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serious wounds, the tips of the horns being very sharp and, in 

 Bulls, curved backwards. There is also this tendency of the horns 

 to curve backwards in old Cows. The colouring of an adult 

 Bull and adult Cow are so unlike that at first one would think 

 they were different species. A separate description of each may, 

 therefore, be useful. These animals are found in herds varying 

 from ten to thirty in number ; and in the large herds there are 

 generally found two or three small Bulls whose heads are not worth 

 obtaining. The largest horns, as is the case in other bovine 

 animals, are found in solitary Bulls who keep to themselves, 

 and only occasionally mix with the Cows during the breeding 

 season. When the green grass sprouts up, after the yearly fires, 

 the old Bulls wander over large areas, and seldom remain in 

 the same locality for two successive days ; while, like the Bison, 

 they are almost always on the move, feeding as they go along, 

 and only lying down during the day when the sun is hottest. 

 The Tsine can go for days without water, and the Burmese say 

 that they only drink once in seven days. I have come across 

 herds in absolutely dry districts, miles away from water. 

 Another peculiarity of the Tsine is that it does not seem to 

 mind the bites of the Gad or Horsefly, with which the teak 

 forests abound at the beginning of the monsoon. The wild 

 Buffalo, which has apparently a much tougher skin, is almost 

 driven mad by these pests, and is compelled to take to the rivers 

 and swamps to avoid them ; whereas the Tsine will never resort 

 to the water, but prefers to lie down in the forest surrounded by 

 these buzzing tormentors, when no doubt its long and bushy tail 

 assists in driving off the blood-suckers. During the rains these 

 animals betake themselves to the low hills, where they feed on the 

 bamboo, with which the hills are covered ; and after the yearly 

 fires they all descend into the valley, and wander through the 

 vast teak forests. Unlike the Bison, they never come down to 

 the rice fields of the villagers, and this is probably owing to their 

 extreme shyness. The Cow calves during the rains, and the 

 young is of a light red colour, only one being produced at a 

 birth. At the beginning of the rains Tsine are always to be 

 found at the foot of the low hills, where they browse on the 

 tender new bamboo shoots. These animals also travel great 

 distances to visit the so-called " salt licks," one or two of which 



