8 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
know that grass was left for him at the inner gate of the shed. 
In a short time it was found that he liked having his nose and 
head rubbed, and licked the clothes of the person who rubbed 
him. He took salt from the hand, but did not at first seem to 
care about it, probably because it was not mixed with earth as in 
salt licks, which he was accustomed to, spitting it out if he got 
too much in his mouth at one time. After two months he 
became quite tame, and permitted his captor to come into the 
enclosure, not even moving if he happened to be lying down. 
After the third month he began to shed his hair, and liked it 
rubbed off with a wisp of grass, allowing the operator to sit on him 
whilst cleaning him, but he did not like his hind legs or tail to be 
touched, kicking out as if he were tickled when this was done. 
‘‘ After four months a domestic Cow was put into the shed, and 
the two ate from the same bundle of grass, one on the outside, and 
the other from the inside of the shed. When the Cow was let 
into the stockade neither of the animals took any notice of the 
other, so the Cow was taken out. Although so tame with 
a Huropean, the Gaur would never allow a native to come near 
him; and it was unsafe to be in the enclosure if a native came 
anywhere near, as the bull would jump up, snort, and rush 
about the place in a very excited manner. The cost of bringing 
grass for him (of which he ate 2 cwt. per diem) was so 
considerable that it was thought advisable to put a ring through 
his nose and have him led out to graze with the domestic cattle. 
A rope was tied round his horns and his head securely fastened 
between two bars of the stockade; it would then have been easy 
to ring his nose from the outside, and it is a thousand pities that 
this was not done. His terror was, however, so great, that the 
attempt was given up for that day, and it was settled to postpone 
the operation until he had become accustomed to have his head 
tied up. Alas! as will be seen, the glorious golden opportunity 
was lost in this wise :— 
“Tt will be remembered that there was a shed in one corner of 
the stockade, built with a view of introducing a domestic Cow to 
bear the Gaur company. In this shed was kept Guinea-grass, to 
be given to him in the mornings. One night, however, he 
thought he would prefer having this grass, of which he was 
inordinately fond, without waiting for daybreak. He managed to 
