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THE NYLGHAU. 
the shoulder, and four feet at the cro^'P’ 
which causes his fore-legs to appear disp^'^’" 
portionably long. It is usually found singf 
or in pairs in the woods of India, where it ’’ 
a sort of royal game with the native and 
hammedan princes ; and it is hunted by th^’’’ 
to this day with a magnificence peculiar 
the East. In that part of Asia its race seeC’j 
destined to supply the voracious appetites ^ 
the lion and the tiger ; but it is no loii»^^ 
the favourite game of the hunter, as it 
when the endless retinue of the Mogul so''^ 
reigns used to traverse in pursuit of it 
countries lying between Labor and Agra 
Delhi : the hunter now prefers the chase 
its destructive enemies, the lion, the 
and the leopard, so that the nylghau 
probably soon be left to multiply in comP^ 
rative tranquillity. 
When standing, the hind feet and croup ^ 
this animal are generally drawn up and 
