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is a thick upright mane of very long, soft hair. 
Between the bases of the two horns the hair is 
partly white, and partly of a light rust colour; 
the mane, which extends to the middle of the back* 
but becomes gradually narrower towards that 
part, is a reddish dun. On the middle of the 
back is a large roundish bed of hairs, only three 
inches in length, and entirely white upon the 
surface ; but near the roots of a pale brown co- 
lour. The hairs upon the other parts of the body 
are entirely black. The black hair is the longest* 
measuring not less than seventeen inches. That 
between the horns, with the mane running to the 
middle of the back, is finer and softer than any 
human hair ; and the white bed on the middle of 
the back is almost of the same nature as wool. 
Under the hair, all over the ’ 
is covered with ash coloured 
sitely fine. 
The length of the hide, from the nose to the 
tail, is about six feet four inches. The head alone 
measures fourteen inches. The" legs appear to be 
little more than a foot long. The horns are pla- 
ced exactly on the sides of the head ; they are 
of a whitish colour ; the space between them is 
nine inches ; the length of the horn is thirteen 
inches and a half ; at the base it is eight inches 
and a half round ; it is bent the same way as that 
of the bull. The ears are three inches long, and 
stand erect ; they are slender and even, sharp at 
the points, but broad in the middle ; they are 
covered with a thick lining of dusky hair, mark- 
ed with a white stripe. The hoofs are short, 
broad, and black ; the false hoofs large in pro- 
portion to these. The tail is a mere stump, three 
inches long, and concealed by very long hair. 
These animals are confined within a not very 
extensive tract in North America. They appear 
