1839] in the Southern Mahratta Country. 229 



vented his moving with facility. He then became exhausted and lay 

 down snorting loudly and rising to charge when any one approached. 

 A ball in the forehead caused him to roll over the precipitous bank into 

 the river. Still however he was not dead and several balls were fired 

 into his forehead behind his ear and the junction of the head and neck 

 without life becoming extinct, one ball which had struck the vertebrae 

 of the neck was taken out almost pulverized. 



When drawn ashore and examined more minutely, the first sentiment 

 produced in all present, was astonishment at his immense bulk and 

 size ; but on measuring his height we found him much taller than his 

 breadth at first led us to imagine. 



The head is very square and shorter than in the common ox, the fore- 

 head ample, the bony ridge rising about five inches in height from the 

 plane of the frontal bone over which it inclines. When viewed behind 

 it rises suddenly and abruptly from the nape of the neck, from whence to 

 the vertex it measures seven inches, the horns make a wide sweep 4 in con- 

 tinuation of the arched bony ridge, and turn slightly backwards and up- 

 wards forming an angle of about 35* with the frontal bone, the 

 whole of the head in front, above the eyes, is covered with a coat of 

 close short hair of a light greyish brown colour which below the eyes is 

 darker approaching almost to black. The muzzle is large and full, and 

 of a grayish colour, the eyes are smaller than in the ox, with a fuller pu- 

 pil of a pale blue colour, the ears are smaller in proportion than in the 

 ox, the tongue is very rough and covered with prickles, the neck is short 

 thick and heavy, the chest broad, the shoulder very deep and muscular, 

 the forelegs short, the joints very short and strong, the arm exceedingly 

 large and muscular. Behind the neck and immediately above the shoul- 

 der rises a fleshy gibbosity or hump, the same height as the dorsal ridge, 

 which is thinner and firmer, rising gradually as it goes backwards and 

 terminates suddenly about the middle of the back. The hind quarters 

 are lighter and lower than the fore, falling suddenly from the termination 

 of the ridge, the tail very short, the tuft only reaching down to the hocks. 



The dimensions of this individual were carefully noted as follows : — 



feet Inches. 



Height at the shoulder 6 



Do. at the rump (taken from hoof to insertion of tail) . 5 5 



Length from the nose to the insertion of the tail 9 6£ 



Do. do. to the end of the tail which was 2 ft. 10 in... 12 4| 



Do. of dorsal ridge including the hump 3 4 



Height of do. do 0 4£ 



Girth (taken behind the forelegs) , , 8 0^ 



