flesh, which is said to be un- 

 savoury fresh killed, but excellent meat after keeping. The Persians 

 are said to catch them and break them in for draught, and on account 

 of their untameable nature, those successfully broken in are sold at 

 high prices, especially those fit as stallions for crossing with the 

 domestic ass. Their food in the wild state is the salt plants, such as 

 Kali, Atriplex, Ckenopodium, and some species of Euphorhia. Its 

 bile is a specific among the Persians for dimness of sight. Shagreen 

 is made from the skin of these animals, also of horses and asses, and 

 forms an important article of commerce in Persia and Astrakhan. 



Family, SUID^,— Pigs. 



Head pointed. Snout blunt. Ears large. Body compressed. Skin 

 covered with bristles. Molars tubercular, with a few separate roots. 

 Canines in the males large in both jaws, the lower pair prismatic, 



triangular; the upper, round, recurved. Teeth 40-44. Incisors various „-^ 



O — 'O. 



Premolarsj^ or 3^. Molars ^^ Teats 10, rarely 8. 



Sus, Linn. — Pace conical, simple, or with 2 — 3 warts on each cheek. 

 Ears ovate, hairy. Tail moderate, tufted. Incisors ^ or f . 



Sus cristatus, Wayn. Sus aper, Hodgs. J. A. 8. B. x., p. 91. Sus 

 scrofa var indicus, Hcn-sf. Gat. B.. E. I. C. Mus. Sus Indicus, Gray 

 List Mam. Br. Mus. J,. 186; Horsf. P. Z.8. 1852; Murray, Ilrlhk.', 

 Zoul., Sfc, Bind. Sus aper, Hodgs. J. A. 8- B. x., p. 911. — Boora 

 Janwar, Hind; Doolcur, Mahr ; Eatpunny, Madras; Sooar, Dhookar,' 

 Sind. — The Indian Wild Boae. 



