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All this part is covered with a greyish woolly hair, 
longer than on the other parts, and covering also the 
back of the neck, occiput, and front. The rest of 
the hair is black, with the exception of the limbs, 
which are white to the knees. The tail is terminated 
by a tuft of long strong hairs ; and in males of three 
years old, long black hairs also hang from the lower 
part of the neck. The cow is smaller in size, with 
lesser horns ; the hair of a duller black, the grey of 
the hump shading upon the sides, and having the 
end of the lower lip white. Major Smith seems to 
think this identical with the Gayal, B. Gavceus of 
India. His figure and description con'espond in 
many parts ; they inhabit also the same districts of 
country, and never willingly descend to the plains ; 
they delight to range in the thickest forests, feed on 
the tender shoots, and rarely eat the grasses ; they al- 
so never wallow in the water. They are held in ve- 
neration by the Hindoos, and perform a part in their 
religious ceremonies and oflterings. 
The Yak of Tartary is the only other animal we 
have now to represent 
