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long, when measured along the curvature: the 

 weight of a pair, separated from the head, is 

 sometimes sixty pounds. 



It should seem, from the figure of the bull of 

 this species given by Mr. Pennant in his History 

 of Quadrupeds, that the animal, like some other 

 of the long-haired Buffaloes, sheds it hair at cer- 

 tain periods, and appears comparatively naked. 



The Cow, or female, differs from the male in 

 having the horns much smaller, and placed at the 

 distance of nine inches from each other, at the 

 base : they are seated on the sides of the head, 

 and are of a whitish colour, about thirteen inches 

 long, and eight inches round at the base : their 

 curvature resembles that of the bull : the eais arc 

 erect, three inches long, somewhat sharp-pointed^ 

 and thickly lined with dusky hair, marked with a 

 white stripe. 



The general colour of the Cow is black, ex- 

 cept that the legs are whitish, and between the 

 horns there is a bed of white hair intermixed with 

 rust-colour : a dusky mane, or elevated ridge of 

 hair, runs along the back, and on the middle of 

 the back is an oblong patch or bed of pure white ; 

 the hair of which is much shorter than on other 

 parts, not exceeding three inches in length, and 

 of a pale brown towards the roots. The hairs on 

 the body are of two kinds ; the longest measuring 

 seventeen inches, and being very fine, glossy, and 

 of a flattened appearance, wdien closely examined. 

 Its colour is black, and it forms the general coat- 

 ing of the animal. The bed or patch of hair be- 



