THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
curve at the tips), at right angles to the head, still further increasing the 
frontal development. 
The Gaur, or Gour (Bibos gaurus ), is the mammoth among oxen. It is 
from six to ten feet in length, has an elevated ridge on its back, varies from deep- 
brown to black, but the legs are white below the knees. It moves about in 
herds of from ten to thirty, in which there are but three or four males. It 
seeks the deepest recesses of the forest, and is held in absolute dread by the 
fiercest of the carnivora. In addition to always keeping sentinels on guard, they 
invariably feed standing in a perfect circle, with their heads in the circumference. 
For some reason it is entirely indifferent to the presence of the elephant, so that 
a mounted hunter has no difficulty in 
approaching it. Its lowing and its bellow¬ 
ing both resemble the grunting of the hog. 
Its two inches of thick skin cover flesh 
which is specially tender and palatable. It 
lives in the jungles of India. 
The Anoa Buffalo belongs to Cele¬ 
bes, is straight-horned, and although small 
of size is exceedingly fierce. One of them 
which was penned up with fifteen large 
stags, killed them all. 
The Banteng (Bibos banteng ) belongs 
to the fauna of Borneo and the vicinity, 
is grayish-brown, and wears tri-curved horns 
which end by curving inward. It is often 
called the Javan ox , is strong, fleet and 
active. The bulls are brown in color, 
while the cows are bay. The lower legs, 
inner ears and hips are white, and the 
hind quarters have white patches. It is 
from five to six feet in height, is frequently 
domesticated, and is ridden, driven and used 
as a beast of burden, rendering all the 
services which ordinarily fall to the lot of 
the horse. 
The Indian Zebu (Bos indicus ) is a 
slender-limbed animal, humped on the 
shoulders, dewlapped, and with a back 
which, after sloping upward from the 
shoulders to the haunches, seems suddenly 
to drop away and vanish. It is not con¬ 
fined to India but is found in China and 
has been met with on the coast of East Africa. It is readily domesticated, 
when it displays good temper and intelligence. It is used not merely for 
heavy draught, but likewise in harness, and while not at all speedy is steady 
and reliable, being capable of sustaining a gait of five miles an hour for as 
long as fifteen hours a day. To this species belongs the Sacred Brahma Bull 
for which there is such great reverence that one of them will, without opposition, 
walk through the market place, push people to the right and left, and help 
himself to any article that strikes his fancy. 
