THE NYLGHAU. 
th, 
113 
in. This power of contraction is one 
- ^lie most formidable means of defence that 
possesses. The celebrated anatomist John 
Winter kept several nylghaus together in a 
^j^odock, and observed that when he entered 
tvould frequently drop on their knees. 
^ "'as fortunate for him that this preparatory 
foment was not followed up by that terrible 
which in the wild state immediately 
^^oeds, and which in numberless instances 
^een known to overthrow both the pur- 
and his horse. Thus, too, when the males 
ft 
, oat, which is frequently the case, after mak- 
S a low muttering sound, they drop down 
^0 instant, and then spring at each other 
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fof ‘ inconceivable fury. So prodigious is the 
Ilf this spring, that in one instance a 
ghau, incensed at the casual approach of 
'itli happened to he passing on the 
side of a stout boarded paling, bounded 
and shattered it by the concussion. This 
