or any of the other varieties of cattle, or other domesticated animals that may come within the reach of their cognisance.

"The Yak of Tartary (as described by Lieutenant Samuel Turner in the fourth volume of the Asiatic Researches) called Soora-goy in Hindostan, and which I term [we give this description in Mr. Turner's own words] the bushy-tailed bull of Tibet, is about the height of an English bull, which he resembles in the figure of the body, head, and legs. I could distinguish between them no essential difference, except only that the Yak is covered all over with a thick coat of long hair. The head is rather short, crowned with two smooth round horns, that, tapering from the setting on, terminate in sharp points, arch inwardly, and near the extremities are a little turned back; the ears are small; the forehead appears prominent, being adorned with much curling hair; the eyes are full and large; the nose smooth and convex; the nostrils small; the neck short, describing a curvature nearly equal both above and below; the withers high and arched; the rump low. Over the shoulders rises a bunch, which at first sight would seem to be the same kind of exuberance peculiar to the cattle of Hindostan; but in reality it consists in the superior length of the hair only, which, as well as that along the ridge of the back to the setting on of the tail, grows long and erect, but not harsh. The tail is composed of a prodigious quantity of long flowing glofsy hair 'descending to the hock, and is so extremely well furnished, that not a joint of it is perceptible; but it has much the appearance of a large bunch of hair artificially set on. The shoulders, rump, and upper part of the body,

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that when trained up in a domestic way, it is extremely docile; and so strong, when employed in draught, as to exceed, he says, two oxen of the common breeds of this country. These notices sufficiently point out this animal as a proper object for farther elucidation.

There is another variety of the bos tribe remarkable for its length of hair: it is found in the higher parts of India under the name of the Chittigong cow, and is supposed to be merely the Surluc, or grunting ox of Thibet domesticated. With its distinctive qualities we are too little acquainted to be able to speak with confidence. All that is certain is, that, being a native of a cold climate, we have no reason to think it would not thrive here; and, being domesticated for profit, the probability is that it pofsefses some valuable peculiarities. It is said to be covered all over with a coat of very long hair that hangs down below its knees. It is uniformly black all over, except the mane and tail, and a ridge down the back, which are white. The hairs of the tail are very beautiful, and are much prized over all India for fly flaps; for which purpose they are mostly fitted to silver handles. In China, the hairs of the mane are dyed of a red colour, with which the natives form an ornamental tuft op the crown of their bonnets, so that it forms a beneficial article of traffic with that country. With the peculiarities of the rest of the fleece I am entirely unacquainted. This also is an article which evidently requires to be more fully investigated, and I shall esteem it a particular kindness if any of the readers of this work in India will favour me with whatever au

or any of the other varieties of cattle, or other domesticated animals that may come within the reach of their cognisance.

"The Yak of Tartary (as described by Lieutenant Samuel Turner in the fourth volume of the Asiatic Researches) called Soora-goy in Hindostan, and which I term [we give this description in Mr. Turner's own words] the bushy-tailed bull of Tibet, is about the height of an English bull, which he resembles in the figure of the body, head, and legs. I could distinguish between them no efsential difference, except only that the Yak is covered all over with a thick coat of long hair. The head is rather short, crowned with two smooth round horns, that, tapering from the setting on, terminate in sharp points, arch inwardly, and near the extremities are a little turned back; the ears are small; the forehead appears prominent, being adorned with much curling hair; the eyes are full and large; the nose smooth and convex; the nostrils small; the neck short, describing a curvature nearly equal both above and below; the withers high and arched; the rump low. Over the shoulders rises a bunch, which at first sight would seem to be the same kind of exuberance peculiar to the cattle of Hindostan; but in reality it consists in the superior length of the hair only, which, as well as that along the ridge of the back to the setting on of the tail, grows long and erect, but not harsh. The tail is composed of a prodigious quantity of long flowing glofsy hair 'descending to the hock, and is so extremely well furnished, that not a joint of it is perceptible; but it has much the appearance of a large bunch of hair artificially set on. The shoulders, rump, and upper part of the body,

that when trained up in a domestic way, it is extremely docile; and so strong, when employed in draught, as to exceed, he says, two oxen of the common breeds of this country. These notices sufficiently point out this animal as a proper object for farther elucidation.

There is another variety of the los tribe remarkable for its length of hair: it is found in the higher parts of India under the name of the Chittigong cow, and is supposed to be merely the Sarluc, or grunting ox of Thibet domesticated. With its distinctive qualities we are too little acquainted to be able to speak with confidence. All that is certain is, that, being a native of a cold climate, we have no reason to think it would not thrive here; and, being domesticated for profit, the probability is that it possesses some valuable peculiarities. It is said to be covered all over with a coat of very long hair that hangs down below its knees. It is uniformly black all over, except the mane and tail, and a ridge down the back, which are white. The hairs of the tail are very beautiful, and are much prized over all India for fly flaps; for which purpose they are mostly fitted to silver handles. In China, the hairs of the mane are dyed of a red colour, with which the natives form an ornamental tuft on the crown of their bonnets, so that it forms a beneficial article of traffic with that country. With the peculiarities of the rest of the fleece I am entirely unacquainted. This also is an article which evidently requires to be more fully investigated, and I shall esteem it a particular kindness if any of the readers of this work in India will favour me with whatever au

or any of the other varieties of cattle, or other domesticated animals that may come within the reach of their cognisance.

"The Yak of Tartary (as described by Lieutenant Samuel Turner in the fourth volume of the Asiatic

Researches) called Soora-goy in Hindostan, and which I term [we give this description in Mr. Turner's own words] the bushy-tailed bull of Tibet, is about the height of an English bull, which he resembles in the figure of the body, head, and legs. I could distinguish between them no efsential difference, except only that the Yak is covered all over with a thick coat of long hair. The head is rather short, crowned with two smooth round horns, that, tapering from the setting on, terminate in sharp points, arch inwardly, and near the extremities are a little turned back; the ears are small; the forehead appears prominent, being adorned with much curling hair; the eyes are full and large; the nose smooth and convex; the nostrils small; the neck short, describing a curvature nearly equal both above and below; the withers high and arched; the rump low. Over the shoulders rises a bunch, which at first sight would seem to be the same kind of exuberance peculiar to the cattle of Hindostan; but in reality it consists in the superior length of the hair only, which, as well as that along the ridge of the back to the setting on of the tail, grows long and erect, but not harsh. The tail is composed of a prodigious quantity of long flowing glofsy hair descending to the hock, and is so extremely well furnished, that not a joint of it is perceptible; but it has much the appearance of a large bunch of hair artificially set on. The shoulders, rump, and upper part of the body,

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