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Under surface of the chest a lightish yellow colour, intermixed 

 with grey. The hair of the skin was short and glossy in the redder 

 parts, but coarse and thick in the grey parts ; on the belly the 

 skin was about half an inch thick, but nearly one inch thick on 

 the neck ; the surface of the body pitted and scarred here and 

 there from bites of insects and wounds received in battle ; there 

 were four rudimentary mammae, half an inch in length, situated 

 in front of the scrotum, two on each side of the mesial line, and 

 of a saffron colour. The scrotum was covered with a fine silky 

 greyish hair. The upper part of the head anteriorly and at the 

 sides was of a tawny white ; the under parts were much lighter, 

 being almost grey; the muzzle greyish black; the neck reddish 

 brown. Lips greyish white, covered with black bristles; and 

 the lower lip had a fringe of long grey hairs projecting from its 

 under surface. The tail has a distinct reddish brown tuft. The 

 ears are comparatively small, when compared with those of the 

 Cow : upper parts of ears reddish brown, posteriorly greyish 

 white, tips and anterior edges jet black; greyish white hairs of 

 considerable length projecting inwards from the anterior border ; 

 the interior of the auricle is of a saffron colour ; the left ear was 

 split in four places, the largest being six inches in length; 

 colour round eyes greyish white, eyelashes black ; fleshy parts of 

 nose also black. Eyes : irides brown ; cornea bluish white. 

 The incisors of the lower jaw were loose and considerably worn 

 down, showing that the Bull was probably an old one, perhaps 

 twenty years of age. There was a most curious condition at the 

 upper part of the head over the frontal region, where, instead of a 

 skin covered with hair, there was a thickened portion of skin de- 

 void of hair, and of a greyish black colour ; its general surface was 

 smooth, but in patches very warty like the skin of a Khinoceros. 

 This curious portion of skin extended like a chaplet over the 

 head ; the area it occupied would be represented in the dry skull 

 by lines drawn between the upper parts of the orbit and between 

 the bases of horns at the top of the skull ; between the horns this 

 cuticle formed a distinct projection or crest ; this covering was 

 soft on pressure and slightly moveable. This skin evidently 

 forms a most excellent cushion for breaking the shock of any 

 concussion on the forehead, e. g. as in fighting. The reason of 

 its being present in the Tsine is that the bones of the skull are 



