The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . tisfactory animals were entirely unconscious of danger ; some were lying downchewing the cud, and some feeding quietly about. The big bullwas sometimes grazing, sometimes looking about him, but all the timemoving more or less to the west, that is, to my right and up the nala. Idid not like risking a shot at the distance he was off, and examined theground to my right to see if there was any chance of getting nearer. -- — W^^ __ ^ 1 _4jfcsi- 1 ^ j^ w^ ^ ii It w Duchess Mlidtord. )graph by the An opportunity for gaining a more fav
The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . tisfactory animals were entirely unconscious of danger ; some were lying downchewing the cud, and some feeding quietly about. The big bullwas sometimes grazing, sometimes looking about him, but all the timemoving more or less to the west, that is, to my right and up the nala. Idid not like risking a shot at the distance he was off, and examined theground to my right to see if there was any chance of getting nearer. -- — W^^ __ ^ 1 _4jfcsi- 1 ^ j^ w^ ^ ii It w Duchess Mlidtord. )graph by the An opportunity for gaining a more favourable situation presenting itself,the big bull was crippled at the first shot, and soon afterwards the fact of his being with the herd it would seem that this stalk,which took place in August, was during the pairing-season. Mr. Darrahgives the length of the horns of this bull as just over 29 inches, with agirth of 13 inches ; but in Mr. Wards list the length is entered as30 inches. Great & Small Game of India &c., Plati. Fiibayhai bj?.t7Kland Vfardl PLATE II Irt. Gaur. 3- Burmese Banting, or Tsaing. za. Gayal. 4. 4- ^ak. 5, 5^. Indian Buffalo. The Indian Buffalo 71 THE ARNA, OR INDIAN BUFFALO [Bos biibalis) Native Names. — Arna (bull), Ami (cow), or, more commonly, Arnabhahua and JungH bhains (bhains being the name of the domesticatedbuffalo), Hindustani ; Ma?ig in Bhagalpur ; Mains^ Bengali ; Bir-biar of the Ho-kols ; Gera eriimi of the Gonds ; Mi Harak,Cingalese ; Mo/?, Assamese ; Siloi of the Kukis ; Giibiii, Ri/i, Ziz,and Le OF the Nagas ; Misip, Kachari ; Iroi, Manipuri ; Kywai,Burmese ; Pa/m of the Karens ; Karbo or Karabii^ Malay (Plate II. Figs. 5, 5^/) Those who have seen the domesticated buffi;ilo of Italy, Egypt, and Indiaare acquainted with a degenerate descendant of the magnificent Indianwild buffalo, whose spread of horn exceeds that of any existing memberof the Bovida. The wild animal itself is, however, known to few besidessportsmen ; since
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