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often browse on the shoots and leaves of bamboos, feeding generally in the 
early morning and evening and lying up during the day and night. They drink 
in the afternoon. ^ 11 attempts at domestication have failed, though a few have 
been more or less tamed I believe. 
Measurements .—-The average height at shoulder is 5 ft. 9 ins.; average 
horn measurement, 2 ft. 7 ins.; maximum horn measurement, 41 ^ inches. 
Record Measurements .—There are records of some very big Gaur, such as 
6 ft. logins. (Coh Pollokj, 6 ft. ins. (Sir W. Elliot, Madras Jour. X. p.227), 
and 6 ft. 1 in. girth 9 ft. 61 ins. and length 12 ft. 8f ins. (Lieut. R. M JBrind.) 
Sanderson, in his Thirteen Years among Wild Beasts , mentions one of 6 ft. 
With regard to horns anything over 40 ins. is seldom met with. In the 
measurements that follow there is one of 401 ins. by Mr H. Murray, Oonsvr* 
of Forests, Belgaum, and in The Asian we find Mr. F. Ditmas, of the Wynaad, 
credited with one or 40 ins. “ Mushaboo” in the same paper (12-8-84) 
mentions a Travaneere head of 39 inches and 18 ins. girth. Then there are 
some big Mysore heads—Mr. Mackenzie’s 77f ins. tip to tip across forehead ; 
Mr. E. M. Van Ingen’s 79 ins., ditto, with a 10 ins. spread ; Surg.-Capt. C. H. W. 
Whitestone’s 83 ins., ditto, shot in 1897 ; and Mr. M. B. Follett’s magnificent 
specimen 87 ins. tip to tip across forehead, 44 ins. sweep, and 24-| ins. between 
tips. Messrs. C. K. Martin and A. J. Boger in May 1906, got a specimen that 
