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breed was used for the plough, and for bearing 
of burdens, being more tradable than the 
others ; but even the genuine breed were so 
far tamed, as to draw the waggons of the No- 
mades, or wandering Tartars. To prevent 
mischief, the owners always cut off the sharp 
points of the horns. The tamed kinds vary 
in colour, to red and black, and some have 
horns white as ivory. There are two varieties 
of the domesticated kinds ; one called in the 
Mongol language, Ghainouk, the other Sar- 
lyk : the firsts of the original Thibet race ; 
the other, a degenerated kind. Many are also 
destitute of horns ; but have, on the front, in 
their place, such a thickness of bone, that it is 
with the utmost difficulty that tlie p-ersons em- 
ployed to kill them can knock them down 
Avith repeated blows of the ax. A bezoar is 
lid to be sometimes fbund in their stomachs, 
ill high esteem among the oriental nations. But 
the most valuable part of th<;m is the tail, 
which forms one of the four great articles of 
commerce in Thibet : these tails are sold at a 
high price ; and are mounted in silver handles, 
and used as Chowras, or Brushes, to chacc 
•away the flics. In India, no man of fashion 
ever 
