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FASCICULI MALATENSES 
Cattle 
‘ In addition to the buffalo {Buhalus tndicus)^ which has become feral in 
parts of Legeh, and on the islands off the Trang coast, the Malays of the 
Patani States own two breeds of horned cattle — a small, short-horned variety 
of the zebu {Bos zehu)^ and a breed known in the Federated Malay States as 
Kelantan cattle, but called in Patani, Lembu siam. The latter are also small, 
and resemble the cattle of the Channel Islands in build and colouring, being 
generally dun with black points and ankles. The zebus are frequently black 
or red. The bulls of the latter breed are trained to fight with one another, by 
shoving with their heads, rarely using their horns, and large sums of money 
are lost and won in betting on a favourite bull. The ‘ Siamese ’ cattle are only 
used for ploughing, and for sale in the British States. The two breeds are 
allowed to mingle freely, and every gradation from one to the other, as far as 
hump, general configuration and colour, is frequently to be seen, but the 
hybrids show] a curious tendency to develop depressed and somewhat 
corrugated horns like those of a buffalo.’ 
Elephants and Sheep 
‘ The captive elephants in the Patani States are allowed to wander freely 
in the jungle for a considerable proportion of the year, with hobbles shaped 
like a figure of eight on their forelegs. Some attention is paid to breeding 
them by the Rajas of Legeh and Jalor, and in each of these States there is an 
official known as Ku Chang, whose duty it is to superintend all matters of the 
kind. The Raja of Jalor told me that fully adult elephants breed once in five 
or seven years, and that the female went pregnant for from ten to twelve 
months,' and also that the period of gestation was longer in the case of a bull 
calf. He also said that ordinary cattle bred every year, buffaloes once in three 
years, and sheep and goats twice in the year. He had never heard of a cow 
having more than one calf at a time.’ — N.A. 
‘ At Kampong Budi, where a considerable number of sheep were pastured, 
we were told that they bred every seven months.’ 
Can is fami Maris 
In connexion with Mr. Bonhote’s remarks in a former paper {P.Z.S. 
1900, p. 874) it may be of interest to note that we examined a considerable 
number of pariah dogs’ skulls at Kampong Jalor, and found that the large 
proportion of them were asymmetrical in both jaws, there being frequently one 
tooth less than the normal number either on the left or right side indifferently. 
. Two years is usually believed to be the correct period. — N. A. 
