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most always more or less torn, or otherwise injured 
at the points. Horses and domestic cattle scent the 
Urus afar off, and immediately give signs of great 
dread and aversion.’” o • u 
Another animal is introduced here hy Major bmitb, 
also very imperfectly known, under the name of the 
Gaur, Bison Gaiirus. The descriptions nearly all 
rest on the authority of sportsmen and natives, but 
they all turn to the evidence of a very large animal, 
exceeding in size any of the oxen, with longer hair on 
the fore parts, and of a light or greyish colour. The 
vicinity of Midnapoor, and the heavy jungles between 
Romghur and Nagpoor, are given as. the districts 
they frequent. 
The best known animal belonging to the group ot 
Bisons, is that we have chosen for our illustration ; 
it is 
• Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical 
Science, vol. iii. p. 105. 
