88 THE OX AND ITS KINDRED 
A later account, based on observations made in 
1838, was published by Mr. J. Hindmarsh in the 
second volume of the Annals of Natural History^ 
1839. In this account, which is very similar to that 
of Mr. Culley, the author states that these cattle 
"have pre-eminently all the characteristics of wild 
animals, with some peculiarities which are sometimes 
very curious and amusing. They hide their young, 
feed in the night, basking or sleeping during the 
day ; they are fierce when pressed, but generally 
speaking very timorous, moving off on the approach 
of any one, even at a great distance." It is added 
that the old bulls fight fiercely among themselves 
for the mastery of the herd ; and also that old and 
feeble individuals are gored to death by their 
companions. 
In neither of these accounts is any mention made 
of the old and effete bulls being driven away from 
the herd and taking to a solitary existence ; although 
that such was the case with the aurochs may be 
inferred from what takes place with the gaur, or 
Indian wild ox. Low states that the habit of 
killing the feeble members of the herd by the 
Chillingham cattle, is a wild trait, but no mention 
of any such habit is made by Mr. G. P. Sanderson 
in his Thirteen Years among the Wild Beasts of 
India^ in the case of the gaur. Neither is it 
mentioned by either of the writers above quoted 
whether Chillingham cattle are in the habit of feeding 
down-wind, although from its prevalence among 
ordinary domesticated cattle this practice probably 
exists. As regards the habit of lying out in the 
open during periods of repose, this has probably 
1 London, 1890. 
