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NYL-GHAU. 
pices, one would almost imagine that they pos- 
sessed wings instead of limbs. 
They are hunted during the winter for their 
skins,, which are very useful in manufactures ; and 
for the flesh, which is good eating. Their chace 
is a laborious employment, as much care is neces- 
sary in order to get near them. They are shot with 
rifle-barrelled guns. They generally produce two 
young ones at a birth; and are said to be long- 
NYL-GHAU. 
The height of the nyl-ghau is somewhat more 
than four feet at the shoulder. The male is of a 
dark grey colour, and furnished with short blunt 
horns that bend a little forward. There are white 
spots on the neck, between the fore legs, on each 
side behind the shoulder joints, and on each fore 
foot. The female, which is destitute of horns, is 
of a pale brown colour, with two white and three 
black bars on the fore pari of each foot, imme- 
diately above the hoofs. On the neck and pari of 
, the back of each is a short mane ; and the fore 
pari of the throat has a long tuft of black hairs. 
The tail is long, and tufted at the end. 
In the Philosophical Transactions we have an 
accurate account of this animal by Dr. Hunter. 
He says, that although the nyl-ghau is usually 
reported to be exceedingly vicious, yet the one he 
had the care of was very gentle. It seemed pleased 
with every kind of familiarity, always licked the 
hand, which either stroked it, or gave it bread, 
and never once attempted to use its horns offen- 
sively. It seemed to have much dependance on the 
©rgans of smell, and snuffed keenly, and with con- 
